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Yarum praise songs (Fra-Fra tribesmen) (2:56)
Stack o' Lee blues (Mississippi John Hurt) (2:45)
Travelin' blues (Blind Willie McTell) (3:18)
Stone pony blues (Charley Patton) (2:49)
Black snake moan (Blind Lemon Jefferson) (3:01)
Pig meat papa (Leadbelly) (3:15)
Broken yo-yo (Texas Alexander) (3:02)
Broke and hungry blues (Peg Leg Howell) (3:19)
It won't be long now (Barbecue Bob and Laughing Charley) (3:28)
Georgia crawl (Henry Williams and Eddie Anthony)(3:20)
Dangerous woman (Mississippi Jook Band) (2:43)
Gator wobble (Memphis Jug Band) (2:39)
In the house blues (Bessie Smith) (3:00)
Shake it down (Lillian Glinn) (3:12)
Pratt City blues (Bertha "Chippie" Hill) (2:53)
What it takes to bring you back (Mama keeps it all the time) (Butterbeans and Susie) (3:24)
(cont.): Midnight hour blues (Leroy Carr/Scrapper Blackwell) (3:04) ; East St. Louis blues (Faber Smith/Jimmy Yancey) (2:48) ; Good whiskey blues (Peetie Wheatstraw) (3:06) ; W.P.A. blues (Casey Bill/Black Bob) (3:15) ; Sorry feeling blues (Bo Carter) (3:08) ; Little queen of spades (Robert Johnson) (2:14) ; Parchman Farm blues (Bukka White) (2:37) ; Me and my chauffeur blues (Memphis Minnie) (2:45)
I want some of your pie (Blind Boy Fuller/Sonny Terry) (2:40) ; Million lonesome women (Brownie McGhee) (2:34) ; Wild cow moan (Joe Williams/Sonny Boy Williamson) (2:51) ; All by myself (Big Bill Broonzy) (2:26) ; Roll 'em Pete (Joe Turner/Pete Johnson) (2:50) ; Bloody murder (Otis Spann) (3:34) ; Sunnyland (Elmore James) (2:20) ; I don't know (Johnny Shines) (3:30).
Edition Notes
Side one entitled The origins of the blues; side two entitled Blues and entertainment; side three entitled The thirties, urban and rural blues; Side four entitled World War II and after.
"This documentary history of the blues illustrates the book The story of the blues, by Paul Oliver" (Philadelphia : Chilton Book Co., 1969).
Program notes by Paul Oliver on container.
Blues; various performers.
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