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Friday, September 18, 2015

Robert Crumb's Heroes of Jazz, Blues and Country



Anyone who knows R. Crumb’s work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to mid 1980's. 

They have been packaged together in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, “Dock” Boggs, “Jelly Roll” Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. A characteristically idiosyncratic tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him, R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country is a must-have collection for Crumb aficionados, comics fans, and music lovers alike.

Heroes Of The Blues
1     –Memphis Jug Band     On The Road Again     2:52
2     –Blind Willie McTell     Dark Night Blues     2:55
3     –Cannon's Jug Stompers     Minglewood Blues     3:42
4     –Skip James     Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues     2:50
5     –Jaybird Coleman     I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some O' These Days     3:08
6     –Charley Patton     High Water Everywhere     3:08
7     –Frank Stokes     I Got Mine     3:07
        Pioneers Of Country Music
8     –"Dock" Boggs*     Sugar Baby     3:00
9     –Shelor Family     Big Bend Gal     2:49
10     –Hayes Shepherd     The Peddler And His Wife     3:22
11     –Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers     Little Rabbit     3:01
12     –Burnett & Rutherford     All Night Long Blues     3:15
13     –East Texas Serenaders     Mineola Rag     2:44
14     –Weems String Band     Greenback Dollar     3:09
        Early Jazz Greats
15     –Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra     Kater Street Rag     2:34
16     –"King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band*     Sobbin' Blues     3:19
17     –Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopators     Mojo Strut     2:49
18     –Frankie Franko & His Louisianians     Somebody Stole My Gal     2:30
19     –Clarence Williams' Blue Five     Wild Cat Blues     3:02
20     –"Jelly Roll" Morton's Red Hot Peppers*     Kansas City Stomps     2:56
21     –Jimmy Noone*     King Joe     3:03