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Classic African-American ballads : from Smithsonian Folkways.

Format Electronic, Audio (Streaming), and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, ℗2006.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Content https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?GLMU;367281
Subject(s)
African Americans--Music.
Ballads, English--United States.
Blues (Music)
Popular music--United States.
Other author/creatorLeadbelly, 1885-1949 performer.
Other author/creatorMemphis Slim performer.
Other author/creatorAnderson, Pink, 1900-1974 performer.
Other author/creatorBroonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958, performer.
Other author/creatorDixon, Willie, 1915-1992 performer.
Other author/creatorDouglas, K. C., performer.
Other author/creatorEaglin, Snooks, 1936-2009, performer.
Other author/creatorGillum, Jazz, 1904-1966, performer.
Other author/creatorGuthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 performer.
Other author/creatorJackson, John, 1924-2002, performer.
Other author/creatorMcGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996, performer.
Other author/creatorSprott, Horace, performer.
Other author/creatorStidham, Arbee, performer.
Other author/creatorTaylor, Earl, 1929-1984, performer.
Other author/creatorTerry, Sonny performer.
Other author/creatorVan Ronk, Dave, performer.
Other author/creatorWhite, Josh, Jr., performer.
Other author/creatorWhite, Josh, performer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Warner performer.
Other author/creatorCephas & Wiggins, performer.
Other author/creatorStony Mountain Boys, performer.
Contents Mouse on the hill (Warner Williams) (3:44) -- Casey Jones (K.C. Douglas) (1:23) -- John Hardy (Lead Belly) (2:43) -- Railroad Bill (John Jackson) (3:33) -- Stewball (Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon) (3:33) -- John Henry (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) (4:04) -- St. James Infirmary (Snooks Eaglin) (2:20) -- Staggerlee (Stackolee) (John Cephas and Phil Wiggins) (5:03) -- Lost John (convicts at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms) (4:54) -- Betty and Dupree (Josh White) (3:45) -- Old Riley (Lead Belly) (1:58) -- The race of the Jim Lee and Katy Adam (Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, and Arbee Stidham) (2:27) -- The Titanic (Pink Anderson) (2:49) -- Frankie and Johnny (Big Bill Broonzy) (2:07) -- White House blues (Earl Taylor and the Stony Mountain Boys) (1:59) -- Louis Collins (John Jackson) (3:18) -- Bad Lee Brown (Woody Guthrie) (2:14) -- Luke and Mullen (Horace Sprott) (2:25) -- Duncan and Brady (Dave Van Ronk) (3:00) -- Gallis Pole (Lead Belly) (2:45) -- Boll weevil (Pink Anderson) (3:04) -- Delia's gone (Josh White, Jr.) (3:45).
General noteOriginally issued as compact disc.
General notePrincipally previously released material.
General noteProgram notes by Barry Lee Pearson, including bibliographical references inserted in original container.
Performer Various performers.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded between 1951 and 2004.

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