Ain't Times Hard: Political and Social Comment in the Blues

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hobo Jungle Blues
Bumble Bee Slim3:01
2New Red Cross Blues
Frank "Springback" James3:17
3Working for the P.W.A.
Black Ivory King2:24
4Government Money
Sleepy John Estes3:12
5Working on the Project
Peetie Wheatstraw3:04
6Hobo Jungle Blues
Sleepy John Estes2:57
7Hard Times Ain't Gone No Where
Lonnie Johnson2:39
8I Have Spent My Bonus
Robert Lee McCoy2:55
9Relief Blues
Red Nelson2:48
10Unemployment Stomp
Big Bill Broonzy2:38
11304 Blues
guitar:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) (on 1938-04-01)
piano:
Peetie Wheatstraw (on 1938-04-01)
vocals:
Peetie Wheatstraw (on 1938-04-01)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:07
12Old Bachelor Blues
Son Bonds2:40
13Welfare Blues
Calvin Frazier3:38
14Back in My Cell Again
George Curry2:43
15Welfare Blues
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1938-12-17)
guitar:
Robert Nighthawk (on 1938-12-17)
mandolin:
Willie Hatcher (Mandoline player) (on 1938-12-17)
piano:
Speckled Red (on 1938-12-17)
vocals:
Speckled Red (on 1938-12-17)
Speckled Red3:20
16C.C.C. Blues
Washboard Sam2:57
17Welfare Blues
Sampson Pittman2:43
18'29 Blues
Alfred Fields2:49
19Charity Blues
Gene Gilmore2:37
20Four-O-Three Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1939-11-02)
Lonnie Johnson3:03
21Warehouse Man Blues
bass:
Wilson Swain (on 1940-06-13)
piano:
Champion Jack Dupree (on 1940-06-13)
vocals:
Champion Jack Dupree (on 1940-06-13)
Champion Jack Dupree2:50
22Nothing in Rambling
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1940-06-27) and Memphis Minnie (on 1940-06-27)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1940-06-27)
recording of:
Nothing in Rambling (on 1940-06-27)
composer:
Minnie Lawlers
publisher:
Memphis Minnie Music Company
Memphis Minnie2:45
23Hobo Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-04-03)
guitar:
Yank Rachell (on 1941-04-03)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1941-04-03)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-04-03)
washtub bass [imitation bass]:
William Mitchell (blues bassist) (on 1941-04-03)
vocals:
Yank Rachell (on 1941-04-03)
Yank Rachell3:32
24Stamp Blues
Tony Hollins2:36
25Hard Times Is on Me
Ollie Shepard3:07
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Release

ASIN:US: B001EOG4X8 [info]