Anyone who knows R. Crumb’s work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to mid 1980's.
They have been packaged together in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, “Dock” Boggs, “Jelly Roll” Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. A characteristically idiosyncratic tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him, R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country is a must-have collection for Crumb aficionados, comics fans, and music lovers alike.
Heroes Of The Blues
1 –Memphis Jug Band On The Road Again 2:52
2 –Blind Willie McTell Dark Night Blues 2:55
3 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Minglewood Blues 3:42
4 –Skip James Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues 2:50
5 –Jaybird Coleman I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some O' These Days 3:08
6 –Charley Patton High Water Everywhere 3:08
7 –Frank Stokes I Got Mine 3:07
Pioneers Of Country Music
8 –"Dock" Boggs* Sugar Baby 3:00
9 –Shelor Family Big Bend Gal 2:49
10 –Hayes Shepherd The Peddler And His Wife 3:22
11 –Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers Little Rabbit 3:01
12 –Burnett & Rutherford All Night Long Blues 3:15
13 –East Texas Serenaders Mineola Rag 2:44
14 –Weems String Band Greenback Dollar 3:09
Early Jazz Greats
15 –Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra Kater Street Rag 2:34
16 –"King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band* Sobbin' Blues 3:19
17 –Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopators Mojo Strut 2:49
18 –Frankie Franko & His Louisianians Somebody Stole My Gal 2:30
19 –Clarence Williams' Blue Five Wild Cat Blues 3:02
20 –"Jelly Roll" Morton's Red Hot Peppers* Kansas City Stomps 2:56
21 –Jimmy Noone* King Joe 3:03