Louisiana Country Blues

Smoky Babe & Herman E. Johnson

In the early 1960s, folklorist and musicologist Dr. Harry Oster made a series of field recordings of itinerant African American blues musicians. This recording features two of those musicians: Smoky Babe (Robert Brown) and Herman E. Johnson. Performing original compositions and the traditional country blues of their predecessors, both men sing songs reflecting the trials and tribulations of the poor and poverty-stricken men and women living in the rural South.

Track Listing

101	I'm Broke and I'm Hungry	Smoky Babe	2:57
102	Too Many Women	Smoky Babe	2:46
103	Two Wings	Smoky Babe	2:13
104	Mississippi River	Smoky Babe	3:16
105	My Baby She Told Me	Smoky Babe	2:36
106	Rabbit Blues	Smoky Babe	3:25
107	Black Ghost	Smoky Babe	5:02
108	Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog	Smoky Babe	3:18
109	Bad Whiskey	Smoky Babe	2:42
110	Black Gal	Smoky Babe	3:50
111	My Baby Put Me Down	Smoky Babe	3:14
112	Going Back Home	Smoky Babe	2:49
113	Regular Blues	Smoky Babe	2:34
114	I Just Keeps On Wanting You	Herman E. Johnson	2:48
115	You Don't Know My Mind	Herman E. Johnson	3:52
116	Motherless Children	Herman E. Johnson	4:04
117	Depression Blues	Herman E. Johnson	4:45
118	She's A-Looking for Me	Herman E. Johnson	3:20
119	She Had Been Drinking	Herman E. Johnson	2:31
120	I'm Growing Older	Herman E. Johnson	5:09
121	Po' Boy	Herman E. Johnson	3:21
122	Leavin' Blues	Herman E. Johnson	3:14
123	Piano Blues	Herman E. Johnson	2:19
124	Where the Mansion's Prepared for Me	Herman E. Johnson	2:30