CLASSIC AFRICAN AMERICAN SONGSTERS FROM SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS

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.



Warner Williams with Jay Summerour - Bring It on Down to My House
Pink Anderson - Talking Blues
John Jackson - Nobody's Blues (If I Do)
Little Brother Montgomery - Alabama Bound
Brownie McGhee - Pallet on the Floor
Bill Williams - Chicken, You Can't Roost Too High for Me
Lead Belly - My Hula Love
Reverend Gary Davis - Candy Man
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Peg Leg Sam - Froggy Went A-Courting
Mississippi John Hurt - Monday Morning Blues
Pink Anderson - the Boys of Your Uncle Sam
Brownie McGhee - Raise a Ruckus Tonight
Marvin Fodrell - Reno Factory
John Jackson - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Warner Williams with Jay Summerour - Honeysuckle Rose
Big Bill Broonzy - Bill Bailey
Bill Williams - When the Roses Bloom Again
Peg Leg Sam - Straighten Up and Fly Right
Snooks Eaglin - Careless Love
Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong - They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree