Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2

This is volume 2 of a projected 3-volume set of Lead Belly's performances recorded by Moses Asch during the 1940s. The original masters now reside in the Folkways Archive at the Smithsonian Institution. Completely remastered from the best sources in our collections, this recording contains the highest sound quality possible. The liner notes contain extensive annotation and reflections on Lead Belly's music as you've never heard it before. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place. "The soul expressed is full-fledged and sublime." — New England Folk Almanac

Track Listing

Audio Player 101	Fannin Street	Lead Belly	03:03
Audio Player 102	Bourgeois Blues	Lead Belly	02:20
Audio Player 103	Easy Rider	Lead Belly	02:53
Audio Player 104	Alabama Bound	Lead Belly	02:20
Audio Player 105	Don't You Love Your Daddy No More?	Lead Belly	03:04
Audio Player 106	Gallis Pole	Lead Belly	02:47
Audio Player 107	Leaving Blues	Lead Belly	01:32
Audio Player 108	The Midnight Special	Lead Belly	02:05
Audio Player 109	T. B. Blues	Lead Belly	03:45
Audio Player 110	Linin' Track	Lead Belly	01:16
Audio Player 111	Julie Ann Johnson	Lead Belly	00:43
Audio Player 112	John Henry	Lead Belly	02:27
Audio Player 113	Jim Crow Blues	Lead Belly	03:32
Audio Player 114	Jim Crow Blues #2	Lead Belly	02:45
Audio Player 115	Good Morning Blues #2	Lead Belly	02:10
Audio Player 116	Abraham Lincoln	Lead Belly	03:12
Audio Player 117	Army Life	Lead Belly	01:48
Audio Player 118	Hitler Song	Lead Belly	04:34
Audio Player 119	Careless Love	Lead Belly	02:59
Audio Player 120	Haul Away Joe	Lead Belly	02:51
Audio Player 121	How Do You Know? / Don't Mind the Weather	Lead Belly	02:20
Audio Player 122	Skip to My Lou	Lead Belly	02:13
Audio Player 123	Red Bird	Lead Belly	02:57
Audio Player 124	Out on the Western Plains	Lead Belly	01:33
Audio Player 125	Cowboy Song	Lead Belly	01:46
Audio Player 126	You Can't Mistreat Me	Lead Belly	03:16
Audio Player 127	Digging My Potatoes	Lead Belly	02:36
Audio Player 128	John Hardy	Lead Belly	02:43