Recording Details

SFW40148
Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2
Various Artists


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. Williams once put it, "The blues is good news. Pass it on." Extensive notes. 22 tracks. 64 minutes.

Country(s) - United States

Language(s) - English

Year of Release - 2003

Record Label - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Source Archive - Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Credits - Compiled by Barry Lee Pearson ; Liner Notes by Barry Lee Pearson ; Mastered by Pete Reiniger ; Cover photo by Pat Terry




Tracks -
101 Dark Road
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
Duration:2:46




102 Step It Up and Go
Warner Williams
Duration:2:38




103 It Was Early One Morning
Lead Belly
Duration:2:27




104 Blues - Until My Baby Comes Home
Nora Lee King and Mary Lou Williams
Duration:2:55




105 That's No Way to Do
Pink Anderson
Duration:2:25




106 Farro Street Jive
Little Brother Montgomery
Duration:2:18




107 I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Depot Blues)
Son House
Duration:2:59




108 Graveyard Blues
Roscoe Holcomb
Duration:3:02




109 44 Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
Duration:2:45




110 Big Fat Mama
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Duration:2:59




111 Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
Lucinda Williams
Duration:3:53




112 Lieutenant Blues
Thomas McFarland (Barrelhouse Buck)
Duration:2:40




113 The Woman Is Killing Me
Sonny Terry and Friends
Duration:2:26




114 Little Drops of Water
Edith North Johnson and Henry Brown
Duration:3:09




115 When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)
Big Bill Broonzy
Duration:3:01




116 Poor Boy a Long, Long Way From Home
Cat-Iron
Duration:2:47




117 My Jack Don't Drink Water No More
Shortstuff Macon
Duration:3:44




118 'Way Behind the Sun
Barbara Dane
Duration:3:51




119 Tell Me, Baby
Lightnin' Hopkins
Duration:2:36




120 Just A Dream
Memphis Slim
Duration:4:15




121 Jelly Jelly
Josh White
Duration:2:29




122 Down in the Alley
Chambers Brothers
Duration:3:07