LUCILLE BOGAN (BESSIE JACKSON) - 1923-1930 Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1994) FLAC (tracks), lossless

A native of Amory, MS who came up in Birmingham AL, Lucille Bogan sang about life as she knew it in a rough and tumble environment that provided her with plenty of material for songs about gambling ("War Time Man Blues," "Roll and Rattler"), the production and peddling of bootleg liquor ("Whiskey Selling Woman"); prostitution ("Tricks Ain't Walking No More"); marijuana ("Pot Hound Blues"); turbulent domestic relationships ("My Man Is Boogan Me," "House Top Blues") and unconventional sexual preferences ("B.D. Woman's Blues," "Women Won't Need No Men"). She sang the blues in a gutsy, honest manner that placed her in league with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. Back in the 1990s, Document reissued 66 of Bogan's records dating from the years 1923-1935 in a chronological survey that filled three CDs. Volume one opens with "The Pawn Shop Blues," recorded in Atlanta, GA for the Okeh record label in July 1923 with Henry Callens at the piano. Bogan shared material with several of her contemporaries; "Pawn Shop" was also recorded during this period by Martha Copeland, and several of Bogan's earliest efforts competed with versions of the same songs by Gladys Bryant, Lena Wilson, Alberta Hunter, Viola McCoy, and Trixie Smith. Bogan's piano accompanists during this phase of her career included Thomas A. Dorsey, Eddie Heywood, Sr., Eddie Miller, Frank James, and early boogie-woogie innovator Will Ezell, whose affair with Bogan is believed to have contributed to the singer's estrangement from her first husband. On some of the Brunswick dates, she was accompanied by Tampa Red and Cow Cow Davenport. The banjoist heard on "Kind Stella Blues," "Jim Tampa Blues," and "War Time Man Blues" was none other than Papa Charlie Jackson, himself a solid link with Gertrude "Ma" Rainey. by arwulf arwulf
Tracklist
1 The Pawn Shop Blues 2:54
Piano – Eddie Heywood  
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
2 Lonesome Daddy Blues 3:00
Piano – Henry Callens
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
3 Chirpin' The Blues 2:41
Piano – Henry Callens
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
4 Triflin' Blues 3:04
Piano – Henry Callens
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
5 Don't Mean You No Good Blues 3:18
Piano – Henry Callens
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
6 Sweet Patunia 2:43
Piano – Alex Channey
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
7 Levee Blues 2:26
Piano – Alex Channey
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
8 King Stella Blues 2:40
Piano – Will Ezell
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
9 Jim Tampa Blues 2:47
Banjo, Vocals [Shouts] – Papa Charlie Jackson
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
10 War Time Man Blues 2:39
Guitar – Papa Charlie Jackson
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
11 Cravin' Whiskey Blues 2:40
Piano – Will Ezell
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
12 Nice And Kind Blues 2:35
Piano – Will Ezell
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
13 Women Won't Need No Men 2:55
Piano – Will Ezell
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
14 Doggone Wicked Blues 2:46
Piano [Prob.] – Will Ezell
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
15 Oklahoma Man Blues 2:25
Piano [Prob.] – Will Ezell
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
16 New Way Blues 2:47
Guitar – Tampa Red
Piano [Poss./Or] – Georgia Tom
Piano [Prob./Or] – Cow Cow Davenport
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
17 Pay Roll Blues 2:54
Guitar – Tampa Red
Piano [Poss./Or] – Georgia Tom
Piano [Prob./Or] – Cow Cow Davenport
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
18 Coffee Grindin' Blues 3:24
Guitar – Tampa Red
Piano [Poss./Or] – Georgia Tom
Piano [Prob./Or] – Cow Cow Davenport
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
19 Pot Hound Blues 3:07
Guitar – Tampa Red
Piano [Poss./Or] – Georgia Tom
Piano [Prob./Or] – Cow Cow Davenport
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
20 My Georgia Grind 2:52
Piano – Charles Avery
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
21 Whiskey Selling Woman 3:09
Piano – Charles Avery
Vocals – Lucille Bogan