Description
Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry. Tracks include Stewball, Lining Track, and On a Monday. "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." — Boston Globe "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." -- Boston Globe
Track Listings
| 1 | There's a Man Going Around Taking Names |
| 2 | Stewball |
| 3 | Keep Your Hands Off Her |
| 4 | Good-Good-Good (Talking, Preaching)/We Shall Walk Thru the Valley |
| 5 | Lining Track |
| 6 | Outskirts of Town |
| 7 | We Shall Be Free |
| 8 | The Blood Done Sign My Name (Ain't You Glad) |
| 9 | On a Monday |
| 10 | Jean Harlow |
| 11 | Corn Bread Rough |
| 12 | National Defense Blues |
| 13 | Little Children's Blues |
| 14 | Fiddler's Dram |
| 15 | Meeting at the Building |