Para celebrar el centenario del nacimiento de Robert Johnson, Universal lanzará el 28 de junio el doble álbum “100 Years of the Blues”, en el que se “recoge buena parte de la historia de este género que tanto influyo en la música popular”. B.B.King, Howlin’ Wolf, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, ZZ Top, Son House o John Lee Hooker, son algunos de los músicos representados en este recopilatorio.
Contenido de “100 Years of the Blues”:
CD1
01. Buddy Guy ‘First Time I Met The Blues’
02. Cream ‘Crossroads’ (Live At Winterland)
03. Robert Johnson ‘32-20 Blues’
04. Howlin’ Wolf ‘Smokestack Lightnin’’
05. Muddy Waters ‘(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man’
06. Etta James, Harvey Fuqua ‘Spoonful’
07. Mississippi Fred McDowell ‘61 Highway’
08. Lightnin’ Hopkins ‘Back To New Orleans’
09. Willie Dixon ‘Walking The Blues’
10. Bo Diddley ‘I’m A Man Written by Bo Diddley’
11. Rod Stewart ‘Good Morning Little Schoolgirl’
12. Little Walter ‘Blues With A Feeling’
13. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers ‘All Your Love’
14. Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated ‘Chicken Shack’
15. Free ‘I’m A Mover’
16. Fleetwood Mac ‘Stop Messin’ Around’
17. Roy Buchanan ‘Sweet Dreams’
18. Marcus Bonfanti ‘Messin’ Round No More’
19. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss ‘Fortune Teller’
20. ZZ Top ‘LA Grange’
21. Small Faces ‘You Need Loving’
22. Larry Carlton & Terry McMillan ‘Crazy Mama’
23. The Allman Brothers Band ‘Statesboro Blues’
CD2
01. Son House ‘John The Revelator’
02. The Rolling Stones ‘Ventilator Blues’
03. John Lee Hooker ‘Boom Boom’
04. B.B. King Sitting On Top Of The World’
05. Otis Rush ‘Double Trouble’
06. Stevie Ray Vaughan ‘Love Struck Baby’
07. The Robert Cray Band ‘New Blood’
08. Lowell Fulson ‘Reconsider Baby’
09. Eddie Boyd ‘Five Long Years’
10. Dr. John ‘I Know What I’ve Got’
11. Bobby Bland ‘Don’t Want No Woman’
12. Billie Holiday ‘Billie’s Blues’
13. Tim Hardin ‘Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down And Out)’
14. Bonnie Raitt ‘Love Me Like A Man’
15. Eric Clapton ‘Give Me Strength’
16. Big Bill Broonzy ‘Key To The Highway’
17. Lead Belly ‘The Midnight Special’
18. Sonny Boy Williamson ‘Fattening Frogs For Snakes’
19. Jonny Lang ‘Matchbox’
20. Elmore James ‘Dust My Broom’
21. Jimmy Rogers ‘Walking By Myself’
22. Canned Heat ‘Going Up The Country’
23. Chantel McGregor ‘Help Me’