Classic African American songsters.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Smithsonian Global Sound.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk songs, English--United States.

Folk songs, English.

United States.

Folk music--United States.

Folk music.

African Americans--Music.

African Americans.

Blues (Music).

Genre:

Folk music.

Blues (Music)

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 minutes)

Other Title:

Classic African American songsters from Smithsonian Folkways

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2014.

Language Note:

Sung in English.

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:

Various performers.

Notes:

Includes PDF of liner notes in English.

Streaming audio files.

Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).

Recorded 1940s-1986.

Other Format:

Original cat. no.: SFW40211

Original version:

OCLC:

935213998

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.