Tracklista wersji winylowej 1LP:
1. Blind Blake: Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (1926) (2:44)
2. Curley Weaver: No No Blues (1933) (3:07)
3. Luke Jordan: Church Bells Blues (1927) (3:14)
4. Willie Walker: South Carolina Rag (Take 1) (1930) (3:09)
5. Bumble Bee Slim: Greasy Greens (1932) (2:54)
6. Reverend Gary Davis: O Lord, Search My Heart (1935) (3:02)
7. Blind Willie McTell: Mama, Let Me Scoop For You (1932) (3:11)
8. Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley: Gonna Tip Out Tonight (1928) (3:06)
9. Barbecue Bob: Honey You Don't Know My Mind (1927) (3:07)
10. Blind Boy Fuller: Truckin' My Blues Away No. 2 (Take 2) (1937) (2:46)
11. Josh White: Lord, I Want To Die Easy (1934) (3:30)
12. Peg Leg Howell: Skin Game Blues (1927) (3:02)

The East Coast blues is a style born in the Piedmont region of the US, which lies between the Appalachian Mountains and the coastal plain, running from Richmond, Virginia, southwards through the Carolinas and Georgia to Atlanta.

Often referred to as the Piedmont blues, it is very different in style from the harder and intense sounding Mississippi Delta blues and was pioneered by some of the greatest blues guitarists that ever lived. Their unique approach to the instrument was primarily influenced by the ragtime traditions of the early twentieth century, as well as string band, banjo and other forms of minstrel/medicine show music. This musical development was due to the cultural blurring of musical boundaries in this region and a more relaxed racial atmosphere, as blacks and whites borrowed musical ideas, tunes and instruments from each other. This was quite unlike the more supervised and stricter lifestyles of the vast plantations in the Delta where such musical interaction was more limited.

Typically, the Piedmont guitarist would create an alternating rhythmic bass accompaniment by moving the thumb of the pick.......
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