A Short Cut To The Grave (Gin, Justice, Jail & Judgement 1924-1942) - CD

- Gambling · 1926-1941
1-1 - Papa Charlie Jackson: Four-Eleven-Forty Four 3:02min
1-2 - New Orleans Willie Jackson: Numbers On The Brain 3:04min
1-3 - Charlie "Dad" Nelson: Coon Can Blues 2:47min
1-4 - Peg Leg Howell: Skin Game Blues 3:07min
1-5 - Walter Beasley (2): Georgia Skin 2:58min
1-6 - Memphis Jug Band: Snitchin' Gambler Blues 3:23min
1-7 - Jim Jackson (2): Policy Blues 3:10min
1-8 - Foster & Harris (Ma Rainey's Boys): Alley Crap Game 3:03min
1-9 - Leroy Carr: Gambler's Blues 3:09min
1-10 - Blind Blake: Poker Woman Blues 2:43min
1-11 - Clifford Gibson: Bad Luck Dice 3:16min
1-12 - Mississippi Sheiks: Hitting The Numbers 3:01min
1-13 - Bob Campbell (2): Dices Blues 2:51min
1-14 - Louisiana Johnny: Policy Blues 2:52min
1-15 - Bumble Bee Slim: Policy Dream Blues (You Better Get On It) 2:48min
1-16 - Cripple Clarence Lofton: Policy Blues 3:11min
1-17 - Kokomo Arnold: Policy Wheel Blues 2:57min
1-18 - Memphis Minnie: I'm A Gamblin' Woman 3:12min
1-19 - Peetie Wheatstraw: Coon Can Shorty 2:55min
1-20 - Red Nelson: Gambling Man 2:48min
1-21 - Roosevelt Sykes: Drunken Gambler 2:40min
1-22 - Washboard Sam: Policy Writer's Blues 2:41min
1-23 - Jimmie Gordon: Number Runner's Blues 2:45min
1-24 - Robert Nighthawk: Good Gamblin' 3:08min
1-25 - Peter Cleighton: Roaming Gambler 2:47min
- Alcohol, Coke & Gin · 1924-1942
2-1 - Ma Rainey: Booze And Blues 3:11min
2-2 - Lewis Black (2): Corn Liquor Blues 2:59min
2-3 - Victoria Spivey: Dope Head Blues 3:20min
2-4 - Luke Jordan: Cocaine Blues 3:25min
2-5 - Margaret Johnson (5): Dead Drunk Blues 3:07min
2-6 - Jim Jackson (2): Bootlegging Blues 2:57min
2-7 - Tommy Johnson: Canned Heat Blues 3:39min
2-8 - Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band: Don't Drink It In Here 2:53min
2-9 - Clifford Gibson: Whiskey Moan Blues 2:45min
2-10 - Jenny Pope: Whiskey Drinkin' Blues 3:15min
2-11 - Barbecue Bob: Me And My Whiskey 3:09min
2-12 - Memphis Jug Band: Cocaine Habit Blues 2:51min
2-13 - Leroy Carr: Papa Wants To Knock A Jug 2:32min
2-14 - J. T. "Funny Paper" Smith: Corn Whiskey Blues 2:55min
2-15 - James "Stump" Johnson: Barrel Of Whiskey Blues 2:54min
2-16 - Roosevelt Sykes: Devil's Island Gin 3:03min
2-17 - Lucille Bogan: Drinking Blues 2:57min
2-18 - Scrapper Blackwell: Bad Liquor Blues 2:48min
2-19 - Jimmie Gordon: Drunken Woman Blues 2:49min
2-20 - Teddy Darby: Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More 3:08min
2-21 - Jack Newman: Blackberry Wine 2:49min
2-22 - Jackson Joe Williams: Haven't Seen No Whiskey 3:24min
2-23 - Bukka White: Good Gin Blues 2:23min
2-24 - Memphis Slim: Beer Drinking Woman 3:00min
2-25 - Sonny Boy Williamson: Blues That Made Me Drunk 3:01min
- Prison · 1926-1941
3-1 - Peg Leg Howell: New Prison Blues 3:18min
3-2 - Julius Daniels: Ninety Nine Year Blues 3:05min
3-3 - Sam Collins: The Jail House Blues 2:32min
3-4 - Buddy Boy Hawkins: Jailhouse Fire Blues 2:31min
3-5 - George "Bullet" Williams: The Escaped Convict 2:58min
3-6 - Sylvester Weaver: Penitentiary Bound Blues 3:04min
3-7 - Blind Lemon Jefferson: Hangman's Blues 3:25min
3-8 - Furry Lewis: Judge Harsh Blues 3:00min
3-9 - Bessie Tucker: Penitentiary 3:27min
3-10 - Tampa Red: Prison Bound Blues 3:30min
3-11 - Ed Bell (2): My Crime Blues 2:50min
3-12 - Robert Wilkins: Police Sergeant Blues 3:04min
3-13 - Lucille Bogan: Whiskey Selling Woman 3:12min
3-14 - Gene Campbell (2): Robbin' And Stealin' Blues 2:45min
3-15 - Memphis Jug Band: He's In The Jailhouse Now 3:13min
3-16 - Lillie Mae: Buggy Jail House Blues 2:45min
3-17 - Leroy Carr: Big House Blues 3:04min
3-18 - Joe McCoy: Joliet Bound 3:09min
3-19 - Charley Patton: High Sheriff Blues 3:13min
3-20 - Kokomo Arnold: Chain Gang Blues 3:05min
3-21 - Red Nelson: Jailhouse Blues 2:59min
3-22 - Bukka White: Parchman Farm Blues 2:40min
3-23 - Sleepy John Estes: Jailhouse Blues 2:57min
3-24 - Champion Jack Dupree: Angola Blues 2:55min
3-25 - Big Maceo: County Jail Blues 2:54min
- Death · 1927-1941
4-1 - Blind Lemon Jefferson: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 2:54min
4-2 - Bessie Mae Smith: My Daddy's Coffin Blues 3:11min
4-3 - Mooch Richardson: Burying Ground Blues 2:48min
4-4 - Tom Dickson: Death Bell Blues 3:13min
4-5 - Billy Bird (2): Down In The Cemetery 3:14min
4-6 - Nolan Welsh: Dying Pickpocket Blues 2:51min
4-7 - Charley Patton: Prayer Of Death Part 2 2:51min
4-8 - Georgia Tom: Suicide Blues 2:35min
4-9 - Tampa Red: Dying Mercy Blues 3:11min
4-10 - Leola Manning: Laying In The Graveyard 3:04min
4-11 - Blind Willie McTell: Death Cell Blues 3:09min
4-12 - Bumble Bee Slim: Dead And Gone Mother 3:02min
4-13 - Jimmie Gordon: Graveyard Blues (Dead And Gone Blues) 3:13min
4-14 - Leadbelly: Death Letter Blues 3:02min
4-15 - Leroy Carr: Six Cold Feet In The Ground 3:04min
4-16 - Georgia White: Graveyard Blues 2:35min
4-17 - Red Nelson: Crying Mother Blues 2:39min
4-18 - Walter Vinson: When The Breath Bids The Body Goodbye 3:02min
4-19 - Black Spider Dumplin': Death Of The Gambler 2:40min
4-20 - Washboard Sam: Gonna Kill My Baby 3:06min
4-21 - Little Son Joe: Bone Yard Blues 2:15min
4-22 - Bukka White: Strange Place Blues 2:53min
4-23 - Baby Doo: Death Of Walter Barnes 2:57min
4-24 - Bill Gaither: A Short Cut To The Grave 2:49min
4-25 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup: Death Valley Blues 3:14min