The Essential

Original Release Date:  February 4, 2003

Track Listing

• 1. Crapshooters Blues
• 2. Tennessee Peaches Blues
• 3. The Break I'm Getting
• 4. Shack Bully Stomp
• 5. Police Station Blues
• 6. The Last Dime
• 7. Whiskey Head Blues
• 8. Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp
• 9. All Night Long Blues
• 10. Devil's Son-in-Law
• 11. Pete Wheatstraw
• 12. Little House (I'm Gonna Chase These Peppers)
• 13. Poor Millionaire Blues
• 14. Slave Man Blues
• 15. Working on the Project
• 16. Sinking Sun Blues
• 17. Coon Can Shorty
• 18. Beer Tavern
• 19. More Good Whiskey Blues
• 20. These Times
• 21. Long Time Ago Blues
• 22. Third Street's Going Down
• 23. What More Can a Man Do?
• 24. Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp No. 2
• 25. Cocktail Man Blues
• 26. Machine Gun Blues
• 27. You Can't Stop Me from Drinking
• 28. King Spider Blues
• 29. Johnnie Blues
• 30. I Want Some Sea Food
• 31. The Good Lawd's Children
• 32. You Got to Tell Me Something
• 33. Throw Me in the Alley
• 34. Gangsters Blues
• 35. Mister Livingood
• 36. Separation Day Blues

Credits

• Peetie Wheatstraw: Composer
• Chris Osborne: Illustrations
• Keith Briggs: Liner Notes
• William Bunch: Composer
• E.A. Smith: Executive Producer
• Modesty Marie Sablan: Design
• Paul Swinton: Producer, Compilation