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Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

Various Artists

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Released: Feb 2010
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Concentrated in Virginia and Carolina coal country, and spreading its recordings over five decades -- from the '50s to '90s -- this sampler documents a multifaceted but rarely acknowledged mountain blues style: speedy, intricate, guitar-dominated, yet somehow mostly relaxed. Selections echo old-timey country, dabble in bluegrass and boogie-woogie, and peak with slavering sexagenarian medicine show veteran Peg Leg Sam Jackson reviving a nearly century-old minstrel shtick in 1976. The set opens and closes with near-rock 'n' roll tunes from Sticks McGhee about driving cars and drinking wine.
- CHUCK EDDY
Various Artists - Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways 2010-03-16
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    My Baby's Gone
    My Baby's Gone
    Sticks McGhee
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    5:18
    Louise Blues
    Louise Blues
    Big Chief Ellis
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    3:01
    Sitting On Top Of The World
    Sitting On Top Of The World
    Doc Watson
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    3:37
    Railroad Bill
    Railroad Bill
    John Jackson
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    2:19
    Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
    Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
    Bill Williams
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    2:40
    You Don't Know My Mind
    You Don't Know My Mind
    Pink Anderson
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    2:57
    Blues Around My Bed
    Blues Around My Bed
    J. C. Burris
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    3:19
    Hesitation Blues
    Hesitation Blues
    Reverend Gary Davis
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    3:05
    Pawn Shop Blues
    Pawn Shop Blues
    Reverend Gary Davis
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    3:27
    The Road Is Rough And Rocky
    The Road Is Rough And Rocky
    Archie Edwards
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    5:16
    Hoodoo Blues
    Hoodoo Blues
    Carl Martin
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    2:08
    Red River Blues
    Red River Blues
    Lesley Riddle
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    2:35
    Walking Cane
    Walking Cane
    Peg Leg Sam Jackson
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    3:46
    One Dime Blues
    One Dime Blues
    Etta Baker
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    2:16
    Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
    Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
    Roscoe Holcomb
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    3:06
    Outskirts Of Town
    Outskirts Of Town
    Josh White
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    2:35
    See What You Done Done
    See What You Done Done
    Baby Tate
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    2:54
    I Got A Woman
    I Got A Woman
    Marvin and Turner Foddrell
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    2:00
    Girl Dressed In Green
    Girl Dressed In Green
    John Tinsley
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    3:42
    Blues In The Morning
    Blues In The Morning
    E.C. Ball
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    3:42
    Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee)
    Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee)
    Sticks McGhee