| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
"This compilation ... spans half a century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest, and Chicago styles"--Container. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
Previously released recordings. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program, biographical, and historical notes by Barry Lee Pearson (22 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| 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). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Blues (Music)
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African Americans -- Music.
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| Added Author |
Terry, Sonny. Performer.
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McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996.
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Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958. Performer.
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Memphis Slim. Performer.
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Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992. Performer.
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Hall, Vera, 1902-1964.
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Douglas, K. C. Performer.
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Sykes, Roosevelt. Performer.
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Leadbelly, 1885-1949. Performer.
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Baker, Etta, 1913-2006. Performer.
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House, Son. Performer.
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Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992. Performer.
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Anderson, Pink, 1900-1974. Performer.
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Johnson, Edith. Performer.
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Brown, Henry, 1906-1981. Performer.
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Williams, Big Joe, 1903-1982. Performer.
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Cat Iron. Performer.
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Davis, Gary, 1896-1972. Performer.
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Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982. Performer.
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White, Josh. Performer.
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Townsend, Henry. Performer.
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Edwards, Honeyboy. Performer.
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Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985. Performer.
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Cotten, Elizabeth. Performer.
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Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970. Performer.
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Chambers Brothers. Performer.
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| Standard No. |
093074013427 |
| Music No. |
SFW CD 40134 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
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