Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [electronic resource]
- Imprint
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2003
- Physical description
- 1 online resource
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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Cat Iron Performer
- Leadbelly, 1885-1949 Performer
- Memphis Slim. Performer
- Anderson, Pink, 1900-1974 Performer
- Baker, Etta, 1913-2006. Performer
- Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958. Performer
- Brown, Henry, 1906-1981 Performer
- Cotten, Elizabeth Performer
- Davis, Gary, 1896-1972. Performer
- Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 Performer
- Douglas, K. C. Performer
- Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992. Performer
- Edwards, Honeyboy. Performer
- Hall, Vera, 1902-1964. Performer
- Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982. Performer
- House, Son. Performer
- Johnson, Edith. Performer
- Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970 Performer
- McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996. Performer
- Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985. Performer
- Sykes, Roosevelt. Performer
- Terry, Sonny Performer
- Townsend, Henry. Performer
- White, Josh. Performer
- Williams, Big Joe, 1903-1982 Performer
- Chambers Brothers. Performer
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- Old Jabo (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) (2:11)
- Mule-ridin' blues (Big Bill Broonzy) (3:43)
- Joggie boogie (Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon) (3:25)
- Black woman (Vera Hall) (1:24)
- Mercury blues (K.C. Douglas) (2:18)
- Ran the blues out of my window (Roosevelt Sykes) (2:54)
- Leaving blues (Lead Belly) (2:21)
- One dime blues (Etta Baker) (3:43)
- County farm blues (Son House) (2:08)
- Clog dance (Stomping blues) (Champion Jack Dupree) (1:59)
- Boll weevil (Pink Anderson) (3:03)
- Nickel's worth of liver (Edith North Johnson & Henry Brown) (2:40)
- Don't leave me here (Big Joe Williams) (2:40)
- Jimmy Bell (Cat Iron) (2:17)
- Candy man (Reverend Gary Davis) (2:32)
- Beer drinking woman (Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon) (2:30)
- Come go home with me (Lightnin' Hopkins) (3:51)
- Careless love (Josh White) (3:20)
- I asked her if she loved me (Henry Townsend) (2:52)
- Rising sun (Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry) (2:40)
- Pony blues (David "Honeyboy" Edwards) (3:26)
- Vicksburg blues (Little Brother Montgomery) (3:59)
- Vastapol (Elizabeth Cotten) (2:09)
- Drifting along blues (Lonnie Johnson) (2:56)
- Oh baby, you don't have to go (the Chambers Brothers) (2:46)
- Don't lie buddy (Lead Belly and Josh White) (2:21)
Subjects
- Subjects
- African Americans > Music.
- Blues (Music)
Bibliographic information
- Reprint/reissue date
- 2003
- Note
- "This compilation ... spans half a century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest, and Chicago styles"--Original container
- Originally issued as compact disc
- Previously released recordings
- Program, biographical, and historical notes by Barry Lee Pearson inserted in original container
- Participant
- Various performers
