Frank I.T.S., I'm glad to see there's another Rounders fan here. After the original, their version of "Statesboro Blues" is my favorite. I wish they would reissue that album on CD.

For Chicago blues, another great collection is the "Willie Dixon Chess Box". It is a two CD compilation of songs written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Chess artists. It includes "Wang Dang Doodle" sung by Howlin' Wolf and "Hoochie Coochie Man" sung by Muddy Waters. It also has the original versions of many songs later recorded by rock stars (who didn't always give Mr. Dixon credit) like "Whole Lot of Love", "Little Red Rooster", "Ain't Superstisious", "Seventh Sun", etc.