New Orleans Street Singer

Folkways Records released New Orleans Street Singer in 1959 and the album set the world of folk and acoustic blues fans on fire. Snooks Eaglin was in the early stages of his long R&B career when folklorist Harry Oster heard him playing solo on the streets of the French Quarter. That very recording, presented here with 7 previously unreleased tracks, captured Eaglin's genius and elevated him to the pantheon of eccentric, uncategorizable guitar virtuosos. 32-page booklet. 25 classic tracks. 68 minutes.
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Track Listing
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Looking for a Woman | Snooks Eaglin | 2:25 | |
102
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Walking Blues | Snooks Eaglin | 2:58 | |
103
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Careless Love | Snooks Eaglin | 2:32 | |
104
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Saint James Infirmary | Snooks Eaglin | 2:20 | |
105
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High Society | Snooks Eaglin | 1:33 | |
106
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I Got My Questionnaire | Snooks Eaglin | 3:20 | |
107
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Let Me Go Home, Whiskey | Snooks Eaglin | 2:52 | |
108
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Mama, Don’t Tear My Clothes | Snooks Eaglin | 2:07 | |
109
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Trouble in Mind | Snooks Eaglin | 2:46 | |
110
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The Lonesome Road | Snooks Eaglin | 1:46 | |
111
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Helping Hand (A Thousand Miles Away from Home) | Snooks Eaglin | 2:11 | |
112
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One Room Country Shack | Snooks Eaglin | 3:02 | |
113
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Who’s Been Foolin’ You | Snooks Eaglin | 2:22 | |
114
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Drifting Blues | Snooks Eaglin | 3:37 | |
115
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Sophisticated Blues | Snooks Eaglin | 2:06 | |
116
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Come Back, Baby | Snooks Eaglin | 2:06 | |
117
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Rock Island Line | Snooks Eaglin | 2:03 | |
118
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See See Rider | Snooks Eaglin | 3:08 | |
119
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One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer | Snooks Eaglin | 2:42 | |
120
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Mean Old World | Snooks Eaglin | 3:46 | |
121
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Mean Old Frisco | Snooks Eaglin | 2:32 | |
122
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Every Day I Have the Blues | Snooks Eaglin | 3:52 | |
123
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Careless Love 2 | Snooks Eaglin | 2:30 | |
124
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Drifting Blues 2 | Snooks Eaglin | 3:47 | |
125
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The Lonesome Road 2 | Snooks Eaglin | 1:27 |