Classic African American Songsters From Smithsonia Classic African American Songsters From Smithsonia CD

2014 23rd installment of the award-winning "Classic" series. Classic African American Songsters traces the complicated yet rich history of the "songster," featuring celebrated artists like Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly, Peg Leg Sam, Mississippi John Hurt, John Cephas, and more. The collection spans seven decades, and touches on everything from ragtime, country, and Tin Pan Alley to pre-blues, blues hybrids, and old-timey string band though 21 classic tracks - including five previously unreleased.

1. Warner Williams with Jay Summerour - Bring It on Down to My House 2. Pink Anderson - Talking Blues 3. John Jackson - Nobody's Blues (If I Do) 4. Little Brother Montgomery - Alabama Bound 5. Brownie McGhee - Pallet on the Floor 6. Bill Williams - Chicken, You Can't Roost Too High for Me 7. Lead Belly - My Hula Love 8. Reverend Gary Davis - Candy Man 9. John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 10. Peg Leg Sam - Froggy Went A-Courting 11. Mississippi John Hurt - Monday Morning Blues 12. Pink Anderson - the Boys of Your Uncle Sam 13. Brownie McGhee - Raise a Ruckus Tonight 14. Marvin Fodrell - Reno Factory 15. John Jackson - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 16. Warner Williams with Jay Summerour - Honeysuckle Rose 17. Big Bill Broonzy - Bill Bailey 18. Bill Williams - When the Roses Bloom Again 19. Peg Leg Sam - Straighten Up and Fly Right 20. Snooks Eaglin - Careless Love 21. Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong - They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree