Classic Delta and Deep South Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

Mississippi, particularly the Delta, lays claim to being the land where the blues began. Forged in the crucible of poverty and racial oppression, blues flourished there as nowhere else, evolving into what most critics consider the deepest or most intense strain of the blues tradition. During the Great Migration, music changed consistently, adapting to its new surroundings like St. Louis and Chicago, while retaining its connection to its down home Delta roots. This collection celebrates the diversity and dissemination of the blues’ most powerful and influential voices. 67 minutes, 40-page booklet with extensive notes and photos.

Track Listing

101	C.C. Rider	Big Bill Broonzy	02:34
102	Woman in Elaine, Arkansas	Roosevelt Sykes	02:23
103	Death Letter Blues	Son House	02:58
104	Your Crying Won’t Make Me Stay	K.C. Douglas and Richard Riggins	02:43
105	Columbus, Mississippi Blues	Bukka White	03:30
106	I’m Goin’ to Walk Your Log	Cat-Iron	01:53
107	Why Did You Go Last Night	Clifton Chenier	03:17
108	I Stand and Wonder	Sam Chatmon	03:51
109	Sleeping with the Devil	Johnny Young and Walter Horton	03:56
110	Short Stuff’s Corinna	Short Stuff Macon	02:43
111	Married Woman Blues	Big Joe Williams	01:57
112	Up the Country Blues	Little Brother Montgomery	02:57
113	Dream	John Littlejohn	04:44
114	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	Doctor Ross	03:36
115	Catfish Blues	Honeyboy Edwards	03:27
116	M & O Blues	Memphis Slim	03:37
117	Forty-Four	Scott Dunbar	04:14
118	Sun Goin' Down	Son House	04:59
119	Frisco Line	Fred McDowell	03:58
120	Diggin’ My Potatoes	Big Bill Broonzy	02:58