BOURGEOIS BLUES: LEADBELLY LEGACY 2

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Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date
March 18, 1997
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      LEADBELLY
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 18, 1997
    • UPC
      093074004524
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY40045.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Blues
    Works ⌄

    1. Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    2. Bourgeois Blues

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    3. Easy Rider

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, Pops Foster, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry

    4. Alabama Bound

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston

    5. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More?

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    6. Gallis Pole

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    7. Leaving Blues

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    8. Midnight Special

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    9. T.B. Blues

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    10. Linin' Track

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    11. Julie Ann Johnson

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    12. John Henry

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    13. Jim Crow Blues

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, Sonny Terry

    14. Jim Crow Blues No. 2

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    15. Good Morning Blues No. 2

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    16. Abraham Lincoln

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    17. Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)

      Composer: Gitz Rice

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    18. Hitler Song

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    19. Careless Love

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    20. Haul Away Joe

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    21. How Do You Know? - Don't Mind the Weather

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    22. Skip to My Lou

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    23. Red Bird

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    24. Out on the Western Plains

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    25. Cowboy Song

      Composer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    26. You Can't Mistreat Me

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter

    27. Digging My Potatoes

      Composer: Big Bill Broonzy

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Pops Foster, Willie "The Lion" Smith

    28. John Hardy

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter


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.