Snooks Eaglin: Country Boy in New Orleans

With Lucious Bridges and Percy Randolph

Arhoolie Records – CD 348

Series: Over 60 Minutes Of Classic Blues
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Louisiana Blues, Country Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Country Boy Down In New Orleans (2:29)
02 Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes (1:57)
03 I've Had My Fun (3:58)
04 Bottle Up And Go (2:51)
05 Give Me The Good Old Boxcar (3:23)
06 Walking Blues (3:16)
07 Possum Up A Simmon Tree (1:58)
08 That's All Right (3:45)
09 Veal Chop And Pork Chop (1:31)
10 Down By The Riverside (2:36)
11 Model T And The Train (2:20)
12 Jack O'Diamonds (1:37)
13 Death Valley Blues (3:54)
14 Rock Me Mama (2:48)
15 John Henry (2:41)
16 Locomotive Train (2:12)
17 I Had A Little Woman (3:11)
18 Rock Me Mama (4:15)
19 Mailman Passed (2:30)
20 Going Back To New Orleans (2:52)
21 Mardi Gras Mambo (3:32)
22 Bottle Up & Go (2:19)
23 This Train (3:43)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes Editor: Chris Strachwitz, Recorder, Photographer and Liner Notes: Harry Oster, Liner Notes: Dix Bruce, Designer: Wayne Pope, Recorder: Richard Allen
[Notes]
Fird "Snooks" Eaglin (1936?–2007) was a singer and self-taught guitarist. A New Orleans native, Eaglin lost his sight as a young child, and he crafted his unique sound with just his voice and a guitar he received as a birthday present. First recorded by folklorist Harry Oster in the 1950s, his musical repertoire included blues, country, and folk, all sung in his soulful style. His career continued into the 21st century with appearances at iconic New Orleans venues and the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

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.

Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Street Singer

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40165

Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2005
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues, Rock & Roll, Country
[Tracklist]
01 Looking For A Woman (2:25)
02 Walking Blues (2:58)
03 Careless Love (2:32)
04 Saint James Infirmary (2:20)
05 High Society (1:33)
06 I Got My Questionnaire (3:20)
07 Let Me Go Home, Whiskey (2:52)
08 Mama, Don't Tear My Clothes (2:07)
09 Trouble In Mind (2:46)
10 The Lonesome Road (1:46)
11 Helping Hand (A Thousand Miles Away From Home) (2:11)
12 One Room Country Shack (3:02)
13 Who's Been Foolin' You (2:22)
14 Drifting Blues (3:37)
15 Sophisticated Blues (2:06))
16 Come Back, Baby (2:06)
17 Rock Island Line (2:03)
18 See See Rider (3:08)
19 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (2:42)
20 Mean Old World (3:46)
21 Mean Old Frisco (2:32)
22 Every Day I Have The Blues (3:52)
23 Careless Love 2 (2:30)
24 Drifting Blues 2 (3:47)
25 The Lonesome Road 2 (1:27)
[Credits]
Snooks Eaglin (guitar/vocals)
Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein, Recorder & Photographer: Harry Oster, Designer: Joe Parisi
[Notes]
Recorded and produced in New Orleans, March, 1958. Originally issued in 1959 by Moses Asch on the Folkways label as 'Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Street Singer' (FA 2476).