Alan Lomax - Blues Songbook
( Rounder Records 2003 )Part of the Songbook Series Series
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The Blues Songbook presents some of the most original, diverse, and exciting blues Alan Lomax ever recorded. Chosen from over five decades of field recordings, this collection encompasses the famous: Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Blind Willie McTell and the obscure: Cecil Augusta, Ozella Jones; blues from the city: Howlin Wolf; the country: Skip James; and the prison: Tangle Eye, on a double CD set that includes previously unreleased tracks and features digital transfers using DSD technology.
1. Goin' Down The River - Mississippi Fred McDowell, Fanny Davis, Miles Pratcher
2. Rolled And Tumbled - Rosalie Hill
3. Cherry Ball Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires
4. Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Shaw
5.Boogie Children - Boy Blue, Joe Lee, Darnel Walker
6.Stagolee - Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford
7.Stop All The Buses - Cecil Augusta
8.Worried Life Blues - David "Honeyboy" Edwards
9.The Pony Blues - Son House
10.Tangle Eye Blues - Walter "Tangle Eye" Jackson
11.Trouble So Hard - Vera Ward Hall & Dock Reed
12.Worried Blues - Sonny Terry
13.Beggin' The Blues - Bessie Jones
14.John Henry - Gabriel Brown
15.Country Blues - Dock Boggs
16.Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
17.I Hate A Man Like You - Jelly Roll Morton
18.Roll 'Em - Pete Johnson
19.Kokomo - The Memphis Jug Band
20.Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy
21.I Could Hear My Name A Ringin' - Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy
22.Dimples In Your Jaws - Joe Lee, Boy Blue, Darnel Walker
23.Catfish Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires
24.Kill - It - Kid Rag - Blind Willie McTell
25.You're Gonna Need My Help - Elinor Boyer
26.The Army Blues - David "Honeyboy" Edwards
27.Blues De La Prison - Canray Fontenot & Bois Sec Ardoin
28.I Been Drinkin' - Vera Ward Hall
29.I Been A Bad, Bad Girl - Ozella Jones
30.I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
31.Boogie Instrumental - R.L. Burnside
32.Blind Lemon Blues - Lead Belly
33.Sweet Patootie Blues - Albert Ammons
34.The Last Time - Sam Chatmon
35.Shorty George - Smith Casey
36.Desert Blues - Hattie Ellis & Cowboy Jack Ramsey
37.Joe Turner - Ed Young & Hobart Smith
38.Joe Turner - Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher
39.Joe Turner - Big Bill Broonzy
40.See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Hobart Smith
41.How Long Blues - Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee