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Lead Belly* - Bourgeois Blues 1933 - 1946
Label:
Catalog#:
FA 269
Format:
2 x CD, Compilation
Country:
France
Released:
2003
Genre:
Blues
Style:
Country Blues
Tracklist
| 1-1 | The Old Chisholm Trail (Western Cowboy) | 3:19 | ||
| 1-2 | Packing Trunk | 2:55 | ||
| 1-3 | Roberta | 3:03 | ||
| 1-4 | New Black Snake Moan | 3:12 | ||
| Written-By - Blind Lemon Jefferson | ||||
| 1-5 | Death Letter Blues I & II | 6:04 | ||
| 1-6 | Fort Worth And Dallas Blues | 3:00 | ||
| 1-7 | Yellow Jacket Blues | 2:53 | ||
| 1-8 | T.B. Woman Blues | 3:08 | ||
| Written-By - Victoria Spivey | ||||
| 1-9 | My Baby Quit Me | 2:54 | ||
| 1-10 | Red River Blues | 3:01 | ||
| Written-By - Josh White | ||||
| 1-11 | Baby, You Don't Love Me No More | 2:53 | ||
| 1-12 | Blind Lemon Jefferson's Blues | 3:05 | ||
| 1-13 | Matchbox Blues | 3:03 | ||
| Written-By - Blind Lemon Jefferson | ||||
| 1-14 | Bull Cow Blues | 2:45 | ||
| Written-By - Charley Patton | ||||
| 1-15 | Bourgeois Blues | 3:19 | ||
| 1-16 | De Kalb Blues | 2:54 | ||
| 1-17 | Red Cross Store Blues | 3:07 | ||
| Written-By - Walter Roland | ||||
| 1-18 | Leaving Blues | 3:05 | ||
| 2-1 | Pick A Bale Of Cotton | 3:01 | ||
| 2-2 | Rock Island Line | 2:36 | ||
| 2-3 | Whoa Back Buck | 3:06 | ||
| 2-4 | Midnight Special | 3:04 | ||
| 2-5 | Take This Hammer | 3:00 | ||
| 2-6 | Can't You Line'Em | 2:55 | ||
| 2-7 | New York City Blues | 3:01 | ||
| 2-8 | Worried Blues | 3:09 | ||
| 2-9 | Hitler Blues | 4:12 | ||
| 2-10 | Goodnight Irene | 1:51 | ||
| Written-By - Alan Lomax | ||||
| 2-11 | John Henry | 2:15 | ||
| 2-12 | How Long | 2:12 | ||
| Written-By - Leroy Carr | ||||
| 2-13 | Rider Blues | 2:06 | ||
| 2-14 | John Hardy | 4:15 | ||
| Written-By - A. P. Carter* | ||||
| 2-15 | House Of The Rising Sun | 1:56 | ||
| 2-16 | National Defense Blues | 3:12 | ||
| 2-17 | Pigmeat Blues | 2:32 | ||
| 2-18 | Hollywood And Vine | |||
Credits
Bass -
Pops Foster
(tracks: 2-16 to 2-18)
Guitar - Brownie McGhee (tracks: 2-16 to 2-18)
Harmonica - Sonny Terry (tracks: 2-10 to 2-12, 2-16 to 2-18)
Performer - Golden Gate Quartet* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Piano - Willie "The Lion" Smith (tracks: 2-16 to 2-18)
Vocals - Henry Owens (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6) , Arlandus Wilson* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6) , William Langford (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6) , Willis Johnson* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Vocals, Guitar - Lead Belly*
Written-By - H. Ledbetter* (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9, 1-11, 1-12, 1-15, 1-16, 1-18 to 2-3, 2-5, 2-7 to 2-10, 2-13, 2-16, 2-18) , Trad.* (tracks: 1-1, 2-4, 2-6, 2-11, 2-15, 2-17)
Guitar - Brownie McGhee (tracks: 2-16 to 2-18)
Harmonica - Sonny Terry (tracks: 2-10 to 2-12, 2-16 to 2-18)
Performer - Golden Gate Quartet* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Piano - Willie "The Lion" Smith (tracks: 2-16 to 2-18)
Vocals - Henry Owens (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6) , Arlandus Wilson* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6) , William Langford (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6) , Willis Johnson* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Vocals, Guitar - Lead Belly*
Written-By - H. Ledbetter* (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9, 1-11, 1-12, 1-15, 1-16, 1-18 to 2-3, 2-5, 2-7 to 2-10, 2-13, 2-16, 2-18) , Trad.* (tracks: 1-1, 2-4, 2-6, 2-11, 2-15, 2-17)
Notes
Recorded in New York, from July 1933 to June 1946.