Album · 1959
Down and Out Blues
Tracklist
1
Don’t Start Me to Talkin’
Down and Out Blues
2:38
2
I Don’t Know
Down and Out Blues
2:28
3
All My Love in Vain
Down and Out Blues
2:51
4
The Key (To Your Door)
Down and Out Blues
3:17
5
Keep It to Yourself
Down and Out Blues
2:52
6
Dissatisfied
Down and Out Blues
2:46
7
Fattening Frogs for Snakes
Down and Out Blues
2:23
8
Wake Up Baby
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3:00
9
Your Funeral and My Trial
Down and Out Blues
2:32
10
“99”
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2:41
11
Cross My Heart
Down and Out Blues
3:24
12
Let Me Explain
Down and Out Blues
2:54
In print
First pressed 1959, still pressed 2024 — 46 pressings across 12 countries.
Credits
Vartan
Art Direction
Chess Creative
Design
DZN, The Design Group
Design
Funckler Records
Design
Eugene Pierson
Instrument · piano
Fred Below
Instrument · drums
Jimmy Rogers
Instrument · guitar
Lafayette Leake
Instrument · piano
Luther Tucker
Instrument · guitar
Muddy Waters
Instrument · guitar
Otis Spann
Instrument · piano
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Instrument · guitar
Sonny Boy Williamson
Instrument · harmonica, vocals
Don Kamerer
Liner Notes
Gary Blailock
Liner Notes
Kenichi Sasaki
Liner Notes
Michael Heatley
Liner Notes
Studs Terkel
Liner Notes
Derek Moore (3)
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Greg Fulginiti
Mastering
Tony Bridge
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Don Bronstein
Photography
Steve Benson (13)
Photography
Leonard & Phil Chess
Producer
Matt Haywood
Producer · compiled by
Pete Felleman
Producer · compiled by
Willie Dixon
Producer