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Louisiana Country Blues

Smoky Babe, Herman E. Johnson
Louisiana Country Blues

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

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101
Smoky Babe
02:57
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102
Smoky Babe
02:46
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103
Smoky Babe
02:13
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104
Smoky Babe
03:16
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105
Smoky Babe
02:36
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106
Smoky Babe
03:25
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107
Smoky Babe
05:02
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108
Smoky Babe
03:18
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109
Smoky Babe
02:42
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110
Smoky Babe
03:50
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111
Smoky Babe
03:14
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112
Smoky Babe
02:49
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113
Smoky Babe
02:34
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114
Herman E. Johnson
02:48
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115
Herman E. Johnson
03:52
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116
Herman E. Johnson
04:04
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117
Herman E. Johnson
04:45
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118
Herman E. Johnson
03:20
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119
Herman E. Johnson
02:31
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120
Herman E. Johnson
05:09
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121
Herman E. Johnson
03:21
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122
Herman E. Johnson
03:14
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123
Herman E. Johnson
02:19
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124
Herman E. Johnson
02:30