Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Cat Iron, performer.

Leadbelly, 1885-1949, performer.

Memphis Slim, performer.

Anderson, Pink, 1900-1974, performer.

Baker, Etta, 1913-2006, performer.

Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958, performer.

Brown, Henry, 1906-1981, performer.

Cotten, Elizabeth, performer.

Davis, Gary, 1896-1972, performer.

Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992, performer.

Douglas, K. C., performer.

Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992, performer.

Edwards, Honeyboy, performer.

Hall, Vera, 1902-1964, performer.

Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982, performer.

House, Son, performer.

Johnson, Edith, performer.

Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970, performer.

McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996, performer.

Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985, performer.

Sykes, Roosevelt, performer.

Terry, Sonny, performer.

Townsend, Henry, performer.

White, Josh, performer.

Williams, Big Joe, 1903-1982, performer.

Alexander Street Press.

Chambers Brothers, performer.

Series:

Smithsonian global sound for libraries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music.

African Americans.

Blues (Music).

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Blues (Music)

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2003]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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"--Original container.

Originally issued as compact disc.

Previously released recordings.

Program, biographical, and historical notes by Barry Lee Pearson inserted in original container.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

SFW CD 40134

093074013427

OCLC:

698169776

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.