Various Artists - Classic African-American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways (2006)

Artist: Various Artists
Title Of Album: Classic African-American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Genre: Blues
Quality: flac
Art: scans
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Notes:
Classic African-American Ballads is an uncommon sampling of an important, historic, and engaging slice of America’s Black music heritage. The heyday of the Black ballad tradition (1890-1920) left a lasting strain of creativity and a monument to African American life of the time. Ranging from songs created from the heritage of the English ballad, to social commentary vilifying abusive white authority figures, to "blues ballads," this album reminds us of the enormity and constant evolution of African American musical tradition. 36-page booklet, 22 classic tracks! 67 minutes of music!

Tracklist:

1. Mouse on the Hill - Warner Williams
2. Casey Jones - K. C. Douglas
3. John Hardy - Lead Belly
4. Railroad Bill - John Jackson
5. Stewball - Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon
6. John Henry - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
7. St. James Infirmary - Snooks Eaglin
8. Staggerlee - John Cephas & Phil Wiggins
9. Lost John - Convicts at the Ramsey & Retrieve state farms
10. Betty and Dupree - Josh White
11. Old Riley - Lead Belly
12. The Race of the Jim Lee and Katy Adam - Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, & Arbee Stidham
13. The Titanic - Pink Anderson
14. Frankie and Johnny - Big Bill Broonzy
15. White-House Blues - Earl Taylor & the Stony Mountain Boys
16. Louis Collins - John Jackson
17. Bad Lee Brown - Woody Guthrie
18. Luke and Mullen - Horace Sprott
19. Duncan and Brady - Dave Van Ronk
20. Gallis Pole - Lead Belly
21. Boll Weevil - Pink Anderson
22. DeliaÂ’s Gone - Josh White, Jr.