Pete Seeger - Wimoweh and Other Songs of Freedom and Protest

Folkways Records – FTS 3A18

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1968
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 I'm On My Way to Canaan's Land: Pete Seeger (04:20)
A2 Wimoweh: Pete Seeger (02:48)
A3 Wasn't That a Time: Pete Seeger (02:59)
A4 Freiheit: Pete Seeger (03:06)
A5 Study War No More (Down By the Riverside): Pete Seeger and Big Bill Broonzy (05:28)
B1 Hold On: Pete Seeger, Memphis Slim, and Willie Dixon (03:27)
B2 If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song): Pete Seeger (02:21)
B3 We are Soldiers in the Army: Pete Seeger (04:05)
B4 Mrs. McGrath: Pete Seeger (04:19)
B5 What a Friend We Have in Congress: Pete Seeger (01:58)
B6 Hymn to Nations (Beethoven, Ludwig v.: 9th Symphony): Pete Seeger (02:06)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/guitar/vocals) Big Bill Broonzy (guitar) Memphis Slim (piano)
Photographerand Designer: Craig Mierop
[Notes]
This 1968 collection, recorded during live performances, features protest songs as well as old spirituals sung by legendary folk singer Pete Seeger (who is joined on two tracks by Big Bill Broonzy and Memphis Slim). With Seeger's modern interpretations the folk process is truly at work, "making past experience meaningful for present-day life." Liner notes include background information on each of the tracks.

Music Down Home: An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.

Folkways Records – FA 2691

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Take This Hammer: Lead Belly (1:38)
A02 Field Call: Annie Grace Horn Dodson (1:18)
A03 Children's Call: Annie Grace Horn Dodson (0:47)
A04 Complaint Call: Enoch Brown (0:44)
A05 Water on the Wheel: Annie Dodson (0:47)
A06 Railroad, 1: Rich Amerson (1:26)
A07 Move Members Move: Rosie Hibler and Family (1:57)
A08 Go Pray Ye: Annie Dodson (2:32)
A09 The Day Is Past: Dorothy Melton (1:56)
A10 Prayer Song: Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward (2:37)
A11 King David: Rich Amerson and Earthy Anne Coleman (4:30)
B01 Rockin' Jerusalem: Fisk Jubilee Singers (2:13)
B02 Just Got Over at Last: Little Brother Montgomery (2:23)
B03 Mama's Goin' to Buy Him a Little Lap Dog: Vera Hall Ward (0:48)
B04 Brother Hawk, Brother Buzzard and Brother Rabbit: Rich Amerson (1:59)
B05 I'm Goin' Up North Satisfied: Children of East York School (1:25)
B06 Railroad, 2: Rich Amerson (1:53)
B07 Lost John: Sonny Terry (3:08)
B08 Lost John: Prison Farm Work Group (4:55)
C01 I'm Goin' to Pack Up My Things & Back Down: Mozelle Moore (3:13)
C02 Careless Love: Brownie McGhee (3:18)
C03 Let Me Go Home, Whiskey: Snooks Eaglin (2:54)
C04 You're My Man - Slick Chick Blues: Victoria Spivey (4:36)
C05 I Wonder When I'll Get to Be Called a Man: Big Bill Broonzy (2:20)
C06 Mule Ridin', Talking Blues: Big Bill Broonzy (3:43)
C07 Black Woman: Rich Amerson (4:55)
D01 Old John Booker - You Call That Gone: Gus Cannon (1:45)
D02 John Henry: Furry Lewis (4:48)
D03 Take Your Fingers Off It: Gus Cannon, Charlie Burse, and Will Shade (2:53)
D04 44 Blues: Willie Thomas and Butch Cage (4:11)
D05 Sonny's Jump: Sonny Terry's Washboard Band (3:08)
D06 Birmingham Jail: Lead Belly (2:30)
D07 I'm So Glad: Montgomery Gospel Trio (2:34)
[Credits]
Producer: Charles Edward Smith, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This 1965 recording traces the evolution of African American folk music from the South.The oral tradition of folk music in the African American community has demonstrated a perseverence through the eras of slavery and segregation while embracing and influencing American popular music through songs, lyrics and performance. 33 songs, 1.4 hours, with liner notes by producer Charles Edward Smith detailing the historical underpinnings of African American folk music and background notes on songs including lyrics.

Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40134

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Old Jabo: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (2:14)
02 Mule-Ridin' Blues: Big Bill Broonzy (3:46)
03 Joggie Boogie: Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (3:28)
04 Black Woman: Vera Hall (1:27)
05 Mercury Blues: K. C. Douglas (2:21)
06 Ran the Blues Out of My Window: Roosevelt Sykes (2:57)
07 Leaving Blues: Lead Belly (2:23)
08 One Dime Blues: Etta Baker (3:46)
09 County Farm Blues: Son House (2:11)
10 Clog Dance (Stomping Blues): Champion Jack Dupree (2:02)
11 Boll Weevil: Pink Anderson (3:06)
12 Nickel's Worth of Liver: Edith North Johnson and Henry Brown (2:43)
13 Don't Leave Me Here: Big Joe Williams (2:43)
14 Jimmy Bell: Cat Iron (2:20)
15 Candy Man: Rev. Gary Davis (2:35)
16 Beer Drinking Woman: Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon (2:32)
17 Come Go Home with Me: Lightnin' Hopkins (3:55)
18 Careless Love: Josh White (3:23)
19 I Asked Her If She Loved Me: Henry Townsend (2:55)
20 Rising Sun: Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry (2:43)
21 Pony Blues: David "Honeyboy" Edwards (3:28)
22 Vicksburg Blues: Little Brother Montgomery (4:02)
23 Vastapol: Elizabeth Cotten (2:11)
24 Drifting Along Blues: Lonnie Johnson (2:59)
25 Oh Baby, You Don't Have to Go: The Chambers Brothers (2:49)
26 Don't Lie Buddy: Lead Belly and Josh White (2:20)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Barry Lee Pearson, Photographers: Marion Post Wolcott and Russell Lee, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
A living and dynamic tradition, blues is forged in hard times but powerful enough to bring on the good times. Legends such as Lead Belly, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotten, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee, among others formed the "blues backbone" of Folkways Records. This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways collection spans half a century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest, and Chicago styles performed by some of the best-known figures in blues history. From boogies to ballads, full of innuendo and irony, this classic collection is a jukebox in a jewel case.

Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW40148

Series: Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Dark Road: Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry (2:46)
02 Step It Up and Go: Warner Williams (2:38)
03 It Was Early One Morning: Lead Belly (2:27)
04 Blues - Until My Baby Comes Home: Nora Lee King and Mary Lou Williams (2:55)
05 That's No Way to Do: Pink Anderson (2:25)
06 Farro Street Jive: Little Brother Montgomery (2:18)
07 I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Depot Blues): Son House (2:59)
08 Graveyard Blues: Roscoe Holcomb (3:02)
09 44 Blues: Roosevelt Sykes (2:45)
10 Big Fat Mama: David "Honeyboy" Edwards (2:59)
11 Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor: Lucinda Williams (3:53)
12 Lieutenant Blues: Thomas McFarland (Barrelhouse Buck) (2:40)
13 The Woman Is Killing Me: Sonny Terry and Friends (2:26)
14 Little Drops of Water: Edith North Johnson and Henry Brown (3:09)
15 When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too): Big Bill Broonzy (3:01)
16 Poor Boy a Long, Long Way From Home: Cat-Iron (2:47)
17 My Jack Don't Drink Water No More: Shortstuff Macon (3:44)
18 'Way Behind the Sun: Barbara Dane (3:51)
19 Tell Me, Baby: Lightnin' Hopkins (2:36)
20 Just A Dream: Memphis Slim (4:15)
21 Jelly Jelly: Josh White (2:29)
22 Down in the Alley: Chambers Brothers (3:07)
[Credits]
Compiler and Liner Notes: Barry Lee Pearson, Photographer: Pat Terry, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
For over a century, the blues have continually forged new musical alliances and pushed against boundaries, reaping rich harvests from infusions of diversity, innovation and vitality. With a spark of rock, or a nod to jazz, the blues stay true in spirit and perpetual in their ability to strike a common chord with listeners. On Classic Blues Vol. 2, Lucinda Williams, Roscoe Holcomb and Nora Lee King stand alongside all-time blues greats such as Lead Belly, Son House, and Lightnin' Hopkins. No matter if you prefer your blues raw, acoustic, electric, solo or from a live band, a jukebox or a jook joint, as the blues poet J. Williamsonce put it, "The blues is good news. Pass it on." Extensive notes. 22 tracks. 64 minutes.

Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40197

Format:CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released:2009
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style:Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Freedom Now Chant: Mass-meeting Participants In Hattiesburg, Mississippi (0:26)
02 Jesus Christ: Woody Guthrie (2:37)
03 Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly (2:18)
04 Black, Brown, And White: Big Bill Broonzy (2:42)
05 Baby, I've Been Thinking: Janis Ian (2:41)
06 Blowin' In The Wind: The New World Singers (2:28)
07 This Land Is Your Land: Steve Forbert, Jack Hardy, Jill Burkee & Mark Dann (4:39)
08 Turn, Turn, Turn: Liz Getz (3:04)
09 As Long As The Grass Will Grow: Peter La Farge (5:07)
10 Talking Pay TV: Phil Ochs (2:34)
11 Masters Of War: The Bergerfolk (4:07)
12 Waist Deep In The Big Muddy: Pete Seeger (2:57)
13 Agent Orange: Peggy Seeger (3:51)
14 Strange Fruit: Brother John Sellers (2:20)
15 How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live: New Lost City Ramblers (3:34)
16 I'm Going To Write The Governor Of Georgia: Champion Jack Dupree (3:13)
17 When We Make It Through: Barbara Dane (5:25)
18 Evicted Tenant: Sis Cunningham (2:06)
19 Corrido De César Chávez: Los Perros Del Pueblo Nuevo (3:02)
20 Gone, Gone, Gone: Red Shadow (2:14)
21 Spirits Of The Revolution: Larry Estridge (5:09)
22 We Shall Overcome: Guy Carawan (3:40)
[Credits]
Compiler: Mark Gustafson, Compiler and Liner Notes: Jeff Place, Engineer: Pete Reiniger, Photographer: Diana Davies
[Notes]
War, social injustice, personal plaints, and calls for action have long fueled musical creation and performance. In Classic Protest Songs, Mark Gustafson and Jeff Place tap the historic Smithsonian audio collections to compile 22 songs favored by leaders of antiwar, civil rights, industrial labor, farm worker, and other struggles to air their grievances. Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Janis Ian, Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger, Barbara Dane, Guy Carawan, Phil Ochs, and other marquee artists let their voices ring out with calls for peace and justice.

Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40110

Format: CD, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2004
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Pastures Of Plenty: Woody Guthrie (2:25)
02 We Shall Overcome: Pete Seeger (4:39)
03 Rock Island Line: Lead Belly (2:02)
04 No More Auction Block: Paul Robeson (2:09)
05 Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos): Barbara Dane (5:44)
06 John Henry: Doc Watson (3:41)
07 John Hardy: Mike Seeger (2:40)
08 Betty And Dupree: Brownie McGhee (3:58)
09 Gallis Pole: Fred Gerlach (3:43)
10 Polly Von: Paul Clayton (3:09)
11 Butcher Boy: Peggy Seeger (2:17)
12 Duncan And Brady: Dave Van Ronk (3:00)
13 Railroad Bill: Hobart Smith (2:35)
14 Wayfaring Stranger: Burl Ives (1:12)
15 Big Rock Candy Mountain: Haywire Mac (2:06)
16 Born 100,000 Years Ago: Cisco Houston (1:07)
17 Sugar Babe, It’s All Over: Mark Spoelstra (1:58)
18 Changes: Phil Ochs (4:16)
19 Black And White: Earl Robinson (2:56)
20 Most Fair Beauty Bright: Jean Ritchie (2:17)
21 Cielito Lindo: Pete Seeger (2:31)
22 Tom Dooley: The New Lost City Ramblers (2:52)
23 Freight Train: Elizabeth Cotten (2:43)
24 Down On Me: Mary Pickney And Janie Hunter (3:02)
25 This Train (Bound For Glory): Big Bill Broonzy (2:58)
[Credits]
Compiled and Liner Notes: Jeff Place, Designer: Communication Visual, Photographers: Diana Davies, Galen Lawson and David Gahr, Engneer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
We often take for granted the supremacy of artists such as Doc Watson, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, and other folk music legends. Classic Folk sheds new light on the success of the urban intellectual-driven movement that made rural white and African-American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. This recording features classic performances by classic artists doing some of their classic songs during the great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s. It features some of the great performances from the vaults of Folkways Records. (Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place)

Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs

Folkways Records FA-2328

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Delta Blues, Country Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Backwater Blues (2:50)
A2 This Train (3:00)
A3 I Don't Want No Woman (3:08)
A4 Martha (5:00)
A5 Tell Me Who (3:41)
B1 Bill Bailey (1:57)
B2 Alberta (2:13)
B3 Goin' Down This Road (2:22)
B4 Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Is (2:16)
B5 John Henry (4:45)
B6 Glory Of Love (3:23)
[Credits]
Big Bill Broonzy (guitar/vocals)
Recorder: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Cut in 1956, these tracks catch Broonzy in fine form near the end of his distinguished career. His powerful voice and guitar are showcased in a set which includes traditional blues, gospel, and folk songs all performed with undeniable authority. "Broonzy moves with amazing ease from silky croon to brassy howl...[and] dazzles with rough-edged intricacy." — The Boston Globe

