Huddie Ledbetter - Lead Belly : The Smithsonian Folkways Collection [5 CD, 2015]

 

Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, the first career-spanning box set dedicated to the American music icon, is a 5 CD, 140-page, large-format book featuring 5 hours of music with 16 unreleased tracks.

A companion to 2012 s GRAMMY-winning Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection, Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection chronicles the recordings of Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (c. 1888¬ 1949) in 108 tracks over five discs, including Lead Belly s beloved classics "The Midnight Special, " "Goodnight Irene, " and "Black Girl (Where Did You Sleep Last Night) " among many others. The collection also boasts 16 previously unreleased recordings, including four never-before-available original songs, and radio programs Lead Belly made for WNYC which can be heard for the first time since airing in 1941.

The set also features many rare photos, among them an intimate portrait taken shortly before his untimely death from ALS (Lou Gehrig s Disease) in 1949. It is one of the few known color photographs of the legend.



CD1
1. Irene (Goodnight Irene)
2. The Bourgeois Blues
3. Fannin Street (Mister Tom Hughes Town)
4. The Midnight Special
5. John Henry
6. Black Girl (Where Did You Sleep Last Night)
7. Pick a Bale of Cotton
8. Take This Hammer
9. Cotton Fields
10. Old Riley
11. Rock Island Line
12. The Gallis Pole
13. Ha-Ha This a Way
14. Sukey Jump
15. Boll Weevil
16. Scottsboro Boys
17. Governor O.K. Allen
18. Governor Pat Neef
19. There's a Man Going Around Taking Names
20. On a Monday
21. You Can't Lose Me, Cholly
22. Keep Your Hands Off Her
23. We Shall Be Free

CD2
1. Alabama Bound
2. Almost Day
3. Fiddler's Dram
4. Green Corn
5. Sally Walker
6. Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy
7. Julie Ann Johnson
8. Linin' Track
9. Whoa, Back, Buck
10. Shorty George
11. Ham and Eggs (Previously Unreleased)
12. Moanin'
13. Out On the Western Plain
14. Noted Rider
15. Meeting at the Building
16. Good, Good, Good (Talking, Preaching)/We Shall Walk Through the Valley
17. Ain't You Glad (The Blood Done Signed My Name)
18. I'm So Glad, I Done Got Over (Previously Unreleased)
19. The Hindenburg Disaster
20. Ella Speed
21. Haul Away Joe
22. Old Man
23. Sweet Jenny Lee
24. Jean Harlow
25. Laura
26. Queen Mary

CD3
1. Good Morning Blues
2. Sail On, Little Girl
3. Easy Rider
4. Poor Howard
5. Duncan and Brady
6. How Long, How Long
7. T.B. Blues
8. Jim Crow Blues
9. Pigmeat
10. John Hardy
11. Outskirts of Town
12. 4, 5, and 9
13. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
14. Red Cross Store Blues
15. Diggin' My Potatoes
16. Blind Lemon
17. When a Man's a Long Way from Home
18. Alberta
19. Excerpt from The Lonesome Train
20. National Defense Blues
21. Hitler Song (Mr. Hitler)
22. Big Fat Woman
23. Been So Long - Bellevue Hospital Blues (Previously Unreleased Original Song)

CD4
1. WNYC Folk Songs of America Lead Belly (Previously Unreleased): a. Grey Goose, b. Boll Weevil, c. Yellow Gal, d. Ha-Ha This a Way, e. Leaving Blues, f. Irene (Outro)
2. WNYC Folk Songs of America Lead Belly and the Oleander Quartet (Previously Unreleased): a. Almost Day, b. Blues in My Kitchen, Blues in My Dining Room, c. I Went Up on the Mountain, d. Good Morning Blues, e. Baby, Don t You Love Me No More, f. T.B. Blues, g. Irene (Outro)
3. If It Wasn t For Dicky (Previously Unreleased)
4. What's You Gonna Do When the World s on Fire w/ Anne Graham (Previously Unreleased)
5. Rock Me - Hide Me in Thy Bosom w/ Anne Graham (Previously Unreleased)
6. Packin' Trunk Blues (Previously Unreleased)
7. Leaving Blues
8. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (Previously Unreleased)
9. One Dime Blues (Previously Unreleased)
10. I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford (Previously Unreleased Original Song)
11. Jail-House Blues
12. Shout On
13. Come and Sit Down Beside Me
14. Red River (Previously Unreleased)

