Classic African American songsters from Smithsonian Folkways.

Format:

Sound recording

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music.

African Americans.

Folk music--United States.

Folk music.

United States.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Music.

Physical Description:

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

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways, [2014]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Bring it on down to my house / Warner Williams with Jay Summerour

Talking blues / Pink Anderson

Nobody's business / John Jackson

Alabama bound / Little Brother Montgomery

Pallet on the floor / Brownie McGhee

Chicken, you can't roost too high for me / Bill Williams

My hula love / Lead Belly

Candy man / Reverend Gary Davis

Going down the road feeling bad / John Cephas and Phil Wiggins

Froggy went a-courting / Peg Leg Sam

Monday morning blues / Mississippi John Hurt

The boys of your Uncle Sam / Pink Anderson

Raise a ruckus tonight / Brownie McGhee

Reno factory / Marvin Foddrell

Don't let your deal go down / John Jackson

Honeysuckle rose / Warner Williams with Jay Summerour

Bill Bailey / Big Bill Broonzy

When the roses bloom again / Bill Williams

Straighten up and fly right / Peg Leg Sam

Careless love / Snooks Eaglin

They cut down the old pine tree / Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong.

Participant:

Performed by various artists.

Notes:

Title from disc label sheet.

Recorded 1971-1986.

Program notes with bibliography (39 pages) inserted in container.

Compact disc.

OCLC:

878513867

Publisher Number:

00093074021125 gtin-14

093074021125

SFW-CD-40211 Smithsonian Folkways