Music CD, Musical Sound Recording, Sound Recording

Classic blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [sound recording].

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2003.

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

Blues (Music)

African Americans -- Music.

Terry, Sonny.

McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996.

Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958.

Memphis Slim.

Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992.

Hall, Vera, -1964.

Douglas, K. C.

Sykes, Roosevelt.

Leadbelly, 1885-1949.

Baker, Etta, 1913-2006.

House, Son.

Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992.

Anderson, Pink, 1900-1974.

Johnson, Edith.

Brown, Henry, 1906-1981.

Williams, Big Joe, 1903-1982.

Cat Iron.

Davis, Gary, 1896-1972.

Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982.

White, Josh.

Townsend, Henry.

Edwards, Honeyboy.

Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985.

Cotten, Elizabeth.

Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970.

Chambers Brothers.

"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.

Various performers.

Old Jabo (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) Mule-ridin' blues (Big Bill Broonzy) Joggie boogie (Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon) Black woman (Vera Hall) Mercury blues (K.C. Douglas) Ran the blues out of my window (Roosevelt Sykes) Leaving blues (Lead Belly) One dime blues (Etta Baker) County farm blues (Son House) Clog dance (Stomping blues) (Champion Jack Dupree) Boll weevil (Pink Anderson) Nickel's worth of liver (Edith North Johnson & Henry Brown) Don't leave me here (Big Joe Williams) Jimmy Bell (Cat Iron) Candy man (Reverend Gary Davis) Beer drinking woman (Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon) Come go home with me (Lightnin' Hopkins) Careless love (Josh White) I asked her if she loved me (Henry Townsend) Rising sun (Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry) Pony blues (David "Honeyboy" Edwards) Vicksburg blues (Little Brother Montgomery) Vastapol (Elizabeth Cotten) Drifting along blues (Lonnie Johnson) Oh baby, you don't have to go (the Chambers Brothers) Don't lie buddy (Lead Belly and Josh White)

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