Classic Delta and Deep South Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40222

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2018
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Delta Blues
[Tracklist]
01 C.C. Rider: Big Bill Broonzy (2:34)
02 Woman in Elaine, Arkansas: Roosevelt Sykes (2:23)
03 Death Letter Blues: Son House (2:58)
04 Your Crying Won’t Make Me Stay: K.C. Douglas and Richard Riggins (2:43)
05 Columbus, Mississippi Blues: Bukka White (3:30)
06 I'm Goin' to Walk Your Log: Cat-Iron (1:53)
07 Why Did You Go Last Night: Clifton Chenier (3:17)
08 I Stand and Wonder: Sam Chatmon (3:51)
09 Sleeping with the Devil: Johnny Young and Walter Horton (3:56)
10 Short Stuff’s Corinna: Short Stuff Macon (2:43)
11 Married Woman Blues: Big Joe Williams (1:57)
12 Up the Country Blues: Little Brother Montgomery (2:57)
13 Dream: John Littlejohn (4:44)
14 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl: Doctor Ross (3:36)
15 Catfish Blues: Honeyboy Edwards (3:27)
16 M & O Blues: Memphis Slim (3:37)
17 Forty-Four: Scott Dunbar (4:14)
18 Sun Goin' Down: Son House (4:59)
19 Frisco Line: Fred McDowell (3:58)
20 Diggin' My Potatoes: Big Bill Broonzy (2:58)
[Credits]
Compiler & Liner Notes: Barry Lee Pearson, Designer: Cooley Design Lab, Photographer: Bill Steber, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Mississippi, particularly the Delta, lays claim to being the land where the blues began. Forged in the crucible of poverty and racial oppression, blues flourished there as nowhere else, evolving into what most critics consider the deepest or most intense strain of the blues tradition. During the Great Migration, music changed consistently, adapting to its new surroundings like St. Louis and Chicago, while retaining its connection to its down home Delta roots. This collection celebrates the diversity and dissemination of the blues’ most powerful and influential voices. 67 minutes, 40-page booklet with extensive notes and photos.

The Country Blues: Edited by Samuel B. Charters

RBF Records RF1

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1959
Genre: Blues
Style: Country Blues, Memphis Blues, Delta Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Matchbox Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson (2:54)
A2 Careless Love: Lonnie Johnson (2:58)
A3 Walk Right In: Cannon's Jug Stompers (2:57)
A4 Low Down Rounder's Blues: Peg Leg Howell (2:53)
A5 Statesboro Blues: Blind Willie McTell (2:35)
A6 Stealin', Stealin': Memphis Jug Band (3:01)
A7 You Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond: Blind Willie Johnson (3:12)
B1 Alabama Woman Blues: Leroy Carr (2:53)
B2 Special Agent: Sleepy John Estes (2:53)
B3 Key to the Highway: Big Bill Broonzy (3:02)
B4 Fixin' to Die: Bukka White (2:51)
B5 I'm A Guitar King: Tommy McClennan (2:51)
B6 Preachin' Blues: Robert Johnson (2:54)
B7 I Been Treated Wrong: Washboard Sam (3:22)
[Notes]

The Country Blues features a range of styles and a collection of recordings not included in other Folkways compilations. This selection—mostly recorded between 1927 and 1931—includes such gems as a test pressing of Robert Johnson's "Preaching Blues" and local releases from the 1920s.

Blues Roots / Chicago - The 1930's

RBF Records RBF-16

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1967
Genre: Blues, World, & Country
Style: Chicago Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 When I Had Money: Big Bill Broonzy
A2 I've Got To Dig You: Big Bill Broonzy
A3 Keep Your Hands Off Her: Big Bill Broonzy
A4 Hold Me Blues: Memphis Minnie
A5 Killer Diller: Memphis Minnie
A6 New Louise Louise Blues: Johnnie Temple
A7 So Lonely And Blue: Johnnie Temple
B1 Key To The Highway: Jazz Gillum
B2 Go Back To The Country: Jazz Gillum
B3 Time Blues: Big Maceo Winter
B4 Going Down Slow: St. Louis Jimmy (Jimmy Oden)
B5 Come On In: Washboard Sam
B6 Yes! I Got Your Woman: Washboard Sam
B7 Just Got To Hold You: Washboard Sam
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Samuel Charters, Design: Ronald Clyne, Photography: Ann Charters
[Notes]
As the Depression's early days brought Southern musicians to Northern cities, the Chicago blues scene absorbed and incorporated these new arrivals. Ensembles grew, the blues became more popular, and individual musicians' styles combined to form a sound that reflected musicians' familiarity with each other and the creativity each brought to the session.