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

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