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Adapter: Laure Wright. Personnel: Dan Pickett, Jerry Irby, Jesse Thomas, Lester Williams, Little Jimmy Dickens, Louis Innis, Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Ralph Willis, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, B.B. King, Goree Carter (vocals, guitar); Pee Wee Hughes, Wayne Raney (vocals, harmonica); Don Harlan (vocals, clarinet); Joe Lutcher (vocals, alto saxophone); Dave Bartholomew (vocals, trumpet); Fats Domino, Floyd Dixon, Moon Mullican, Paul Blunt, Champion Jack Dupree (vocals, piano); Roy Milton (vocals, drums); Lloyd Perriman, Redd Lyte, Tom Mooney, Johnnie Lee Wills, Ken Curtis, Lalo Guerrero, Roy Brown, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tommy Duncan, Wynonie Harris, Big Joe Turner, Bob Nolan (vocals); Hugh & Karl Farr (guitar, fiddle); James Toliver (guitar, piano, drums); Ernest McLean, Eddie Kirk, Johnny Rogers, William Cox, Grady Martin, Gaines Blevins, Fred McCord, Jabbo Arrington, Eddie Gray, Pete "Guitar" Lewis, Sammy Benskin, Sticks McGhee, Zeke Turner, Merle Travis, Brownie McGhee (guitar); Buster Magness, Jerry Byrd & the String Dusters, Ernie Ball, Speedy West, Walter Haynes (steel guitar); Henry Boatman, Merle "Red" Taylor, Rocky Stone, Harold Hensley, Joe Holley, Ocie Stockard, Wade Ray (fiddle); Lonnie Glosson (harmonica); Milton Delugg (accordion); Conrad Johnson (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Ike Smalley, Jackie Kelso (alto saxophone); Wally Williams, Fred Douglas, Vernon Bates, Bill Ellis, Ferdinand Banks, James Von Streeter, Johnny Griffin, Lorenzo Holden, Ben Branch, Benny Waters, Clarence Hall, Josh Jackson, Herb Hardesty (tenor saxophone); Walter Henry , Red Tyler (baritone saxophone); Hal Mitchell, Nathan Woodward, Arthur Walker, Nelson Mills, Joe Bridgewater, Aaron Izenhall, Joe Morris , Preacher Lee Graves, Bob Mitchell (trumpet); George Washington , Sammie Jett, Matthew Gee , Pluma Davis (trombone); Peter Burke (piano, drums); Salvadore Doucette, Jr., Lonnie Lyons, Edward Santineo, Devonia Williams, Clarence Cagle, Elmo Hope, Millard Kelso, Johnnie Mae Brown, Phineas Newborn, Jr., Bill Doggett, Billy Liebert, Camille Howard (piano); Dallas Bartley, Howard Davis , L.D. MacKintosh, Ellis Walsh, Phineas Newborn, Sr., Frank Parker , Allison Tucker, Leard Bell, Sinclair Abbot, Richard Pryne, Melvin Merritt, Kelly Martin, Judge Riley (drums); Red Turner (washboard, spoons); Washboard Bill (washboard); Johnny Otis (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Gerard Herzhaft. To discover the origins of rock & roll, one has to return to the music of the 1930s and '40s, when the blues and rhythm & blues ruled the airwaves. The musical geniuses of these genres were primarily African American, although a few Anglo artists crossed over into the earthy music played in dance halls and on the radio. Few of these artists cashed in like their spiritual descendants a generation later. Nonetheless, they have left a legacy in song of their rich tradition. This 2001 CD is part of a series that traces the colorful history of rock & roll to its source. Making an