Guitarist and singer Kansas Joe McCoy had a long and varied musical career, playing blues in duos with his then-wife Memphis Minnie and his brother Charlie McCoy, performing jazzier material with the Harlem Hamfats, and cutting records under a bunch of pseudonyms (religious material as “Hallelujah Joe”, etc.).  This collection gives a hint of the scope of his work, with gently rolling pieces like “You Know You Done Me Wrong”, the potent slide guitar on “My Wash Woman’s Gone”, his take on Skip James’ “Devil Got My Woman” (“Evil Devil Woman Blues”), bookending sermons with upbeat gospel, and so forth.  Limited stock.

Track listing:
I Want That
That Will Be Alright
Can I Do It For You?
Pile Drivin’ Blues
Shake Mattie
My Wash Woman’s Gone
You Know You Done Me Wrong
Joliet Bound
Evil Devil Woman Blues
Going Back Home Blues
Meat Cutter Blues
Hole In the Wall
One In a Hundred
One More Greasing
The Prodigal’s Return
If I Be Lifted Up
Look Who’s Coming Down the Road
The World is a Hard Place to Live In