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Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Lead Belly
With his 12-string Stella guitar, Lead Belly sang out a cornucopia of songs that included his classics The Midnight Special, Irene, The Bourgeois Blues and many more, which in turn have been covered by musical notables such as The Beach …
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Book & CD with 5 CDs - Boxed Set
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With his 12-string Stella guitar, Lead Belly sang out a cornucopia of songs that included his classics The Midnight Special, Irene, The Bourgeois Blues and many more, which in turn have been covered by musical notables such as The Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Van Morrison, Nirvana, Odetta, Little Richard, Pete Seeger, Frank Sinatra, and Tom Waits. Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection brings us the story of the man as well as the musician. This first career-spanning boxed set dedicated to the American music icon features: 5 discs, 108 tracks (16 unreleased), 5 hours of music, historic photos, extensive notes, and 140-page book.
4, 5, AND 9 AIN'T GOING DOWN TO THE WELL NO MORE (VERSION 2) AIN'T IT A SHAME TO GO FISHIN' ON A SUNDAY AIN'T YOU GLAD (THE BLOOD DONE SIGNED MY NAME) ALABAMA BOUND ALBERTA ALMOST DAY BACKWATER BLUES BEEN SO LONG (BELLEVUE HOSPITAL BLUES) BIG FAT WOMAN BLACK BETTY BLACK GIRL (WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT) BLIND LEMON BOLL WEEVIL BRING ME A LITTLE WATER, SILVY COME AND SIT DOWN BESIDE ME COTTON FIELDS DE KALB BLUES DIDN'T OLD JOHN CROSS THE WATER DIGGIN' MY POTATOES DUNCAN AND BRADY EASY RIDER ELLA SPEED EVERYTIME I GO OUT EXCERPT FROM "THE LONESOME TRAIN" FANNIN STREET (MISTER TOM HUGHES TOWN) FIDDLER'S DREAM GO DOWN, OLD HANNAH GOOD MORNING BLUES GOOD, GOOD, GOOD (TALKING, PREACHING) / WE SHALL WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY GOVERNOR O.K. ALLEN GOVERNOR PAT NEFF GREEN CORN HA-HA THIS A WAY HAM AND EGGS HAUL AWAY JOE HITLER SONG (MR. HITLER) HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN HOW COME YOU DO ME LIKE YOU DO? HOW LONG, HOW LONG I'M GOING TO BUY YOU A BRAND NEW FORD I'M SO GLAD, I DONE GOT OVER IF IT WASN'T FOR DICKY IN THE EVENING (WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN) IN THE WORLD IRENE (GOODNIGHT IRENE) IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT JAIL-HOUSE BLUES JEAN HARLOW JIM CROW BLUES JOHN HARDY JOHN HENRY JULIE ANN JOHNSON KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF HER LAURA LEAVING BLUES LININ' TRACK MEETING AT THE BUILDING MOANIN' NATIONAL DEFENSE BLUES NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT NOTED RIDER OLD MAN OLD RILEY ON A MONDAY ONE DIME BLUES OUT ON THE WESTERN PLAINS OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN PACKIN' TRUNK BLUES PICK A BALE OF COTTON PIGMEAT POOR HOWARD PRINCESS ELIZABETH QUEEN MARY RED CROSS STORE BLUES RED RIVER RELAX YOUR MIND ROCK ISLAND LINE ROCK ME (HIDE ME IN THY BOSOM) SAIL ON, LITTLE GIRL SALLY WALKER SCOTTSBORO BOYS SHORT GEORGE SHOUT ON SILVER CITY BOUND SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES STEWBALL SUKEY JUMP SWEET JENNY LEE T.B. BLUES TAKE THIS HAMMER THE BOURGEOIS BLUES THE GALLIS POLE THE HINDENBURG DISASTER THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL THE TITANIC THERE'S A MAN GOING AROUND TAKING NAMES THEY HUNG HIM ON THE CROSS (VERSION 1) THEY HUNG