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