Contents
Joe Lee's rock (Boy Blue (Roland Hayes), Joe Lee (Willie Jones), Darnell Walker)Do re mi (Woody Guthrie)
Jesus on the mainline (James Shorty, Viola James, and church congregation)
Midnight Special (Lead Belly)
Stagolee (Memphis Slim, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy)
Trouble so hard (Vera Ward Hall)
Motherless children (Felix Dukes, Mississippi Fred McDowell)
Sometimes (Bessie Jones and group of children)
Black Betty (James "Iron Head" Baker and group)
Take a whiff on me (Lead Belly)
Didn't leave nobody but the baby (Sidney Lee Carter)
Goin' down the road feeling bad (Woody Guthrie)
Rock Island Line (Kelly Pace and group)
Join the band (John Davis and the Georgia Sea Island singers)
Sloop John B. (Histe up the John B.'s sails) (Cleveland Simmons Group)
Man smart, woman smarter (Macbeth the Great)
Ugly woman (If you wanna be happy) (Duke of Iron)
The gallows pole (Lead Belly)
Rosie (inside looking out) (C.B. and axe gang)
Alborada de vigo (JoseĢ Maria Rodriguez)
The house of the rising sun (Rising sun blues) (Georgia Turner)
Irene goodnight (Goodnight Irene) (Lead Belly).
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Popular music
-- United States.
Folk songs, English -- United States. Blues (Music) Field recordings. |
| Publisher | Cambridge, MA :Rounder Select,2003 |
| Other Titles | Popular songbook |
| Contributors |
Lomax, Alan,
1915-2002. Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948. |
| Participants/Performers |
Various performers. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
"Original field recordings of some of the best-known songs collected by ... John A. and Alan Lomax"--Container sleeve. Most selections previously released. Compact disc. Program notes by Jeffrey A. Greenberg, biographical notes by Gideon D'Arcangelo, and bibliographical references ([36] p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |