Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, ℗2003.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental ContentVol. 2
Subjects

Other author/creatorBarrelhouse Buck, 1903-1962 performer.
Other author/creatorCat Iron performer.
Other author/creatorLeadbelly, 1885-1949 performer.
Other author/creatorMemphis Slim performer.
Other author/creatorAnderson, Pink, 1900-1974 performer.
Other author/creatorBroonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958, performer.
Other author/creatorBrown, Henry, 1906-1981 performer.
Other author/creatorDane, Barbara performer.
Other author/creatorEdwards, Honeyboy, performer.
Other author/creatorHolcomb, Roscoe, performer.
Other author/creatorHopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982, performer.
Other author/creatorHouse, Son, performer.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Edith, performer.
Other author/creatorKing, Nora Lee performer.
Other author/creatorMacon, John Wesley, 1933-1973, performer.
Other author/creatorMcGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996 performer.
Other author/creatorMontgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985, performer.
Other author/creatorSykes, Roosevelt, performer.
Other author/creatorTerry, Sonny performer.
Other author/creatorWhite, Josh, performer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Lucinda performer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 performer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Warner performer.
Other author/creatorChambers Brothers, performer.
Contents 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).
General noteOriginally issued as compact disc.
General notePreviously released recordings.
General noteProgram, biographical, and historical notes by Barry Lee Pearson inserted in original container.
Performer Various performers.