The Essence of Bessie Smith

Original Release Date:  October 23, 2006

Track Listing

• 1. Down Hearted Blues (Disc 01)
• 2. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
• 3. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
• 4. 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do
• 5. Any Woman's Blues
• 6. Chicago Bound Blues
• 7. Graveyard Dream Blues
• 8. Jail House Blues
• 9. Lady Luck Blues
• 10. Boweavil Blues
• 11. Bye Bye Blues
• 12. House Rent Blues
• 13. Sing Sing Prison Blues
• 14. Woman's Trouble Blues
• 15. Work House Blues
• 16. Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle
• 17. St. Louis Blues
• 18. Careless Love Blues
• 19. He's Gone Blues
• 20. Love Me Daddy Blues
• 21. Sinful Blues
• 22. You've Been a Good Old Wagon
• 23. Young Woman's Blues (Disc 02)
• 24. Gin House Blues
• 25. Golden Rules
• 26. Hard Driving Papa
• 27. What's the Matter Now?
• 28. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
• 29. Alexander's Ragtime Band
• 30. After You've Gone
• 31. Black Water Blues
• 32. Honey Man Blues
• 33. Lock and Key
• 34. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
• 35. Preachin' the Blues
• 36. Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
• 37. There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
• 38. Dyin' by the Hour
• 39. Foolish Man Blues
• 40. I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
• 41. Kitchen Man
• 42. Me and My Gin
• 43. Black Mountain Blues
• 44. On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
• 45. I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
• 46. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out