Classic African American Songsters From Smithsonia: Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonia
Classic African American Songsters From Smithsonia: Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonia
Format: CD
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Artist: Classic African American Songsters From Smithsonia
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093074021125
Genre: Country, Folk
2014 23rd installment of the award-winning "Classic" series. Classic African American Songsters traces the complicated yet rich history of the "songster," featuring celebrated artists like Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly, Peg Leg Sam, Mississippi John Hurt, John Cephas, and more. The collection spans seven decades, and touches on everything from ragtime, country, and Tin Pan Alley to pre-blues, blues hybrids, and old-timey string band though 21 classic tracks - including five previously unreleased.
Tracks:
1.1 Warner Williams with Jay Summerour - Bring It on Down to My House
1.2 Pink Anderson - Talking Blues
1.3 John Jackson - Nobody's Blues (If I Do)
1.4 Little Brother Montgomery - Alabama Bound
1.5 Brownie McGhee - Pallet on the Floor
1.6 Bill Williams - Chicken, You Can't Roost Too High for Me
1.7 Lead Belly - My Hula Love
1.8 Reverend Gary Davis - Candy Man
1.9 John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
1.10 Peg Leg Sam - Froggy Went A-Courting
1.11 Mississippi John Hurt - Monday Morning Blues
1.12 Pink Anderson - the Boys of Your Uncle Sam
1.13 Brownie McGhee - Raise a Ruckus Tonight
1.14 Marvin Fodrell - Reno Factory
1.15 John Jackson - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
1.16 Warner Williams with Jay Summerour - Honeysuckle Rose
1.17 Big Bill Broonzy - Bill Bailey
1.18 Bill Williams - When the Roses Bloom Again
1.19 Peg Leg Sam - Straighten Up and Fly Right
1.20 Snooks Eaglin - Careless Love
1.21 Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong - They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree
