Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Vol. 2.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Chambers Brothers (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf)
Other Authors: Barrelhouse Buck, 1903-1962 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Cat Iron (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Leadbelly, 1885-1949 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Memphis Slim (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Anderson, Pink, 1900-1974 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Brown, Henry, 1906-1981 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Dane, Barbara (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Edwards, Honeyboy (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Holcomb, Roscoe (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), House, Son (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Johnson, Edith (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), King, Nora Lee (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Macon, John Wesley, 1933-1973 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Sykes, Roosevelt (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Terry, Sonny (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), White, Josh (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Williams, Lucinda (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf), Williams, Warner (Performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf)
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: [Washington, DC] : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2003], ℗2003
Washington, DC : [2003]
Subjects:
Blues (Music)
Sound recordings
Table of Contents:
  • Dark Road / Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
  • Step it up and go / Warner Williams
  • It was early one morning / Lead Belly
  • Blues--until my baby comes back home / Nora Lee King and Mary Lou Williams
  • That's no way to do / Pink Anderson
  • Farro Street jive / Little Brother Montgomery
  • I ain't gonna cry no more / Son House
  • Graveyard blues / Roscoe Holcomb
  • 44 blues / Roosevelt Sykes
  • Big fat mama / Honeyboy Edwards
  • Make me a pallet on your floor / Lucinda Williams
  • Lieutenant blues / Barrelhouse Buck
  • The woman is killing me / Sonny Terry and friends
  • Little drops of water / Edith North Johnson and Henry Brown
  • When things go wrong (it hurts me too) / Big Bill Broonzy
  • Poor boy a long, long way from home / Cat-Iron
  • My Jack don't drink water no more / Shortstuff Macon
  • 'Way behind the sun / Barbara Dane
  • Tell me, baby / Lightnin' Hopkins
  • Just a dream / Memphis Slim
  • Jelly jelly / Josh White
  • Down in the alley / Chambers brothers
  • Dark road (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) (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)

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