Rough Guide To Barrelhouse Blues

Vinyl.  Named after the rough and ready bars where laborers gathered to drink and dance, barrelhouse was a raucous form of piano Blues that got the juke joints swinging.  From early pioneers such as Cow Cow Davenport and Speckled Red to the boogie-woogie legends Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, this collection charts the rise and incredible influence of this good-time Blues.