Classic Piedmont Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Truckin' Little Baby
guitar:
John Jackson (Blues guitarist & singer)
vocals:
John Jackson (Blues guitarist & singer)
John Jackson3:00
2Mamie
guitar:
John Cephas (in 2007-10)
harmonica:
Phil Wiggins (in 2007-10)
vocals:
John Cephas (in 2007-10)
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins4:13
3Hey Bartender, There's a Big Bug in My Beer
guitar:
Eddie Pennington and Warner Williams
vocals:
Warner Williams
Warner Williams and Eddie Pennington2:47
4Confusion
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Gene Moore (early blues drummer)
guitar:
Brownie McGhee
harmonica:
Sonny Terry
vocals:
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry3:21
5T.B. Blues
guitar:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
vocals:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
recording of:
T.B. Blues (Victoria Spivey) (from 1954 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Victoria Spivey
Josh White3:24
6If I Could Holler Like a Mountain Jack
recorded in:
Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States (in 1961)
guitar:
Baby Tate (blues guitarist) (in 1961)
vocals:
Baby Tate (blues guitarist) (in 1961)
Baby Tate3:06
7Clog Dance
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1963, in 1963-10)
recording engineer:
Fleming Brown (in 1963, in 1963-10)
guitar and tap dance [dance]:
Hobart Smith (in 1963)
Hobart Smith1:09
8Daisy
guitar:
Brownie McGhee
vocals:
Brownie McGhee
recording of:
Daisy
lyricist and composer:
Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee3:27
9Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
guitar:
Elizabeth Cotten
vocals:
Elizabeth Cotten
recording of:
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Elizabeth Cotten2:13
10I Got a Woman 'Cross Town
guitar:
Pink Anderson (in 1961)
vocals:
Pink Anderson (in 1961)
recording of:
I Got a Woman (in 1961)
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Renald Richard
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Mijac Music, Progressive Music Pub. Co., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Pink Anderson1:56
11Red River Blues
guitar:
John Jackson (Blues guitarist & singer) (on 1975-06-29)
vocals:
John Jackson (Blues guitarist & singer) (on 1975-06-29)
John Jackson3:01
12I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton
guitar:
Warner Williams
harmonica:
Jay Summerour
vocals:
Warner Williams
Warner Williams and Jay Summerour3:50
13Sweet Woman
guitar:
Brownie McGhee
harmonica:
Sonny Terry
vocals:
Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee3:06
14The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
guitar:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
vocals:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
arranger:
Arthel Lane Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
Doc Watson2:22
15Mountain Jack
guitar:
Reverend Gary Davis
arranger:
Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis3:31
16Crow Jane
guitar:
John Cephas
harmonica:
Phil Wiggins
vocals:
John Cephas
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins3:04
17Fore Day Creep
guitar:
Brownie McGhee (in 1959)
vocals:
Brownie McGhee (in 1959)
recording of:
'Fore Day Creep
writer:
Ida Cox and Brownie McGhee
is based on:
Four Day Creep
Brownie McGhee4:14
18Sittin' On Top of the World
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
banjo:
Roscoe Holcomb (in 1964)
vocals:
Roscoe Holcomb (in 1964)
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (in 1964)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
Roscoe Holcomb2:43
19Meet Me in the Bottom
recorded in:
Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States (on 1961-04-12)
recording engineer:
Samuel Barclay Charters (on 1961-04-12)
producer:
Samuel Barclay Charters
guitar:
Pink Anderson
vocals:
Pink Anderson
Pink Anderson3:33
20Dirty Mistreater
guitar:
Brownie McGhee (in 1958)
harmonica:
J.C. Burris (in 1958) and Sonny Terry (in 1958)
vocals:
Sonny Terry (in 1958)
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and J.C. Burris3:01
21The Road Is Rough and Rocky
guitar:
Archie Edwards (in 1978)
vocals:
Archie Edwards (in 1978)
recording of:
The Road Is Rough and Rocky (in 1978)
writer:
Archie Edwards
Archie Edwards3:24