I've Got the Blues but I'm Too Damn Mean to Cry: Protest in Early Blues & Gospel

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Disc 1
2▶CD: Disc 2
3▼CD: Disc 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Starvation Farm Blues
Bob Campbell2:55
2No Place to Go
Walter Davis2:53
3One Dime Blues
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1927-10)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1927-10)
recording of:
One Dime Blues
composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson2:48
4Blue Harvest Blues
Mississippi John Hurt2:54
5Fool's Blues
J. T. “Funny Paper” Smith2:53
6Boll Weevill Blues (The Boll Weevill Holler)
recorded in:
Livingston, Alabama, United States (on 1940-10-31)
vocals:
Vera Hall
field recordings:
John A. Lomax (on 1940-10-31) and Ruby Terrill Lomax (on 1940-10-31)
edit of:
Boll Weevil Blues (1940, AFS 4049 B3) by Vera Hall
Vera Hall1:18
7Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:10
8Hoplai (Hop-A-Lee)
8 Unknown Girls1:46
9Experience Blues
Alberta Hunter3:02
10Broken Levee Blues
Lonnie Johnson3:27
11Eighteen Hundred and Ninety One (Ain't Working Song)
Charley Campbell1:37
12Bank Failure Blues
Martha Copeland2:56
13Hammer Ring
Jesse Bradley2:40
14The Escaped Convict
George "Bullet" Williams2:58
15I'm Having So Much Trouble
Bumble Bee Slim3:02
16Worried Blues
Tom Bell2:44
17Workhouse Blues
guitar:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1930-01-02)
piano:
Leroy Carr (on 1930-01-02)
vocals:
Leroy Carr (on 1930-01-02)
Scrapper Blackwell, Leroy Carr3:18
18The Sure Route Excursion to Hell, Pt. 1
Rev. F.W. McGee3:00
19Black Hearse Blues
Sara Martin3:15
20Washwoman Blues
Bessie Smith3:13
21Sud Bustin' Blues
Sippie Wallace3:08
22Hitler and Hell
Rev. J.M. Gates3:01
23Don't Mess With Me
Mamie Smith3:13
24My Daddy's Calling Me
Irene Scruggs2:48
25I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop
Jim Jackson3:01
26G. Burns Gonna Rise Again
Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop3:02
27The Bourgeois Blues
Lead Belly5:37
4▶CD: Disc 4