Alan Lomax - Roots of the Blues

Artist: Alan Lomax
Title Of Album: Roots of the Blues
Year Of Release: 1977
Label: USA NEW WORLD RECORDS
Genre: Blues

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Tracklist:

Side One Total time 25:40
1 LOUISIANA 2:45 Henry Ratcliff / FIELD SONG FROM SENEGAL Bakari-Badji
2 PO BOY BLUES 2:36 John Dudley
3 KATIE LEFT MEMPHIS 3:00 Tangle Eye
4 BERTA, BERTA 2:53 Leroy Miller and a group of prisoners
5 OLD ORIGINAL BLUES 4:09 Fred McDowell and Miles Pratcher
6 JIM AND JOHN 2:10 Ed Young and Lonnie Young
7 EMMALINE, TAKE YOUR TIME 1:03 Alec Askew
8 BUTTERMILK 3:17 Miles Pratcher and Bob Pratcher
9 MAMA LUCY 1:33 Leroy Gary
10 I'M GONNA LIVE ANYHOW TILL I DIE 2:32 Miles Pratcher and Bob Pratcher

Side Two Total time 23:58
1 NO MORE, MY LORD 2:45 Tangle Eye and a group of prisoners
2 LINING HYMN AND PRAYER 3:31 Rev. Crenshaw and the congregation of
New Brown's Chapel, Memphis
3 DEATH COMES A-CREEPIN' IN MY ROOM 3:12 Fred McDowell
4 CHURCH-HOUSE MOAN 1:50 Congregation of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis
5 BEGGIN' THE BLUES 2:05 Bessie Jones
6 ROLLED AND TUMBLED 2:52 Rose Hemphill and Fred McDowell
7 GOIN' DOWN TO THE RACES 4:13 Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher, and Fannie Davis
8 YOU GOTTA CUT THAT OUT 2:56 Forrest City Joe