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
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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
42543
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
102
Step It Up and Go
Warner Williams
Duration:2:38
42545
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
103
It Was Early One Morning
Lead Belly
Duration:2:27
42547
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
104
Blues - Until My Baby Comes Home
Nora Lee King and Mary Lou Williams
Duration:2:55
42549
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
105
That's No Way to Do
Pink Anderson
Duration:2:25
42550
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
106
Farro Street Jive
Little Brother Montgomery
Duration:2:18
42552
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
107
I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Depot Blues)
Son House
Duration:2:59
42553
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
108
Graveyard Blues
Roscoe Holcomb
Duration:3:02
42555
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
109
44 Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
Duration:2:45
42556
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
110
Big Fat Mama
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Duration:2:59
42558
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
111
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
Lucinda Williams
Duration:3:53
42559
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
112
Lieutenant Blues
Thomas McFarland (Barrelhouse Buck)
Duration:2:40
42561
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
113
The Woman Is Killing Me
Sonny Terry and Friends
Duration:2:26
42563
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
114
Little Drops of Water
Edith North Johnson and Henry Brown
Duration:3:09
42564
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
115
When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)
Big Bill Broonzy
Duration:3:01
42566
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
116
Poor Boy a Long, Long Way From Home
Cat-Iron
Duration:2:47
42568
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
117
My Jack Don't Drink Water No More
Shortstuff Macon
Duration:3:44
42569
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
118
'Way Behind the Sun
Barbara Dane
Duration:3:51
42571
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
119
Tell Me, Baby
Lightnin' Hopkins
Duration:2:36
42574
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
120
Just A Dream
Memphis Slim
Duration:4:15
42577
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
121
Jelly Jelly
Josh White
Duration:2:29
42580
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090121100451im_/http://www.folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
122
Down in the Alley
Chambers Brothers
Duration:3:07
42582
False