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