Performed by various artists. Recorded 1920-1993. Selections previously released on analog discs by Columbia Records and OKeh Records.
Contents:
Every morning / Keb' Mo'. Crazy blues / Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds -- Careless love blues / Bessie Smith -- Frankie / Mississippi John Hurt -- Lord I just can't keep from crying / Blind Willie Johnson -- What are they doing in heaven today / Washington Phillips -- Sitting on top of the world / The Mississippi Sheiks -- Blues before sunrise / Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell -- If you see my savior // Thomas A. Dorsey -- Broke down engine / Blind Willie McTell -- Mister Tom Hughes's town / Leadbelly -- Cross road blues / Robert Johnson -- Key to the highway / Big Bill Broonzy -- Nine foot shovel / Joshua White -- Cowboy's lament / Burl Ives -- Me and my chauffeur blues / Memphis Minnie -- Swing down chariot / The Golden Gate Quartet -- Dere's a man goin' round/I know de Lord / Paul Robeson -- Baby please don't go / Big Joe Williams -- Hard day blues / Muddy Waters -- I'll never forget / Ira Tucker & the Dixie Hummingbirds -- I'll fly away / The (CBS) Trumpeteers -- I will move on up a little higher / Mahalia Jackson -- Greenfields/ (The Brothers Four) -- Blowin' in the wind/ (Bob Dylan) -- The patriot game/ (The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem) -- Green, green/ (The New Christy Minstrels featuring Barry McGuire) -- We shall overcome / Pete Seeger -- The sound of silence / Simon & Garfunkel -- Death letter / Son House -- Little boxes / Malvina Reynolds -- Will the circle be unbroken / The Staple Singers -- Suzanne / Leonard Cohen -- Going up to the country, paint my mailbox blue / Taj Mahal -- These days / Tom Rush -- Mean mistreater / Johnny Winter -- I'm your hoochie coochie man / Willie Dixon -- Blue river / Eric Andersen -- Longer / Dan Fogelberg -- Romeo's tune / Steve Forbert -- Pride and joy / Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble -- Steady on / Shawn Colvin -- Galileo / Indigo Girls -- Stand still / Shirley Caesar featuring John P. Kee -- Every morning / Keb' Mo'.
Summary:
Booklet with program notes by Mary Katherine Aldin (60 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
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