January 15, 2018

Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40201

Format: 5xCD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 2015
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Blues
[Tracklist]
Disc One
1-01 Irene (Goodnight Irene) (1:53)
1-02 The Bourgeois Blues (2:18)
1-03 Fannin Street (Mister Tom Hughes Town) (3:30)
1-04 The Midnight Special (2:03)
1-05 John Henry (3:10)
1-06 Black Girl (Where Did You Sleep Last Night) (2:07)
1-07 Pick A Bale Of Cotton (1:30)
1-08 Take This Hammer (2:15)
1-09 Cotton Fields (2:06)
1-10 Old Riley (1:58)
1-11 Rock Island Line (2:02)
1-12 The Gallis Pole (2:45)
1-13 Ha-Ha This A Way (1:34)
1-14 Sukey Jump (1:04)
1-15 Boll Weevil (3:07)
1-16 Scottsboro Boys (4:32)
1-17 Governor O.K. Allen (2:37)
1-18 Governor Pat Neff (3:40)
1-19 There's A Man Going Around Taking Names (1:24)
1-20 On A Monday (1:47)
1-21 You Can't Lose Me, Cholly (2:37)
1-22 Keep Your Hands Off Her (2:51)
1-23 We Shall Be Free (2:34)
Disc Two
2-01 Alabama Bound (2:17)
2-02 Almost Day (1:05)
2-03 Fiddler's Dream (2:28)
2-04 Green Corn (1:15)
2-05 Sally Walker (2:40
2-06 Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy (0:48)
2-07 Julie Ann Johnson (0:41)
2-08 Linin' Track (1:11)
2-09 Whoa, Back, Buck (2:09)
2-10 Shorty George (1:28)
2-11 Ham And Eggs (1:42)
2-12 Moanin' (1:00)
2-13 Out On The Western Plains (1:31)
2-14 Noted Rider (2:50)
2-15 Meeting At The Building (0:59)
2-16 Good, Good, Good (Talking, Preaching) / We Shall Walk Through The Valley (2:11)
2-17 Ain't You Glad (The Blood Done Signed My Name) (2:19)
2-18 I'm So Glad, I Done Got Over (1:21)
2-19 The Hindenburg Disaster (3:22)
2-20 Ella Speed (5:48)
2-21 Haul Away Joe (2:48)
2-22 Old Man (2:35)
2-23 Sweet Jenny Lee (1:51)
2-24 Jean Harlow (1:40)
2-25 Laura (1:41)
2-26 Queen Mary (4:46)
Disc Three
3-01 Good Morning Blues (2:24)
3-02 Sail On, Little Girl (3:14)
3-03 Easy Rider (2:51)
3-04 Poor Howard (1:36)
3-05 Duncan And Brady (4:06)
3-06 How Long, How Long (2:13)
3-07 T.B. Blues (3:43)
3-08 Jim Crow Blues (3:30)
3-09 Pigmeat (2:33)
3-10 John Hardy (2:43)
3-11 Outskirts Of Town (2:40)
3-12 4, 5 And 9 (2:20)
3-13 In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) (3:29)
3-14 Red Cross Store Blues (3:09)
3-15 Diggin' My Potatoes (2:34)
3-16 Blind Lemon (1:39)
3-17 When A Man's A Long Way From Home (2:57)
3-18 Alberta (3:11)
3-19 Excerpt From "The Lonesome Train" (3:11)
3-20 National Defense Blues (3:13)
3-21 Hitler Song (Mr. Hitler) (4:31)
3-22 Big Fat Woman (1:10)
3-23 Been So Long (Bellevue Hospital Blues) (2:44)
Disc Four
4-01 Grey Goose, Boll Weevil, Yellow Gal, Ha-Ha This A Way, Leaving Blues, Irene (14:42)
4-02 Almost Day, Blues In My Kitchen, Blues In My Dining Room, I Went Up On The Mountain, Good Morning Blues, Baby, Don't You Love Me No More, T.B. Blues, Irene (14:45)
4-03 If It Wasn't For Dicky (2:15)
4-04 What's You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire (2:12)
4-05 Rock Me (Hide Me In Thy Bosom) (2:19)
4-06 Packin' Trunk Blues (2:35)
4-07 Leaving Blues (2:58)
4-08 How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (3:26)
4-09 One Dime Blues (2:25)
4-10 I'm Going To Buy You A Brand New Ford (1:40)
4-11 Jail-House Blues (1:13)
4-12 Shout On (2:09)
4-13 Come And Sit Down Beside Me (1:02)
4-14 Red River (2:14)
Disc Five
5-01 Yes, I Was Standing In The Bottom (1:41))
5-02 Ain't Going Down To The Well No More (Version 2) (1:23)
5-03 Everytime I Go Out (1:25)
5-04 Go Down, Old Hannah (4:58)
5-05 Black Betty (1:53)
5-06 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (3:42)
5-07 Stewball (2:34)
5-08 Ain't It A Shame To Go Fishin' On A Sunday (1:22)
5-09 Relax Your Mind (4:05)
5-10 Princess Elizabeth (3:33)
5-11 Silver City Bound (6:01)
5-12 The Titanic (5:11)
5-13 House Of The Rising Sun (2:24)
5-14 It's Tight Like That (3:09)
5-15 Diggin' My Potatoes (3:57)
5-16 Springtime In The Rockies (3:02)
5-17 Backwater Blues (3:23)
5-18 Didn't Old John Cross The Water (1:56)
5-19 De Kalb Blues (3:51)
5-20 They Hung Him On The Cross (Version 1) (2:26)
5-21 They Hung Him On The Cross (Version 2) (2:49)
5-22 In The World (2:02)
[Credits]
Leadbelly (guitar/vocals)
Liner Notes: Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, Art Direction: Visual Dialogue, Executive-Producer: D.A. Sonneborn & Daniel E. Sheehy, Compilation Producer: Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, Editor: Carla Borden Production Manager: Mary Monseur, Remastering: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Lead Belly is "the hard name of a harder man," said Woody Guthrie of his friend and fellow American music icon who was born Huddie Ledbetter (c. 1888–1949). From the swamplands of Louisiana, the prisons of Texas, and the streets of New York City, Lead Belly and his music became cornerstones of American folk music and touchstones of African American cultural legacy. With his 12-string Stella guitar, he sang out a cornucopia of songs that included his classics "The Midnight Special," "Irene," "The Bourgeois Blues," and many more, which in turn have been covered by musical notables such as the Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Van Morrison, Nirvana, Odetta, Little Richard, Pete Seeger, Frank Sinatra and Tom Waits. Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection brings us the story of the man as well as the musician. 5 Discs, 108 tracks (16 unreleased), 5 hours of music, historic photos, extensive notes, and 140-page book.

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