CLASSIC BLUES

This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways collection spans a half century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest and Chicago styles performed by some of the best known figures in blues history such as: Led Belly, Etta Baker, Pink Anderson, Lightnin' Hopkins, the Original Chamber Brothers, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon.



Old Jabo - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Mile-Ridin' Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Joggie Boogie - Memphis Slim
Black Woman - Vera Hall
Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
Ran the Blues Out of My Window - Roosevelt Sykes
Leaving Blues - Lead Belly
One Dime Blues - Etta Baker
County Farm Blues - Son House
Clog Dance (Stomping Blues) - Champion Jack Dupree
Boll Weevil - Pink Anderson
Nickel's Worth of Liver - Henry Brown
Don't Leave Me Here - Big Joe Williams
Jimmy Bell - Cat Iron
Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis
Beer Drinking Woman - Willie Dixon
Come Go Home with Me - Lightnin' Hopkins
Careless Love - Josh White
I Asked Her If She Loved Me - Henry Townsend
Rising Sun - Sonny Terry
Pony Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
Vastapol - Elizabeth Cotten
Drifting Along Blues - Lonnie Johnson
Oh Baby, You Don't Have to Go - the Chambers Brothers
Don't Lie Buddy - Lead Belly