Leadbelly Bourgeois Blues: Leadbelly Legacy 2 CD

This is volume 2 of a projected 3-volume set of Lead Belly's performances recorded by Moses Asch during the 1940s. The original masters now reside in the Folkways Archive at the Smithsonian Institution. Completely remastered from the best sources in our collections, this recording contains the highest sound quality possible. The liner notes contain extensive annotation and reflections on Lead Belly's music as you've never heard it before. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place. "The soul expressed is full-fledged and sublime." -New England Folk Almanac.

1. Fannin Street 2. Bourgeois Blues 3. Easy Rider 4. Alabama Bound 5. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More? 6. Gallis Pole 7. Leavin' Blues 8. Midnight Special 9. T.B. Blues 10. Linin' Track 11. Julie Ann Johnson 12. John Henry 13. Jim Crow Blues 14. Jim Crow #2 15. Good Morning Blues #2 16. Abraham Lincoln 17. Army Life 18. Hitler Song 19. Careless Love 20. Haul Away Joe 21. How Do You Know?/Don't Mind the Weather 22. Skip to My Lou 23. Red Bird 24. Out on the Western Plains 25. Cowboys Song 26. You Can't Mistreat Me 27. Diggin' My Potatoes (Big Bill Broonzy) 28. John Hardy