The Slide Guitar - Bottels, Knives & Steel [1965]

tracklist:

01. Weaver And Beasley - Bottleneck Blues
02. Barbecue Bob - (Untitled)
03. Johnson, Blind Willie - God Don't Never Change
04. Johnson, Blind Willie - Dark Was The Night
05. Weaver And Beasley - St. Louis Blues
06. Willis, Ruth And McTell, Blind Willie - Experience Blues
07. Weaver, Sylvester - Guitar Rag
08. Tampa Red - You Can't Get That Stuff No More
09. Patton, Charlie - High Sheriff Blues
10. Fuller, Blind Boy - Homesick & Lonesome Blues
11. Leadbelly - Packin' Trunk Blues
12. Weldon, Casey Bill - I Beleive I'll Make A Change
13. Woods, Buddy - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away)
14. Woods, Buddy - Muscat Hill Blues
15. Johnson, Robert - Travelling Riverside Blues
16. White, Bukka - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
17. White, Bukka - Special Stream Line
18. Terrell, Sister O. M. - Swing Low, Chariot
19. Son House - Pearline

Review	

This CD is a hodgepodge sampling of blues records featuring mostly pre-war slide guitarists ranging from the simplicity of Barbecue Bob (who was much better-known as a pianist) and Sylvester Weaver to the sophistication of Blind Willie McTell (backing Ruth Willis on "Experience Blues") and Tampa Red. 

Among the highlights are Blind Willie Johnson's wordless "Dark Was the Night" and Tampa Red's goodtime "You Can't Get That Stuff No More" and also featured are Charley Patton, Blind Boy Fuller, Leadbelly, Casey Bill Weldon, Buddy Woods, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Sister O.M. Terrell and Son House. With the exception of two later cuts, all of the music (which includes a pair of previously unreleased selections) dates from 1927-40. An interesting if not quite essential sampler.