River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi (1998)

About this title: River of Song is a companion double-CD set to a four-part 1999 PBS television series of the various styles of music found along the Mississippi River, from northern Minnesota to the river's mouth in Louisiana. It has 36 complete performances that the documentary makers recorded as part of the project, encompassing Delta blues (Robert Lockwood, Jr.), Native American powwows, Cajun (D.L. Menard) and zydeco (Geno Delafose), New Orleans soul (Irma Thomas), rockabilly (Sonny Burgess), singer/songwriter folk (Greg Brown), bluegrass, gospel, polka, jazz, and less expected things like traditional ... read more

Tracks:

1. Powwow Song
2. 22 [Babes In Toyland]
3. Sail Away Ladies [Traditional]
4. I Did My Best [Pirner]
5. Red-Headed Swede
6. The Singing Leaf
7. I'll Open My Mouth to the Lord/I'll Be Ready
8. Kim Marie
9. Jazz Me Blues
10. La Unica Estrella
11. Flat Stuff [Brown]
12. Miss Ferris [Hartford]
13. Born to Be with You
14. Milestone
15. I'm So Grateful [Griffin]
16. Stop Breaking Down
17. Get Down, River [Henneman]
18. La Guignolée
19. The Sweetest Song I Know
20. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) [Rodgers]
21. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
22. Going Back to Memphis
23. Take a Little Walk with Me [Lockwood]
24. Catfish [Traditional]
25. Shake Your Moneymaker
26. Grits Ain't Groceries [Turner]
27. We Praise Your Holy Name
28. Taters and Gravy and Chicken-Fried Steak
29. La Back Door (La Porte d'en Arrière) [Menard]
30. Bon Chien [Delafose]
31. Marie Laveau
32. Basin Street Blues [Williams]
33. Time Is on My Side [Meade/Ragovoy]
34. Check Your Bucket [Bocage]
35. Let Your Mind Be Free [Bernard/Campbell/Fr]
36. La Vida de un Jaibero

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