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

101	I'm Broke and I'm Hungry	Smoky Babe	02:57
102	Too Many Women	Smoky Babe	02:46
103	Two Wings	Smoky Babe	02:13
104	Mississippi River	Smoky Babe	03:16
105	My Baby She Told Me	Smoky Babe	02:36
106	Rabbit Blues	Smoky Babe	03:25
107	Black Ghost	Smoky Babe	05:02
108	Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog	Smoky Babe	03:18
109	Bad Whiskey	Smoky Babe	02:42
110	Black Gal	Smoky Babe	03:50
111	My Baby Put Me Down	Smoky Babe	03:14
112	Going Back Home	Smoky Babe	02:49
113	Regular Blues	Smoky Babe	02:34
114	I Just Keeps On Wanting You	Herman E. Johnson	02:48
115	You Don't Know My Mind	Herman E. Johnson	03:52
116	Motherless Children	Herman E. Johnson	04:04
117	Depression Blues	Herman E. Johnson	04:45
118	She's A-Looking for Me	Herman E. Johnson	03:20
119	She Had Been Drinking	Herman E. Johnson	02:31
120	I'm Growing Older	Herman E. Johnson	05:09
121	Po' Boy	Herman E. Johnson	03:21
122	Leavin' Blues	Herman E. Johnson	03:14
123	Piano Blues	Herman E. Johnson	02:19
124	Where the Mansion's Prepared for Me	Herman E. Johnson	02:30