Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 30 September 2003
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Going Down the RiverMississippi Fred McDowell, Fanny Davis & Miles Pratcher4:14
- 2Rolled and TumbledRosalie Hill2:53
- 3Cherry Ball BluesJack Owens & Benjamin “Bud” Spires4:05
- 4Dust My BroomHowlin’ Wolf, Hubert Sumlin & Eddie Shaw3:10
- 5Boogie ChildrenBoy Blue, Joe Lee & Darnel Walker2:44
- 6StagoleeLucious Curtis & Willie Ford1:38
- 7Stop All the BusesCecil Augusta2:54
- 8Worried Life BluesDavid “Honeyboy” Edwards3:00
- 9The Pony BluesEddie “Son” House4:09
- 10Tangle Eye BluesWalter “Tangle Eye” Jackson3:06
- 11Trouble So HardDock Reed & Vera Hall Ward2:19
- 12Worried BluesSonny Terry2:30
- 13Beggin’ the BluesBessie Jones2:13
- 14John HenryGabriel Brown2:23
- 15Country BluesDock Boggs3:47
- 16Cherry Ball BluesSkip James3:51
- 17I Hate a Man Like YouJelly Roll Morton3:46
- 18Roll’emPete Johnson4:04
- 19KokomoThe Memphis Jug Band2:55
- 20Life Is Like ThatMemphis Slim, John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson & Big Bill Broonzy3:05
- CD 2
- 1I Could Hear My Name a Ringin’John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, Memphis Slim & Big Bill Broonzy3:45
- 2Dimples in Your JawsJoe Lee, Boy Blue & Darnel Walker3:16
- 3Catfish BluesJack Owens & Benjamin “Bud” Spires5:30
- 4Kill-It-Kid RagBlind Willie McTell2:49
- 5You’re Gonna Need My HelpElinor Boyer2:05
- 6The Army BluesDavid “Honeyboy” Edwards4:02
- 7Blues de la PrisonCanray Fontenot & Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin2:18
- 8I Been Drinkin’Vera Ward Hall1:10
- 9I Been a Bad, Bad Girl (Prisoner Blues)Ozella Jones2:18
- 10I Be’s TroubledMuddy Waters3:15
- 11Boogie InstrumentalR.L. Burnside4:21
- 12Blind Lemon BluesLead Belly4:04
- 13Sweet Patootie BluesAlbert Ammons4:41
- 14The Last TimeSam Chatmon3:16
- 15Shorty GeorgeSmith Casey3:15
- 16Desert BluesHattie Ellis & “Cowboy” Jack Ramsey2:21
- 17Joe TurnerEd Young & Hobart Smith3:14
- 18Joe TurnerMiles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher4:30
- 19Joe TurnerBig Bill Broonzy6:54
- 20See That My Grave Is Kept CleanHobart Smith3:20
- 21How Long BluesLead Belly, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee5:33
Release credits
- field recordist [1.1, 1.5, 1.7-10, 1.14, 1.19, 2.2, 2.6, 2.10, 2.12, 2.18, 2.20], producer [2], recording [1.2-4, 1.12-13, 1.15-18, 1.20, 2.1-3, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13-14, 2.17, 2.19, 2.21]
- piano [13]
- accordion [7]
- harmonica [1.3, 2.3], vocal [3]
- vocal [13]
- acoustic guitar [20], guitar [1, 19], vocal [19]
- 12 string guitar [4], vocal [4]
- fiddle [18]
- harmonica [2], vocal [5]
- guitar [21], vocal [21]
- fiddle [7], vocal [7]
- guitar [7], vocal [7]
- guitar [19], vocal [19]
- drums (drum set) [1.5, 2.2]
- guitar [2.6, 1.8], harmonica [6], vocal [1.8, 2.6]
- double bass [19], jug [19], kazoo [19]
- five-string banjo [15], vocal [15]
- vocal [11]
- fife [17], vocal [17]
- tenor saxophone [4]
- vocal [5]
- other instruments [1]
- guitar [14], vocal [14]
- vocal [16]
- vocal [11]
- five-string banjo [17], four-string banjo [17], guitar [20], vocal [20]
- harmonica [4], vocal [4]
- guitar [4]
- guitar [1.3, 2.3], vocal [2.3, 1.3]
- piano [17], vocal [17]
- electric guitar [1.5, 2.2], vocal [2]
- field recordist [1.6, 1.11, 2.4-5, 2.8-9, 2.15-16], recording [12]
- field recordist [10]
- 12 string guitar [21], guitar [12], vocal [12, 21]
- field recordist [9]
- guitar [6], vocal [6]
- piano [1.20, 2.1], vocal [20]
- guitar [1.1, 2.18], vocal [18]
- guitar [1], vocal [1]
- guitar [10], vocal [10]
- vocal [9]
- piano [18]
- guitar [11]
- electric guitar [19]
- guitar [2], vocal [2]
- field recordist [11]
- field recordist [2.4, 2.8, 2.15-16, 1.6, 1.11]
- guitar [14], spoken vocals [14], vocal [14]
- assistant [2]
- guitar [16], vocal [16]
- guitar [15], vocal [15]
- guitar [9], lead vocals [9]
- harmonica [1.20, 2.1], vocal [1]
- harmonica [1.12, 2.21], vocal [2.21, 1.12]
- vocal [2.8, 1.11]
- vocal [10]
- double bass [19], vocal [19], washboard [19]
- guitar [6]
- field recordist [14]
- drums (drum set) [4], electric bass guitar [4]
- guitar [16]
Issues
A30 September 2003