The Essential Recordings
Lead Belly
The Essential Recordings
Lead Belly
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About
Lead Belly was a towering presence in twentieth century popular music, bestriding many musical styles and genres. Sometimes simply regarded as a Bluesman, his music in fact transcended all racial and musical boundaries, and his vast repertoire of songs encompassed songs from the American Folk tradition, Blues, Gospel, Chain Gang songs, Spirituals, Children's Songs, and Protest songs. His greatest recordings are all included here.
Contents and tracklist
Disc 1
Goodnight, Irene
Rock Island Line
Alabama Bound
Cotton Fields
Packin' Trunk Blues
The Bourgeois Blues
The Boll Weevil
The Gallis Pole
Fannin Street
De Kalb Blues
Looky Looky Yonder/Black Betty/Yellow Womens Door Bells (On a Monday)
Easy Rider
New York City
Roberta
Leaving Blues
Good Morning, Blues
Worried Blues
Whoa Back, Buck
Alberta
You Can't Lose Me Cholly
Disc 2
Midnight Special
New Orleans
Pick a Bale of Cotton
T.B. Blues
Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
Stewball
Don't You Love Your Daddy No More
I'm On My Last Go-round
Red Cross Store
John Hardy
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Take This Hammer
Hitler Song
Pretty Flowers in My Back Yard
Jim Crow Blues
Mother's Blues
Sweet Mary
Digging My Potatoes
How Long
When the Boys Were Out On the Western Plains
