Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era

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▼ CD 1
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1Baby, Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1935-10-31)
fiddle:
Dad Tracy (on 1935-10-31)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-10-31)
washboard:
Kokomo (on 1935-10-31)
background vocals:
Chasey Collins (on 1935-10-31)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-10-31)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go (on 1935-10-31)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Joe Williams33:27
2Match Box Blues
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (on 1927-03-14, in 1927-04)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (on 1927-03-14, in 1927-04)
recording of:
Match Box Blues (on 1927-03-14)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Match Box Blues (in 1927-04)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Match Box Blues (in 1927)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson2:56
3Yonder Come the Blues
Ma Rainey3:03
4Yellow Dog Blues
Bessie Smith3:01
5Walkin’ Blues
Robert Johnson2:30
6Ring Dance
Mamprusi Tribesmen2:01
7My Soul Is a Witness
Austin Coleman3:27
8Long Hot Summer Days
Clyde Hill1:58
9Lucky Holler
Ed Lewis2:28
10Penitentiary Moan
Texas Alexander3:08
11Old Country Stomp
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-13)
guitar and guitar and pan flute [quills]:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13)
solo syrinx [reed pipes] and solo lead vocals:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
vocals:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13)
recording of:
Old Country Stomp (on 1928-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
Henry Thomas2:54
12Dry Bone Shuffle
Blind Blake2:45
13Mysterious Coon
Alec Johnson3:17
14Ragtime Millionaire
William Moore3:11
15You Shall
Beale Street Sheiks2:50
16Interview
Gus Cannon1:10
17I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop
Jim Jackson2:54
18Spike Driver Blues
Mississippi John Hurt3:17
19Kassie Jones - Part 1
recording of:
The Ballad of Casey Jones
lyricist:
Wallace Saunders (songwriter) and T. Lawrence Seibert
composer:
Eddie Newton (songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3247)
Furry Lewis3:07
20Fare Thee Well Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-02-20)
guitar:
Mississippi Joe Callicott (on 1930-02-20)
vocals:
Mississippi Joe Callicott (on 1930-02-20)
Joe Callicott3:12
21Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
Gus Cannon3:13
22Travelin’ Blues
Blind Willie McTell3:10
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1Chocolate to the Bone
Barbecue Bob2:53
2Sad Blues
Norfolk Jazz Quartet3:05
3Tennessee Dog
Jimmie Strothers1:52
4Country Blues
Muddy Waters3:26
5Washboard Cut-Out
Bobbie Leecan’s Need‐More Band2:59
6Flying Crows Blues
Washboard Sam2:48
7Rules and Regulations 'Signed Razor Jim'
Edith Wilson3:15
8Ground Hog Blues
Gladys Bentley3:04
9Broke and Hungry Blues
Peg Leg Howell3:22
10Wednesday Evening She Left Me
John Lee Hooker3:58
11Lonesome Day Blues
Jesse James3:09
12Win the War Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1944-12-14)
guitar:
Ted Summitt (on 1944-12-14)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1944-12-14)
membranophone:
Armand “Jump” Jackson (on 1944-12-14)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1944-12-14)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:50
13Fox Hunt
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:18
14Black, Brown and White
recording of:
Black, Brown and White
lyricist and composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
publisher:
Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd.
Big Bill Broonzy3:06
15Pratt City Blues
Bertha “Chippie” Hill2:48
16Blues Before Sunrise
Leroy Carr3:35
17Blues Trip Me This Morning
Tommy McClennan3:04
18Poor Man Blues
Henry Townsend3:03
19Interview
Henry Townsend1:19
20My Black Mama - Part 1
Son House3:13
21Cotton Pickin’ Blues
Robert Petway3:14
22Interview
Wade Walton1:07
23Number 29
Wesley Wallace3:12
24Jim Crow Blues
Cow Cow Davenport3:07
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1Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-29)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1930-05-29) and Will Shade (on 1930-05-29)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Will Shade (on 1930-05-29)
jug:
"Ham" Lewis (on 1930-05-29)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (on 1930-05-29)
vocals:
Will Shade (on 1930-05-29)
Memphis Jug Band3:07
2Interview
Willie Shade1:06
3Policy Dream Blues
Bumble Bee Slim2:49
4North Memphis Blues
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-10-11) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-10-11)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1930-10-11)
Memphis Minnie2:36
5Interview
James 'Stump' Johnson1:16
6They Ain’t Walkin’ No More
Lucille Bogan3:10
7Ice Pick Blues
Whistlin’ Alex Moore2:48
8Interview
Lonnie Johnson1:15
9Parchman Farm Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-07)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
recording of:
Parchman Farm Blues (on 1940-03-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
recording of:
Parchman Farm (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Mose Allison
publisher:
Jazz Editions
Bukka White2:42
10Shelby County Workhouse Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern2:56
11Working on the Project
Peetie Wheatstraw3:05
12Interview
Black Ace0:46
13Let’s Have a New Deal
Carl Martin2:47
14Tallahatchie River Blues
Mattie Delaney2:48
15St. Louis Cyclone Blues
Lonnie Johnson3:07
16Interview
John Lee Hooker1:16
17Fire Department Blues
Sleepy John Estes3:09
18Give Me a 32-20
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:53
19Interview
Rayford Logan1:15
20Build a Cave
Mr. Honey2:24
21Crying Mother Blues
Red Nelson2:40
22Interview
Speckled Red0:47
23The Dirty Dozen
Speckled Red3:18
24Three Ball Blues
Blind Boy Fuller2:56
25Milk Cow Blues
Kokomo Arnold3:11
26Cool Drink of Water Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-03)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03)
recording of:
Cool Drink of Water Blues
writer:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
Tommy Johnson3:27
27Some Summer Day
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1930-05-28)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1930-05-28)
Charley Patton2:56
28Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Mama Yancey4:26
29Long Gone Lost John
Papa Charlie Jackson2:46
30Spirit of the Boogie-Woogie
Meade Lux Lewis3:06
31Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
Rev. F.W. McGee2:40