Roots of Nick Cave

A collection of 22 mostly blues tracks that either influenced or were covered by Nick Cave, this set works just fine as an anthology even without the Cave connection. And it isn't all blues, either, with songs like Screamin' Jay Hawkins' voodoo-tinged R&B masterpiece "I Put a Spell on You" and Hobart Smith's and Texas Gladden's string band and fiddle-based Appalachian murder ballad "Down in the Willow Garden" also included. Most of this set, though, is comprised of darkly themed vintage country blues and field hollers, and tracks like Blind Willie Johnson's urgent and harrowing "John the Revelator," Leadbelly's sparse field shout "Black Betty," and Mississippi John Hurt's gentle retold cautionary tale "Stack O'Lee" are classics by any definition and influenced a whole lot more folks than just Nick Cave. Cave took this material, and without changing much at all, brought its dark, desperate vision into a modern format. The original template is here. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Roots of Nick Cave
1. Blue Suede Shoes	2:17
2. Shake, Rattle and Roll	3:00
3. Keep a Knockin'	2:22
4. Cat Man	2:19
5. I Put a Spell on You	2:26
6. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman	3:02
7. Bottle Up and Go	1:52
8. Wade in the Water	4:02
9. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well	2:10
10. Another Man Done Gone	2:10
11. Black Betty	1:53
12. Mourning Song	3:24
13. Fever	2:42
14. 99 Ways	2:18
15. Lost Highway	2:42
16. Streets of Laredo	2:19
17. Down in the Willow Garden	2:48
18. Shine on Me	3:02
19. King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O	3:10
20. Stack O' Lee	2:56
21. Henry Lee	3:27
22. John the Revelator	3:18

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