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Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs

Leadbelly
Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry. Tracks include Stewball, Lining Track, and On a Monday. "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." — Boston Globe "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." -- Boston Globe

Track Listing

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There’s a Man Going around Taking Names Leadbelly 01:26
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Stewball Leadbelly with Cisco Houston and Woody Guthrie 02:30
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103
Keep Your Hands off Her Leadbelly with Brownie McGhee and Pops Foster 02:53
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104
Good-Good-Good (Talking, Preaching) / We Shall Walk Thru the Valley Leadbelly 02:13
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Lining Track Leadbelly 01:13
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Outskirts of Town Leadbelly with Sonny Terry 02:42
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We Shall Be Free Leadbelly 02:36
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108
The Blood Done Sign My Name (Ain't You Glad) Leadbelly 02:21
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On A Monday Leadbelly 01:50
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Jean Harlow Leadbelly 01:42
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Corn Bread Rough Leadbelly 02:09
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204
National Defense Blues Leadbelly 03:02
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205
Little Children's Blues Leadbelly 02:29
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Fiddler's Dram Leadbelly 02:30
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Meeting at the Building Leadbelly 01:00