CLASSIC BLUES FROM SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS – VARIOUS ARTISTS - LP •

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UPC: 093074013410 Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS Format: LPRelease Date: June 12, 2026In stock items ship within 48 hours Blues is a living and dynamic tradition that has resounded th roughout Black communities for over a century, channeling transcendent grief and strength. In the mid-20th century, Folkways Records became a major hub for blues legends such as Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lead Belly, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotten, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee. Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings spans half a century and features these and other foundational figures in blues history performing in the Delta, St. Louis, Southwest, Piedmont, and Chicago styles. From boogie to ballads and laced with innuendo and irony, this classic collection is available on vinyl for the first time on two LPs with extensive notes by musician and scholar Dr. Barry Lee Pearson. TRACK LIST: 1 Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee*– Old Jabo2:112 Big Bill Broonzy– Mule-Ridin' Blues3:433 Memphis Slim And Willie Dixon– Joggie Boogie3:254 Vera Hall– Black Woman1:245 K. C. Douglas*– Mercury Blues2:186 Roosevelt Sykes– Ran The Blues Out Of My Window2:547 Lead Belly*– Leaving Blues2:218 Etta Baker– One Dime Blues3:439 Son House– County Farm Blues2:0810 Champion Jack Dupree– Clog Dance (Stomping Blues) 1:5911 Pink Anderson– Boll Weevil 3:0312 Edith North Johnson* & Henry Brown– Nickel's Worth Of Liver2:4013 Big Joe Williams– Don't Leave Me Here2:4014 Cat Iron– Jimmy Bell2:1715 Reverend Gary Davis*– Candy Man2:3216 Memphis Slim And Willie Dixon– Beer Drinking Woman2:3017 Lightnin' Hopkins– Come Go Home With Me3:5118 Josh White– Careless Love 3:2019 Henry Townsend– I Asked Her If She Loved Me2:5220 Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry*– Rising Sun2:4021 David "Honeyboy" Edwards– Pony Blues3:2622 Little Brother Montgomery– Vicksburg Blues3:5923 Elizabeth Cotten– Vastapol 2:0924 Lonnie Johnson (2)– Drifting Along Blues 2:5625 The Chambers Brothers– Oh Baby, You Don't Have To Go2:4626 Lead Belly* And Josh White– Don't Lie Buddy2:21 Show more