I recently picked up a tasty nugget of bluesy goodness in the form of Fat Possum Records "the George Mitchell Collection". This colossal set features 45 bluesmen and women, each donating two, three, or four songs a piece. Clocking in at the 8 hour mark, this 174 track bonanza offers a variety of rural simplicity that is brimming with passion, joy, and sorrow (and at under $45 it's quite the bargain). I tried to provide a proper swath of what this set has to offer but it's been a difficult task to narrow the field down to just a few songs. Never the less, here are a few that I found particularly appealing. The last two are perhaps more indebted towards traditional gospel than that of "the devil's music". The final track by Robert Johnson (no, not that Robert Johnson) wastes no time in bursting out as a ritualistic chant that stirs the soul. Ready?
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