Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Feel Like Going Home

1	Traveling Riverside Blues / Robert "P-Nut" Johnson 2:46
2	Dybaflow Blues / Johnny Shines 2:35
3	Hellhound on My Trail / Robert "P-Nut" Johnson 2:37
4	Country Blues / Muddy Waters 3:27
5	Celebrated Walkin' Blues / Taj Mahal 8:54
6	Rosalie / Son Simms 3:04
7	My Black Mama, Pt. II / Son House 3:15
8	Government Fleet Blues / Son House 6:52
9	Gypsy Woman / Muddy Waters 2:35
10	High Water Everywhere, Pt.1 / Charley Patton 3:00
11	C.C. Rider / Leadbelly 2:58
12	Terrorized / Willie King & the Liberators 4:23
13	Oh Baby / Napoleon Strickland & The Como Drum Band 2:53
14	Lay My Burden Down / Othar Turner 2:27
15	Mali Dje / Ali Farka Touré 5:39
16	Tupelo Blues / John Lee Hooker 3:24
17	Amandrai / Ali Farka Touré 7:20
18	Down Child / John Lee Hooker 2:52
19	Ananamin (It's Been So Long) / Salif Keita 4:01
20	My Babe / Otha Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band 4:30

Barnes & Noble

The fascinating links between the early Delta blues and their African origins are explored in Feel like Going Home. Seminal masters of the Mississippi style -- Son House, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton -- and later performers including Muddy Waters, Johnny Shines, and John Lee Hooker are represented. Country blues in its modern form finds committed practitioners in Taj Mahal, Corey Harris, and Willie King and the Liberators. Across the ocean, African stars Ali Farka Touré and Salif Keita, both profoundly touched by the power of the blues, draw influences from the U.S. style while giving tantalizing suggestions of the origins of the music itself. Feel like Going Home provides immense pleasure while raising intriguing questions. How much music these days can you say that about? Steve Futterman

All Music Guide

Drawn from the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's seven-part television documentary on the blues, Feel Like Going Home documents the roots behind the roots, traveling from the American South to West Africa and back again, resulting in a remarkable collection that spotlights the past, present, and future of this historically important musical genre. From early 78s by seminal figures Charley Patton ("High Water Everywhere"), Son House (his early version of "Death Letter," here called "My Black Mama"), and Robert Johnson ("Hellhound on My Trail"), through field recordings collected by the venerable Alan Lomax (an early Muddy Waters tune called "Rosalie," which includes rough-hewn country fiddle from Henry "Son" Simms) and the restructured contemporary African blues of Ali Farka Toure and Salif Keita, this fine soundtrack knocks the dust off of the blues and exposes its vital and creative center. Highlights include the wild and eerie sound of Othar Turner and Napoleon Strickland's fife and drum ensembles and the up-to-the-minute trance-inducing blues of Willie King & the Liberators. On "Terrorized," King sings: "You talk about terror/I've been terrorized all my life. "That's the blues, circa 2003. Feel Like Going Home is a fine introduction to the long history and promising future of this impressive musical form. Steve Leggett