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1	Judge Bouche Written-By – Traditional	4:07
2	How Long Before I Change My Clothes Written-By – Traditional	3:35
3	Deep Blue Sea Written-By – Traditional	2:19
4	Jinx Blues Written-By – Eddie House*	3:23
5	Bootlegger's Blues Written-By – Traditional	2:47
6	Alberta Written-By – Huddie Ledbetter	5:40
7	Broke And Hungry Written-By – John Estes*	3:28
8	Devil Got My Woman Written-By – Skip James	3:06
9	Chilly Winds Written-By – Odetta Felious Gordon*	4:38
10	Tom Rushen Blues Written-By – Charlie Patton*	3:39
11	Please Baby Written-By – Traditional	2:59
12	Motherless Child Written-By – Traditional	3:11

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Archer Records Studio

Credits

• Cover [Cover Design], Design [Cover Design] – Brooke Barnett
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Kevin Cubbins, Posey Hedges
• Liner Notes – Billy F Gibbons 'dat gibbons boy'*, Dave Alvin, Robert Gordon
• Mastered By – Brad Blackwood
• Mixed By – David Less (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 12), Jim Dickinson (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 12), Posey Hedges (tracks: 5)
• Photography By – Rick Ivy
• Photography By [Back Cover] – David Less
• Producer [Produced By] – David Less, Jim Dickinson
• Vocals, Guitar [Guitars], Mandolin, Banjo – Alvin Youngblood Hart

Notes

Recorded at: Archer Records Studio • November 17, 21 & 28, 2001
Mixed by: Davis Less & Jim Dickinson • December 5, 2001
Mastered By: Brad Blackwood at Ardent Studios • April 8, 2002
Special thanks to: Dave Alvin, Ward Archer, Billy Gibbons, Peter Guralnick, Dick Waterman.
Dedicated to: Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, Bukka White, Henry Townsend, Odetta, The Mississippi Sheiks, Skip James and all the other great Blues Artists whose music was the inspiration for this record.

Liner notes by:
Billy Gibbons, Guitarist of ZZ Top
Robert "Papastoppa" Gordon, Author of It Came From Memphis
Dave Alvin, Original Guitarist & Principle Songwriter, The Blasters

© 2002 Merless Records LLC
Monaural

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 823862000328
• Barcode: 8 23862-0003-2 8
• Matrix / Runout: 6888 DOWN IN THE ALLEY

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DOT 0203	Alvin Youngblood Hart	Down In The Alley ‎(CD, Album)	Memphis International Records	DOT 0203	Europe	2002