Absolutely the Best

Tracklist

• 1
  In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)
  3:15
• 2
  The Bourgeois Blues
  3:24
• 3
  Goodnight, Irene
  2:32
• 4
  Looky, Looky Yonder / Black Betty / Yellow Women's Doorbells
  3:08
• 5
  Borrow Love and Go
  1:13
• 6
  De Kalb Blues
  3:04
• 7
  John Hardy
  3:13
• 8
  How Long
  2:09
• 9
  Roberta
  3:06
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Pretty Flowers in Your Backyard
  2:26
• 11
  The Gallis Pole
  3:11
• 12
  Where Did You Sleep Last Night
  3:01
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Midnight Special
  2:05
• 14
  John Hardy (version 2)
  4:19
• 15
  When I Was a Cowboy
  2:57

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Release credits

• Bill Dahl
  liner notes
• Jesse Fishman
  mastering
• Lead Belly
  acoustic guitar [12], guitar [8], vocal [8]
• Len Fico
  producer
• Sonny Terry
  guest [8], harmonica [8], performer [8]

Issues

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  Absolutely the Best

  CD
  3 October 2000