Long About The Break of Day- Painting a Scene with Songs

This blues tale takes place between the small hours of 3am & 6am. When I used to work in the bar and getting off every night 2 am I used to be getting good and drunk in the wee midnight hours. These were not always the happiest of times. But, because I was young and it was my own life away from my parents it was a time for independence & freedom. So this mix is a visit to a distant past and these songs tell that story. Enjoy!

1. Blind Willie McTell & Curley Weaver- Wee Midnight Hours
2. The Callahan Brothers- I Want To Ask The Stars
3. Hank Williams- I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
4. Otha Turner- Late at Midnight, Just a Little 'Fore Day
5. Cliff Carlisle- Virginia Blues
6. Frankie Wallace- Yodeling Cowboy
7. Jack Elliott & Derroll Adams- Ain't It a Shame
8. Cecil Campbell & His Tennessee Ramblers- No Where, No Time, No Place
9. Parliament- Little Old Country Boy
10. Ween- You Were the Fool
11. Gene Campbell- Overalls Papa Blues
12. Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)- Can You Blame The Colored Man
13. Arthur Smith Trio- Stood on the Bridge at Midnight
14. Ishman Bracey- The Fore Day Blues
15. Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley- Papa's´Bout to Get Mad
16. Lovin' Sam Theard- She Skuffles That Ruff
17. Ma Rainey- Hustlin' Blues
18. Gillian Welch- The Way It Goes
19. Patrick Sky- Mahoganny Row
20. The Carolina Chocolate Drops- Why Don't You Do Right?
21. Mississippi John Hurt- Beulah Land
22. Brothers Wright & Williams- I´ll My Harp in Beulah Land
23. Willie Harris- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door
24. Leroy Carr- Midnight Hour Blues