Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2

For over a century, the blues have continually forged new musical alliances and pushed against boundaries, reaping rich harvests from infusions of diversity, innovation and vitality. With a spark of rock, or a nod to jazz, the blues stay true in spirit and perpetual in their ability to strike a common chord with listeners. On Classic Blues Vol. 2, Lucinda Williams, Roscoe Holcomb and Nora Lee King stand alongside all-time blues greats such as Lead Belly, Son House, and Lightnin' Hopkins. No matter if you prefer your blues raw, acoustic, electric, solo or from a live band, a jukebox or a jook joint, as the blues poet J. Williams once put it, "The blues is good news. Pass it on." Extensive notes. 22 tracks. 64 minutes.

Track Listing

101	Dark Road	Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry	02:46
102	Step It Up and Go	Warner Williams	02:38
103	It Was Early One Morning	Lead Belly	02:27
104	Blues - Until My Baby Comes Home	Nora Lee King and Mary Lou Williams	02:55
105	That's No Way to Do	Pink Anderson	02:25
106	Farro Street Jive	Little Brother Montgomery	02:18
107	I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Depot Blues)	Son House	02:59
108	Graveyard Blues	Roscoe Holcomb	03:02
109	44 Blues	Roosevelt Sykes	02:45
110	Big Fat Mama	David "Honeyboy" Edwards	02:59
111	Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor	Lucinda Williams	03:53
112	Lieutenant Blues	Thomas McFarland (Barrelhouse Buck)	02:40
113	The Woman Is Killing Me	Sonny Terry and Friends	02:26
114	Little Drops of Water	Edith North Johnson and Henry Brown	03:09
115	When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)	Big Bill Broonzy	03:01
116	Poor Boy a Long, Long Way From Home	Cat-Iron	02:47
117	My Jack Don't Drink Water No More	Shortstuff Macon	03:44
118	‘Way behind the Sun	Barbara Dane	03:51
119	Tell Me, Baby	Lightnin' Hopkins	02:36
120	Just a Dream	Memphis Slim	04:15
121	Jelly Jelly	Josh White	02:29
122	Down in the Alley	Chambers Brothers	03:07