Part One of a loose history and a chronological list of some of my favorite versions of the Delta Blues Standard, Catfish Blues. I explore it's earliest origins and discuss my feelings on the mythological aspects of this archetypal ur-blues song and it's subsequent influence on Rock and Roll.

(Intro)

1. RL Burnside - Come On In Pt. 2 (Remix)

2. William "Big Foot" Harris - Kansas City Blues (1927)

3. Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (1941)

4. Tommy McClennan - Deep Blues Sea Blues (1941)

5. Ed Bush - My Husband Just Now Left (Presto Vanity Disc 1948, GA)

6. John Lee Hooker - Catfish Blues (1948)

7. Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (1950)

8. Bobo Slim Thomas and Sonny Boy Williamson - Catfish Blues (1951)

9. Willie Doss - Catfish Blues (Live at Newport Folk Fest 1964)

10. Skip James - Catfish Blues (1966)

11. Jack Owens and Bud Spires - Catfish Blues (1971)

12. RL Burnside - Catfish Blues