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Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Format Electronic, Audio (Streaming), and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, ℗2003.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Content https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AMSO;73879
Subject(s)
African Americans--Music.
Blues (Music)
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/creatorBaker, Etta, 1913-2006, performer.
Other author/creatorBroonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958, performer.
Other author/creatorBrown, Henry, 1906-1981 performer.
Other author/creatorCotten, Elizabeth performer.
Other author/creatorDavis, Gary, 1896-1972, performer.
Other author/creatorDixon, Willie, 1915-1992 performer.
Other author/creatorDouglas, K. C., performer.
Other author/creatorDupree, Champion Jack, -1992, performer.
Other author/creatorEdwards, Honeyboy, performer.
Other author/creatorHall, Vera, 1902-1964, performer.
Other author/creatorHopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982, performer.
Other author/creatorHouse, Son, performer.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Edith, performer.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970 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/creatorTownsend, Henry, performer.
Other author/creatorWhite, Josh, performer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Big Joe, 1903-1982 performer.
Other author/creatorChambers Brothers, performer.
Contents 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).
General note"This compilation ... spans half a century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest, and Chicago styles"--Original container.
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.

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