Leadbelly - Important recordings 1934 - 1949 - Annotated - Remastered - Discography - 4 CD Box Set
Huddie Ledbetter (1889-1949) was a man so full of life he could only be felled by fate. His was one of the loudest voices on record and his playing of the twelve-string guitar belied his physical strength. Here was a man who had worked for years on prison gangs. Years later it was easy for him to dip into this wellspring of stamina to perform for stupefied middle-class white audiences. He is best remembered for a body of songs that he discovered, adapted or wrote, including "Goodnight Irene", "Rock Island Line", "Midnight Special" and "Cotton Fields". But he was also an early example of a folksinger whose background had brought him into direct contact with the oral tradition by which folk music was handed down. He is usually viewed as a blues singer, but blues (a musical form he actually predated) was only one of the styles that informed his music. He was a profound influence on folk performers of the 1940s such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, who in turn influenced the folk revival, the UK 'skiffle' movement of the '50s, and the development of rock music from the 1960s onward, which made his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 wholly appropriate. This 4CD, 96 track set features all of his most important recordings, from early field recordings made by John & Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, through a variety of studio sessions in different locations to a performance from his last major concert at the University of Texas.
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Leadbelly - Important recordings 1934 - 1949 - Annotated - Remastered - Discography - 4 CD Box Set
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1Western Cowboy2Blind Lemon Blues3Midnight Special4Irene5C.C. Rider6Governoe O.K. Allen7Julie Ann Johnson8I'm Sorry Mama9Take A Whiff Of Me10Boll Weevil11The Titanic12Green Corn13Po' Howard14Da Kalb Blues15Frankie And Albert16Queen Mary17The Hindenburg Disaster Part 118The Hindenburg Disaster Part 219Leaving On The Morning Train Blues20The Bourgeois Blue
Disc: 2
1Roberta Part 12Roberta Part 23Packin; Trunk Blues4C.C. Rider5Becky Deem, She Was A Gamblin' Girl6Honey, I'm All Out And Down7Four Day Worry Blues8You Can't Lose Me, Charlie9New Black Snake Moan10Alberta11Baby, Don't You Love Me No More12Ox Drivin' Blues13Death Letter Blues Part 114Death Letter Blues Part 215Kansas City Papa16Red River Blues17Forth Worth And Dallas Blues18You Don't Know My Mind19Daddy I'm Coming Back To You20My Friend Blind Lemon21Mr. Tom Hughes' Town22Shorty George23Matchbox Blues24Yellow Jacket25T.B. Woman Blues
Disc: 3
1Pig Meat Papa2Bull Cow3My Baby Quit Me4Frankie And Albert Part 15Frankie And Albert Part 26Poor Howard-Green Corn7The Gallis Pole8Pick A Bale Of Cotton9Whoa Back, Buck10Midnihgt Special11Rock Island Line12Good Morning Blues13T.B. Blues14Red Cross Store Blues15Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On16I'm On My Last Go-Round17New York City18Grey Goose19Stew Ball20Take This Hammer21Can't You Line 'Em22Ham An' Eggs23On A Monday24John Henry25How Long26Ain't You Glad
Disc: 4
1John Hardy2Where Did You Sleep Last Night3Pretty Flowers In Your Backyard4In New Orleans5Outskirts Of Town6Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)7In The Evenin' When The Sun Goes Down8Jim Crow Blues9Mr Hitler10Corn Bread Rough11Ella Speed12Rock Island Line13Tell Me Baby14Take This Hammer15Irene (Goodnight Irene)16On A Christmas Day17Backwater Blues18Eagle Rock Rag19Sweet Mary Blues20Grasshoppers In My Pillow21Diggin' My Potatoes22Defense Blues23Easy Rider24Pigmeat25Howard Hughes26Shine On Me
