Smithsonian/Folkways: SF 40004 (on container: SF CD 40044). "All songs written or arranged by Huddie Ledbetter ... unless otherwise indicated"--Insert. Program notes by Jeff Place, with bibliography and discography (24 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Leadbelly, vocals and guitar. Recorded by Moses Asch, 1941-1946, New York City.
Contents:
Irene -- Pick a bale of cotton -- Good morning blues -- Grey goose -- In the pines -- Take this hammer -- On a Monday -- Cotton fields -- Bring a little water Sylvie -- Moanin' -- Laura -- Duncan and Brady -- Rock Island Line -- Big fat woman -- New Orleans (The rising sun blues) / J. Lomax, A. Lomax, G. Turner -- Chicken crowing for midnight -- You can't lose me Cholly -- Sally Walker -- Ha ha this a way -- Yellow gal -- Green corn -- Let it shine on me -- Meeting at the building -- In the evening when the sun goes down / Leroy Carr, Don Raye -- Pigmeat -- Blind Lemon -- Bottle up and go -- Sukey jump -- Old Riley -- 4, 5, and 9 -- No good rider / J. Lomax, A. Lomax, H. Ledbetter -- Shorty George -- Duncan and Brady : (a capella) -- Leaving blues.
Series:
Lead Belly legacy ; v. 1 Leadbelly, 1885-1949. Lead Belly legacy ; v. 1.
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