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FOLKWAYS RECORDS

BOURGEOIS BLUES: LEADBELLY LEGACY 2

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Details

Artist
LEADBELLY
Format
CD
Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Released
Mar 18, 1997
Catalog #
FOWY40045.2
UPC
093074004524

About

This is volume 2 of a projected 3-volume set of Lead Belly's performances recorded by Moses Asch during the 1940s. The original masters now reside in the Folkways Archive at the Smithsonian Institution. Completely remastered from the best sources in our collections, this recording contains the highest sound quality possible. The liner notes contain extensive annotation and reflections on Lead Belly's music as you've never heard it before. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place. "The soul expressed is full-fledged and sublime." -New England Folk Almanac.

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. 1 Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town) 03:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  2. 2 Bourgeois Blues 02:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    Bourgeois Blues
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  3. 3 Easy Rider 02:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Easy Rider
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, Pops Foster, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
  4. 4 Alabama Bound 02:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    Alabama Bound
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston
  5. 5 Don't You Love Your Daddy No More? 03:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    Don't You Love Your Daddy No More?
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  6. 6 Gallis Pole 02:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    Gallis Pole
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  7. 7 Leaving Blues 01:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    Leaving Blues
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  8. 8 Midnight Special 02:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    Midnight Special
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  9. 9 T.B. Blues 03:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    T.B. Blues
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  10. 10 Linin' Track 01:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    Linin' Track
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  11. 11 Julie Ann Johnson 00:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Julie Ann Johnson
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  12. 12 John Henry 02:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    John Henry
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  13. 13 Jim Crow Blues 03:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    Jim Crow Blues
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, Sonny Terry
  14. 14 Jim Crow Blues No. 2 02:45
    Track
    14
    Title
    Jim Crow Blues No. 2
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  15. 15 Good Morning Blues No. 2 02:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    Good Morning Blues No. 2
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  16. 16 Abraham Lincoln 03:12
    Track
    16
    Title
    Abraham Lincoln
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  17. 17 Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life) 01:48
    Track
    17
    Title
    Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Gitz Rice
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  18. 18 Hitler Song 04:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    Hitler Song
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  19. 19 Careless Love 02:59
    Track
    19
    Title
    Careless Love
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  20. 20 Haul Away Joe 02:51
    Track
    20
    Title
    Haul Away Joe
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  21. 21 How Do You Know? - Don't Mind the Weather 02:20
    Track
    21
    Title
    How Do You Know? - Don't Mind the Weather
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  22. 22 Skip to My Lou 02:13
    Track
    22
    Title
    Skip to My Lou
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  23. 23 Red Bird 02:57
    Track
    23
    Title
    Red Bird
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  24. 24 Out on the Western Plains 01:33
    Track
    24
    Title
    Out on the Western Plains
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  25. 25 Cowboy Song 01:46
    Track
    25
    Title
    Cowboy Song
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  26. 26 You Can't Mistreat Me 03:16
    Track
    26
    Title
    You Can't Mistreat Me
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
  27. 27 Digging My Potatoes 02:36
    Track
    27
    Title
    Digging My Potatoes
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Big Bill Broonzy
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Pops Foster, Willie "The Lion" Smith
  28. 28 John Hardy 02:43
    Track
    28
    Title
    John Hardy
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter