Rough Guide To Gamblin’ & Ramblin’ Blues LP

With its long association with gambling, the blues provided the perfect medium for artists to express its highs and lows. From the slide-guitar wizardry of Tampa Red and Kokomo Arnold to the haunting lamentations of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Peg Leg Howell, these poignant and emotionally charged tracks deal with man’s complex and troubled relationship with this vice.