Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Vol. 2 [electronic resource].
- Imprint
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2003.
- Physical description
- 1 online resource.
- Series
- Smithsonian global sound for libraries.
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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Barrelhouse Buck, 1903-1962 Performer
- Cat Iron Performer
- Leadbelly, 1885-1949 Performer
- Memphis Slim Performer
- Anderson, Pink, 1900-1974 Performer
- Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958 Performer
- Brown, Henry, 1906-1981 Performer
- Dane, Barbara Performer
- Edwards, Honeyboy Performer
- Holcomb, Roscoe. Performer
- Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982 Performer
- House, Son Performer
- Johnson, Edith. Performer
- King, Nora Lee Performer
- Macon, John Wesley, 1933-1973. Performer
- McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996 Performer
- Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985 Performer
- Sykes, Roosevelt Performer
- Terry, Sonny Performer
- White, Josh Performer
- Williams, Lucinda Performer
- Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 Performer
- Williams, Warner Performer
- Chambers Brothers. Performer
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- Dark road (Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry) (2:42)
- Step it up and go (Warner Williams) (2:35)
- It was early one morning (Lead Belly) (2:24)
- Blues, until my baby comes back home (Nora Lee King and Mary Lou Williams) (2:52)
- That's no way to do (Pink Anderson) (2:22)
- Farro Street jive (Little Brother Montgomery) (2:16)
- I ain't gonna cry no more (Depot blues) (Son House) (2:55)
- Graveyard blues (Roscoe Holcomb) (2:58)
- 44 blues (Roosevelt Sykes) (2:41)
- Big fat mama (Honeyboy Edwards) (2:55)
- Make me a pallet on your floor (Lucinda Williams) (3:50)
- Lieutenant blues (Barrelhouse Buck) (2:36)
- The woman is killing me (Sonny Terry and friends) (2:23)
- Little drops of water (Edith North Johnson and Henry Brown) (3:05)
- When things go wrong (it hurts me too) (Big Bill Broonzy) (2:58)
- Poor boy a long, long way from home (Cat-Iron) (2:43)
- My jack don't drink water no more (Shortstuff Macon) (3:40)
- 'Way behind the sun (Barbara Dane) (3:49)
- Tell me, baby (Lightnin' Hopkins) (2:32)
- Just a dream (Memphis Slim) (4:11)
- Jelly jelly (Josh White) (2:26)
- Down in the alley (Chambers Brothers) (3:08).
Subjects
- Subjects
- Blues (Music)
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2003
- Series
- Smithsonian global sound for libraries
- Note
- Originally issued as compact disc.
- Previously released recordings.
- Program, biographical, and historical notes by Barry Lee Pearson inserted in original container.
- Participant
- Various performers.
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.
