Artist: Various Artists

Title: Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways

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Format: CD

Release Date: 2003

Label: Smithsonian Folkways

UPC: 093074013427

Genre: Blues

Album Tracks

1. Old Jabo - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
2. Mile-Ridin' Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
3. Joggie Boogie - Memphis Slim
4. Black Woman - Vera Hall
5. Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
6. Ran the Blues Out of My Window - Roosevelt Sykes
7. Leaving Blues - Lead Belly
8. One Dime Blues - Etta Baker
9. County Farm Blues - Son House
10. Clog Dance (Stomping Blues) - Champion Jack Dupree
11. Boll Weevil - Pink Anderson
12. Nickel's Worth of Liver - Henry Brown
13. Don't Leave Me Here - Big Joe Williams
14. Jimmy Bell - Cat Iron
15. Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis
16. Beer Drinking Woman - Willie Dixon
17. Come Go Home with Me - Lightnin' Hopkins
18. Careless Love - Josh White
19. I Asked Her If She Loved Me - Henry Townsend
20. Rising Sun - Sonny Terry
21. Pony Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
22. Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
23. Vastapol - Elizabeth Cotten
24. Drifting Along Blues - Lonnie Johnson
25. Oh Baby, You Don't Have to Go - the Chambers Brothers
26. Don't Lie Buddy - Lead Belly

This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways collection spans a half century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest and Chicago styles performed by some of the best known figures in blues history such as: Led Belly, Etta Baker, Pink Anderson, Lightnin' Hopkins, the Original Chamber Brothers, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon.