People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Man vs. Machine
▼ CD 2: Man vs. Nature
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1The Story of the Mighty Mississippi
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-21)
guitar, harmonica and baritone vocals:
Ernest Stoneman (on 1927-05-21)
cover recording of:
The Story of the Mighty Mississippi (on 1927-05-21)
writer:
Kelly Harrell
Ernest Stoneman3:08
2Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Robert Hicks3:04
3Dixie Boll Weevil
Fiddlin’ John Carson3:00
4Mississippi Boweavil
recorded in:
Richmond, Virginia, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:06
5Ohio Prison Fire
Bob Miller3:27
6Memphis Flu
Elder Curry and His Congregation3:04
7Explosion in the Fairmount Mine
Blind Alfred Reed3:22
8Storm That Struck Miami
Fiddlin’ John Carson3:02
9When the Levee Breaks
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-06-18)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18)
recording of:
When the Levee Breaks (original country blues song) (on 1929-06-18)
writer:
Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy3:13
10Alabama Flood
Andrew Jenkins3:18
11Burning of the Cleveland School
J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies3:03
12High Water Everywhere, Part 1
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (in 1929-10, in 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (in 1929-10, in 1929-12)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2014)
Charley Patton3.73:07
13High Water Everywhere, Part 2
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (in 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (in 1929-12)
Charley Patton3:06
14Ryecove Cyclone
Martin & Roberts3:03
15McBeth Mine Explosion
Cap, Andy & Flip2:53
16Dry Well Blues
additional guitar:
Henry Brown (US blues pianist) (on 1930-05-28)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1930-05-28)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1930-05-28)
recording of:
Dry Well Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:20
17Baltimore Fire
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-06)
banjo:
Charlie Poole (on 1929-05-06)
fiddle:
Lonnie Austin (on 1929-05-06)
guitar:
Roy Harvey (old time musician) (on 1929-05-06)
vocals:
Charlie Poole (on 1929-05-06)
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers3:12
18Tennessee Tornado
Uncle Dave Macon3:15
19Dry Spell Blues, Part 2
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
guitar:
Son House
slide guitar:
Son House (in 1930-06)
vocals:
Son House (in 1930-06)
recorded at:
Paramount Records Studio (Recording studio of Paramount Records) in Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
Son House3:14
20The Santa Barbara Earthquake
Green Bailey2:57
21The Death of Floyd Collins
Vernon Dalhart3:29
22The Porto Rico Storm
Carson Robison Trio2:34
23Boll Weavil
W.A. Lindsey & Alvin Conder3:00
24The Flood of 1927
Elders McIntorsh & Edwards’ Sanctified Singers3:14
▶ CD 3: Man vs. Man (and Woman Too)