"This compilation ... spans half a century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest, and Chicago styles"--Container. Previously released recordings. Program, biographical, and historical notes by Barry Lee Pearson (22 p. : ports.) inserted in container. Various performers.
Contents:
Don't lie buddy (Lead Belly and Josh White) (2:21). 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).
Series:
Smithsonian Folkways
OCLC:
(OCoLC)51936278
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.