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.
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
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.