Classic African-American ballads : from Smithsonian Folkways.

Format:

Sound recording

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballads, English--United States.

Ballads, English.

United States.

African Americans--Music.

African Americans.

Popular music.

Blues (Music).

Genre:

Compact discs.

Sound recordings.

Popular music.

Music.

Physical Description:

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

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [2006]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Contents:

Mouse on the hill (Warner Williams) (3:44)

Casey Jones (K.C. Douglas) (1:23)

John Hardy (Lead Belly) (2:43)

Railroad Bill (John Jackson) (3:33)

Stewball (Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon) (3:33)

John Henry (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) (4:04)

St. James infirmary (Snooks Eaglin) (2:20)

Staggerlee (Stackolee) (John Cephas and Phil Wiggins) (5:03)

Lost John (Convicts of the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms) (4:54)

Betty and Dupree (Josh White) (3:45)

Old Riley (Lead Belly) (1:58)

The race of the Jim Lee and Katy Adam (Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, and Arbee Stidham) (2:27)

The Titanic (Pink Anderson) (2:49)

Frankie and Johnny (Big Bill Broonzy) (2:07)

White House blues (Earl Taylor and the Stony Mountain Boys) (1:59)

Louis Collins (John Jackson) (3:18)

Bad Lee Brown (Woody Guthrie) (2:14)

Luke and Mullen (Horace Sprott) (2:25)

Duncan and Brady (Dave Van Ronk) (3:00)

Gallis Pole (Lead Belly) (2:45)

Boll weevil (Pink Anderson) (3:04)

Delia's gone (Josh White Jr.) (3:45).

Notes:

Includes previously released material.

Recorded between 1952 and 2004.

Compact disc.

Program notes in English (32 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

OCLC:

68001717

Publisher Number:

093074019122

SFW CD 40191 Smithsonian Folkways