2011 is the centenary of Robert Johnson's birth and in addition it was in 1941 that Muddy Waters first recorded on Stovall's Cotton Plantation in Mississippi. This excellent 2CD compilation traces the impact and influence of the blues on popular music.

DISC ONE: Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues Cream - Crossroads (Live At Winterland) Robert Johnson - 32-20 Blues Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightning Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man Etta James - Spoonful Mississippi Fred McDowell - 61 Highway Lightnin' Hopkins - Back To New Orleans Willie Dixon - Walking The Blues Bo Diddley - I'm A Man Rod Stewart- Good Morning Little School Girl Little Walter - Blues with a feeling John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - All Your Love Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated - Chicken Shack Free - I'm A Mover Fleetwood Mac - Stop Messin' Around Roy Buchanan - Sweet Dreams Marcus Bonfanti - Messin' Round No More Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Fortune Teller ZZ Top - La Grange Small Faces - You Need Loving Larry Carlton & Terry McMillan - Crazy Mama The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues (Live At The Fillmore East)

DISC TWO: Son House - John The Revelator The Rolling Stones - Ventilator Blues John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom BB King - Sittin' On Top Of The World Otis Rush - Double Trouble Stevie Ray Vaughan - Love Struck Baby The Robert Cray Band - New Blood Lowell Fulson - Reconsider baby Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years Dr John - I Know What I've Got Bobby Bland - Don't want no woman Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues Tim Hardin - Nobody Knows When You're Down & Out Bonnie Raitt - Love Me Like A Man Eric Clapton - Give Me Strength Big Bill Broonzy - Key To The Highway Lead Belly - The Midnight Special Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes Jonny Lang - Matchbox Elmore James - Dust My Broom Jimmy Rogers - Walking By Myself Canned Heat - Going Up The Country Chantel McGregor - Help Me