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Hard Driving Papa

by Bessie Smith · from The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3

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Review by Oskar Lind★★★★½Sample

“Hard Driving Papa” at 2am with headphones on is a religious experience.

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Review by lena★★½Sample

Respectfully: no. “Hard Driving Papa” is the only thing I'd revisit.

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Disc 1
1
Red Mountain Blues
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3:11
2
Golden Rule Blues
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3:03
3
Lonesome Desert Blues
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3:25
4
Them "Has Been" Blues
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3:31
5
Squeeze Me
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2:52
6
What's the Matter Now
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2:45
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I Want Every Bit of It
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2:37
8
Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
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3:19
9
The Gin House Blues
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3:12
10
Money Blues
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3:10
11
Baby Doll
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2:59
12
Hard Driving Papa
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2:56
13
Lost Your Head Blues
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14
Hard Time Blues
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15
Honey Man Blues
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16
One and Two Blues
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17
Young Woman's Blues
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Preachin' the Blues
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Backwater Blues
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After You've Gone
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
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Disc 2
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Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
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There'll Be a Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight
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3
Trombone Cholly
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Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
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Them's Graveyard Words
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Hot Springs Blues
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Sweet Mistreater
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Lock and Key
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9
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
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10
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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11
Homeless Blues
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12
Looking for My Man Blues
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13
Dyin' By the Hour
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2:58
14
Foolish Man Blues
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15
Thinking Blues
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Pickpocket Blues
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I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
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I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried In My Grave
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