Rough Guide To Gamblin' & Ramblin' Blues

With its long association with gambling, the blues provided the perfect medium for artists to express its highs and lows. From the slide-guitar wizardry of Tampa Red and Kokomo Arnold to the haunting lamentations of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Peg Leg Howell, these poignant and emotionally charged tracks deal with man's complex and troubled relationship with this vice.Side A01 Frank Stokes: I Got Mine02 Tampa Red: Keep On Dealin' (Play Your Hand)03 Peg Leg Howell: Skin Game Blues04 Leroy Carr: Gambler's Blues05 Mississippi Sheiks: Shooting High Dice06 Clifford Gibson: Bad Luck Dice Side B01 Blind Blake: Poker Woman Blues02 Blind Lemon Jefferson: Jack O'Diamonds03 Kokomo Arnold: Policy Wheel Blues04 Black Ace: Black Ace05 Blind Willie & Kate McTell: Dying Gambler06 Papa Charlie Jackson: Four Eleven Forty Four07 Bob Campbell: Dice's Blues