| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Includes previously released material. |
| Event |
Recorded between 1952 and 2004. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes in English (32 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Mouse on the hill / Warner Williams (3:44) -- Casey Jones / K.C. Douglas (1:23) -- John Hard / Lead Belly (2:43) -- Railroad Bill / John Jackson (3:33) - Stewball / Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (3:33) -- John Henry / Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (4:04) -- St. James infirmary / Snooks Eaglin (2:20) -- Staggerlee (Stackolee) / John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (5:03) -- Lost John / Convicts of the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms (4:54) -- Betty and Dupree / Josh White (3:45) -- Old Riley / Lead Belly (1:58) -- Race of the Jim Lee and Katy Adam / (Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, and Arbee Stidham) (2:27) -- Titanic / Pink Anderson (2:49) -- Frankie and Johnny / Big Bill Broonzy (2:07) -- White House blues / Earl Taylor and the Stony Mountain Boys (1:59) -- Louis Collins / John Jackson (3:18) -- Bad Lee Brown / Woody Guthrie (2:14) -- Luke and Mullen / Horace Sprott (2:25) - Duncan and Brad / Dave Van Ronk (3:00) -- Gallis Pole / Lead Belly (2:45) -- Boll weevil / Pink Anderson (3:04) -- Delia's gone / Josh White Jr. (3:45). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Ballads, English -- United States.
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African Americans -- Music.
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Popular music.
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Blues (Music)
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| Genre/Form |
Compact discs.
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| Standard No. |
093074019122 |
| Music No. |
SFW CD 40191 Smithsonian Folkways |
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