Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways / Various Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways / Various CD

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.

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