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Ain't times hard : political & social comment in the blues

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Disc A. Labor blues (Tom Dickson). No dough blues (Blind Blake). Down and out blues (Scrapper Blackwell). Starvation blues (Big Bill Broonzy). Bad times blues (Barbecue Bob). Miss meal cramp blues (Alec Johnson). Shelby County workhouse blues (Hambone Willie Newbern). We sure got hard times (Barbecue Bob). Levee camp man blues (Gene Campbell). Hard times on me blues (Andy Chatman). Tough times blues (Charley Jordan). Northern starvers are returning home (Charlie McCoy, Bo Carter). Hard times done drove me to drink (Leroy Carr). Starvation blues (Charley Jordon). Hard time blues (Charley Spand). Chain gang bound (Bumble Bee Slim). Days of the weeks blues (Charley Jordan). Times has done got so hard (King Solomon Hill). Hard times blues (Carrie Edwards). The Depression blues (Leroy Carr). Turpentine blues (Tampa Red). Hard time blues (Scrapper Blackwell). DeKalb chain gang (Fred McMullen). Hard times blues (Buddy Moss). Red Cross blues (Walter Roland) -- Disc B. Red Cross man (Lucille Bogan). Coal mountain blues (Sonny Scott). Red Cross blues no. 2 (Walter Roland). It's hard time (Joe Stone). R.F.C. blues (Jack Kelly). Red Cross blues (Walter Davis). Sales tax (Mississippi Sheiks). Welfare blues (Joshua White). C.W.A. blues (Walter Roland). Starvation farm blues (Bob Campbell). Charity blues (Charlie McCoy). Sylvester and his mule blues (Memphis Minnie). Providence help the poor people (Big Joe Williams). Meat and bread blues (Blind Teddy Darby). Hard time blues (Lane Hardin). Let's have a good deal (Carl Martin). Bonus blues (Joe Pullum). W.P.A. blues (Casey Bill Weldon). When I get my bonus (Peetie Wheatstraw). When I get my money (Bumble Bee Slim). I'm gonna have my fun (Carl Martin). Jungle man blues (Peetie Wheatstraw). When the soldiers get their bonus (Red Nelson). W.P.A. blues (Big Bill Broonzy). Don't take away my P.W.A. (Jimmie Gordon) -- Disc C. Hobo jungle blues (Bumble Bee Slim). New Red Cross blues (Frank "Springback" James). Working for the P.W.A. (Black Ivory King). Government money (Sleepy John Estes). Working on the project (Peetie Wheatstraw). Hobo jungle blues (Sleepy John Estes). Hard times ain't gone no where (Lonnie Johnson). I have spent my bonus (Robert Lee McCoy). Relief blues (Red Nelson). Unemployment stomp (Big Bill Broonzy). 304 blues (Peetie Wheatstraw). Old bachelor blues (Son Bonds). Welfare blues (Calvin Frazier). Back in my cell again (George Curry). Welfare blues (Speckled Red). C.C.C. blues (Washboard Sam). Welfare blues (Sampson Pittman). '29 blues (Alfred Fields). Charity blues (Gene Gilmore). Four-o-three blues (Lonnie Johnson). Warehouse man blues (Champion Jack Dupree). Nothing in rambling (Memphis Minnie). Hobo blues (Yank Rachell). Stamp blues (Tony Hollins). Hard times is on me (Ollie Shepard) -- Disc D. Keep straight blues (Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly). Red Cross store blues (Terry & McGhee). Working man blues (Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly). Post-war future blues (Cousin Joe). Shipyard woman (Jim Wynn). Living in a different world (Roosevelt Sykes). Reconversion blues (Ivory Joe Hunter). Sunny road (Roosevelt Sykes). Bonus pay ; Luxury tax blues (Eddie Vinson). Unemployment blues ; Hard times (Smokey Hogg). Stockyard blues (Floyd Jones). High cost low pay blues (Ivory Joe Hunter). Homeless blues (Willie "Long Time" Smith). Inflation blues (Jack McVea). Strike blues (L.C. Williams). Strike blues (John Lee Hooker). Cotton picking blues (Big Mama Thornton). Ain't times hard (Floyd Jones). Tough times (John Brim). Depression blues (Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown). The panic's on (Jimmy McCracklin). Things are so slow (J.B. Hutto). Eisenhower blues (J.B. Lenoir)

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