Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (1997)

About this title: Vol. 2 in a three-volume series of the recordings Leadbelly made for Folkways founder Moses Asch is as indispensable as the first. The 28 songs have been beautifully remastered, and the liner notes -- including a 1946 tribute by Woody Guthrie -- are extensive and revealing. This second CD focuses mostly on best-available versions of songs that first appeared on Folkways' Leadbelly's Legacy, Vol. 4: Easy Rider and Midnight Special. Among the standout tracks are Leadbelly's own "Bourgeois Blues" and such folk standards as "Careless Love," "John Henry," and "Midnight Special." Jeff Burger, All ... read more

Tracks:

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

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.