Classic Blues: From Smithsonian Folkways, Volume 2

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Dark Road
guitar:
Brownie McGhee (in 1957)
harmonica:
Sonny Terry (in 1957)
membranophone:
Gene Moore (early blues drummer) (in 1957)
vocals:
Brownie McGhee (in 1957) and Sonny Terry (in 1957)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:46
2Step It Up and Go
Warner Williams & Jay Summerour2:38
3It Was Early One Morning
Lead Belly2:28
4Blue - Until My Baby Comes Home
Nora Lee King2:55
5That's No Way to Do
Pink Anderson2:26
6Farro Street Jive
Little Brother Montgomery2:19
7I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Depot Blues)
recorded in:
Robinsonville, United States (on 1942-07-17)
guitar:
Son House
vocals:
Son House
field recordings:
Lewis Jones (worked with Alan Lomax) (on 1942-07-17) and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1942-07-17)
Son House2:59
8Graveyard Blues
Roscoe Holcomb3:03
944 Blues
Roosevelt Sykes2:45
10Big Fat Mama
David “Honeyboy” Edwards2:59
11Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
engineer:
Gerald "Wolf" Stephenson
producer:
Tom Royals
12 string guitar:
Lucinda Williams
vocals:
Lucinda Williams
recorded at:
Malaco Studios in Jackson, United States (in 1978-09)
cover recording of:
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor (in 1979)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13930)
Lucinda Williams3:53
12Lieutenant Blues
Barrelhouse Buck2:41
13The Woman Is Killing Me
Sonny Terry & Friends2:27
14Little Drops of Water
Edith North Johnson & Henry Brown3:09
15When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)
Big Bill Broonzy3:01
16Poor Boy a Long, Long Way From Home
Cat Iron2:47
17My Jack Don't Drink Water No More
Shortstuff Macon3:44
18'Way Behind the Sun
Barbara Dane3:51
19Tell Me, Baby
recorded in:
Houston, United States (on 1959-01-16)
recording engineer:
Samuel B. Charters (on 1959-01-16)
guitar:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (on 1959-01-16)
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins (on 1959-01-16)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:36
20Just a Dream
Memphis Slim4:16
21Jelly Jelly
Josh White2:30
22Down in the Alley
The Chambers Brothers3:08

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ASIN:US: B0000C0FBI [info]