Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Terry, Sonny, performer.

McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996, performer.

Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958, performer.

Memphis Slim, performer.

Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992, performer.

Hall, Vera, 1902-1964, performer.

Douglas, K. C., performer.

Sykes, Roosevelt, performer.

Leadbelly, 1885-1949, performer.

Baker, Etta, 1913-2006, performer.

House, Son, performer.

Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992, performer.

Anderson, Pink, 1900-1974, performer.

Johnson, Edith, performer.

Brown, Henry, 1906-1981, performer.

Williams, Big Joe, 1903-1982, performer.

Cat Iron, performer.

Davis, Gary, 1896-1972, performer.

Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982, performer.

White, Josh, performer.

Townsend, Henry, performer.

Edwards, Honeyboy, performer.

Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985, performer.

Cotten, Elizabeth, performer.

Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970, performer.

Chambers Brothers, performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music).

African Americans--Music.

African Americans.

Ethnic music recordings, African American.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings, African American.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Blues (Music)

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2003]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

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).

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

"This compilation ... spans half a century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest, and Chicago styles"--Container.

Previously released recordings.

Compact disc.

Program, biographical, and historical notes by Barry Lee Pearson (22 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

OCLC:

51936278

Publisher Number:

093074013427

SFW CD 40134 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings