Various Artists - Classic Piedmont Blues From Smithsonian Folkways (Various Artists) Artist - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Inchmountain cousinInch of the Delta blues, Appalachian blues bears the stamp of a distinctive regional blend of European and African styles and sounds born at the cultural crossroads of railroad camps, mines, and rural settlements. Features 21 tracks drawn from deep within the Folkways collection and from historic live recordings at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the music of bedrock blues performers such as Pink Anderson, Lesley Riddle, Etta Baker, John Jackson, and Doc Watson shines bright, claiming Appalachia as a key cradle of American acoustic blues. Album Tracks 1. My Baby's Gone 2. Louise Blues 3. Sitting on Top of the World 4. Railroad Bill 5. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 6. You Don't Know My Mind 7. Blues Around My Bed 8. Hesitation Blues 9. Pawn Shop Blues 10. The Road Is Rough and Rocky 11. Hoodoo Blues 12. Red River Blues 13. Walking Cane 14. One Dime Blues 15. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues 16. Outskirts of Town 17. See What You Done Done 18. I Got a Woman 19. Girl Dressed in Green 20. Blues in the Morning 21. Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-Oh-Dee)

This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways collection spans a half century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest and Chicago styles performed by some of the best known figures in blues history such as Led Belly, Etta Baker, Pink Anderson, Lightnin' Hopkins, the Original Chamber Brothers, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon. Album Tracks 1. Old Jabo - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 2. Mile-Ridin' Blues - Big Bill Broonzy 3. Joggie Boogie - Memphis Slim 4. Black Woman - Vera Hall 5. Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas 6. Ran the Blues Out of My Window - Roosevelt Sykes 7. Leaving Blues - Lead Belly 8. One Dime Blues - Etta Baker 9. County Farm Blues - Son House 10. Clog Dance (Stomping Blues) - Champion Jack Dupree 11. Boll Weevil - Pink Anderson 12. Nickel's Worth of Liver - Henry Brown 13. Don't Leave Me Here - Big Joe Williams 14. Jimmy Bell - Cat Iron 15. Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis 16. Beer Drinking Woman - Willie Dixon 17. Come Go Home with Me - Lightnin' Hopkins 18. Careless Love - Josh White 19. I Asked Her If She Loved Me - Henry Townsend 20. Rising Sun - Sonny Terry 21. Pony Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards 22. Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery 23. Vastapol - Elizabeth Cotten 24. Drifting Along Blues - Lonnie Johnson 25. Oh Baby, You Don't Have to Go - the Chambers Brothers 26. Don't Lie Buddy - Lead Belly

Album Tracks 1. Dark Road - Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry 2. Step It Up and Go - Warner Williams 3. It Was Early One Morning - Lead Belly 4. Until My Baby Comes Home - Nora Lee King 5. That's No Way to Do - Pink Anderson 6. Farro Street Jive - Little Brother Montgomery 7. I Ain't Gonna Cry - Son House 8. Graveyard Blues - Roscoe Holcomb 9. 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes 10. Big Fat Mama - Honeyboy Edwards 11. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor - Lucinda Williams 12. Lieutenant Blues - Barrelhouse Buck 13. The Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry and Friends 14. Little Drops of Water - Edith Johnson 15. When Things Go Wrong - Big Bill Broonzy 16. Poor Boy a Long, Long Way from Home - Cat-Iron 17. My Jack Don't Drink Water No More - Shortstuff Macon 18. Way Behind the Sun - Barbara Dane 19. Tell Me Baby - Lightnin' Hopkins 20. Just a Dream - Memphis Slim 21. Jelly Jelly - Josh White 22. Down in the Alley - Chambers Brothers