Various Artists - Classic Delta and Deep South Blues from Smithsonian Folkways (Audio CD 2018)

Mississippi, particularly the Delta, lays claim to being the land where the blues began. Forged in the crucible of poverty and racial oppression, blues flourished there as nowhere else, evolving into what most critics consider the deepest or most intense strain of the blues tradition. During the Great Migration, music changed consistently, adapting to its new surroundings like St. Louis and Chicago, while retaining its connection to its down home Delta roots. This collection celebrates the diversity and dissemination of the blues’ most powerful and influential voices. 67 minutes, 40-page booklet with extensive notes and photos.

CONDITION: NEW Punched UPC

TRACK LISTING

1 C.C. Rider - Big Bill Broonzy
2 Woman in Elaine, Arkansas - Roosevelt Sykes
3 Death Letter Blues - Son House
4 Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay - K.C. Douglas and Richard Riggins
5 Columbus Mississippi Blues
6 I'm Goin' to Walk Your Log - Cat Iron
7 Why Did You Go Last Night - Clifton Chenier
8 I Stand and Wonder - Sam Chatmon
9 Sleeping with the Devil - Johnny Young and Walter Horton
10 Short Stuff's Corinna - John 'Shortstuff' Macon
11 Married Woman Blues - Big Joe Williams
12 Up the Country Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
13 Dream - John Littlejohn
14 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Doctor Ross
15 Catfish Blues - Honeyboy Edwards
16 M & O Blues - Memphis Slim
17 Forty-Four - Scott Dunbar
18 Sun Goin' Down - Son House
19 Frisco Line - Fred McDowell
20 Diggin' My Potatoes - Big Bill Broonzy