093074008126

Free And Equal Blues

Josh White

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40081

Release Date:  17 March 1998

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074008126

Genres:  Folk  Blues  

  • Description

    Josh White (1914-1969) was a brilliant musician whose vibrant guitar and rich vocals captivated audiences for decades. Recorded at the height of his career by Moses Asch in the 1940s, he performs these 26 blues, gospel, popular, and hard-hitting topical songs solo or accompanied by such contemporaries as Lead Belly, Mary Lou Williams, and the Almanac Singers. Extensive biographical notes, photographs, archivist's remarks, bibliography, and discography. 74 minutes. Produced and compiled by Jeff Place and Elijah Wald. Additional annotation by Kip Lornell.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. One Meat Ball
      • 2. In My Time Of Dying
      • 3. Free And Equal Blues
      • 4. Number 12 Train
      • 5. Jim Crow
      • 6. Landlord
      • 7. Betty And Dupree
      • 8. Trouble
      • 9. Beloved Comrade
      • 10. Hold On
      • 11. Jelly Jelly
      • 12. When I Lay Down
      • 13. The House I Live In
      • 14. Fuhrer
      • 15. Minute Man
      • 16. Take A Gal Like You
      • 17. Whatcha Gonna Do
      • 18. Don't Lie Buddy
      • 19. Motherless Children
      • 20. No More Blues (No More Bread Lines)
      • 21. Mean Mistreatin' Woman
      • 22. Freedom Road
      • 23. Miss Otis Regrets
      • 24. Careless Love
      • 25. T B Blues
      • 26. Outskirts Of Town