CD5
1. Yes, I Was Standing in the Bottom
2. Ain't Going Down to the Well No More (Version 2)
3. Everytime I Go Out (Previously Unreleased Original Song)
4. Go Down, Old Hannah
5. Black Betty
6. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out w/ Bessie Smith(Previously Unreleased)
7. Stewball
8. Ain't It a Shame to Go Fishin' on a Sunday
9. Relax Your Mind
10. Princess Elizabeth (Previously Unreleased Original Song)
11. Silver City Bound
12. The Titanic
13. House of the Rising Sun
14. It's Tight Like That
15. Diggin' My Potatoes
16. Springtime in the Rockies
17. Backwater Blues
18. Didn t Old John Cross the Water
19. De Kalb Blues
20. They Hung Him on the Cross (Version 1)
21. They Hung Him on the Cross (Version 2)
22. In the World

Daniel Johnston- The Story Of An Artist (6 CD, 2010/FLAC)

 

Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – c. September 11, 2019) was an American singer-songwriter and visual artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes. Most of his work consisted of cassettes recorded alone in his home, and his music was frequently cited for its "raw" and "childlike" qualities.

[CD1] - Songs of Pain (1981)
[CD2] - Don't Be Scared (1982)
[CD3] - The What Of Whom (1982)
[CD4] - More Songs Of Pain (1983)
[CD5] - The Lost Recordings I (1983)
[CD6] - The Lost Recordings II (1983)

 

Greensky Bluegrass - Play Covers Vol.1-10

 After 18 years together, up to 175 shows per year, nearly 1,000 different setlists, six studio albums, and a litany of live releases, Greensky Bluegrass embodies more than just music for members Anders Beck [dobro], Michael Arlen Bont [banjo], Dave Bruzza [guitar], Mike Devol [upright bass], and Paul Hoffman [Mandolin]. Truthfully, it embodies an ironclad creative bond, familial brotherhood, and a lifelong commitment to fans. At this point, it goes without saying the band means everything (and more) to the Kalamazoo, MI bluegrass mavericks.

Gary Moore discography

 

Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011), better known simply as Gary Moore, was a musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer.

Guitar Shorty - Rare and Well [2021]

 Legendary guitarist/vocalist Guitar Shorty is a giant in the blues world. Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Guitar Shorty has been electrifying audiences for five decades with his supercharged live shows and his incendiary recordings.

Like a bare knuckled boxer, Shorty strikes with his blistering, physical guitar playing and his fierce vocals, connecting directly with body and soul. What really sets Shorty apart is his absolutely unpredictable, off-the-wall guitar playing. He reaches for sounds, riffs and licks that other blues players wouldn't even think of. Amazon.com says his guitar work "sounds like a caged tiger before feeding time. His molten guitar pours his psychedelicized solos like lava over anything in his path." The Chicago Reader declares, "Guitar Shorty is a battle-scarred hard-ass. He slices off his phrases and notes with homicidal fury. He is among the highest-energy blues entertainers on the scene."

Through the years, Shorty has performed with blues and R&B luminaries like Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, B.B. King, Guitar Slim and T-Bone Walker. He started playing with these legends while still in his teens and recorded a handful of singles for a variety of labels and an obscure LP during the first 30 years of his career. After decades of paying his dues (like so many unheralded American bluesmen), it took a tour of England to establish Shorty's fame in his home country. His recordings since then all received massive critical acclaim, and his renowned live performances have kept him constantly in demand all over the world. His 2004 Alligator Records debut, Watch Your Back, became his best-received, best-selling album to date. His 2006 follow-up, We The People, won the coveted Blues Music Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year.

01. Shorty's Theme (Live) ( 7:37)
02. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Live) ( 5:20)
03. Billie Jean Blues ( 2:11)
04. Never Make A Move Too Soon (Live) (10:15)
05. Hard Life Blues (Live) ( 2:33)
06. How Blue Can You Get (Live) (10:40)
07. How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Round) ( 5:15)
08. History Of Jody (Live) (13:36)
09. Bump The Donkey ( 5:27)
10. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (Live) (10:24)
11. Hey Joe (Live) ( 6:00)
12. Shorty's Theme (Part 2) (Live) (11:20)