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- Smithsonian global sound for libraries
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Baker, Etta, 1913-2006, performer
- Bell, T. D., performer
- Bowser, Erbie, performer
- Cephas, John, performer
- Chavis, Boozoo, 1930-2001, performer
- Jay, Abner, performer
- Johnson, Luther, 1939-2022, performer
- Laury, Booker T., 1914-1995, performer
- Lockwood, Robert Jr., 1915-2006, performer
- Perkins, Pinetop, performer
- Price, Sammy, performer
- Vappie, Don, 1956- performer
- Walker, Joe, 1944- performer
- Wiggins, Phil, performer
- Williams, Claude, 1908-2004, performer
- Williams, Warner, performer
- Blues Specialists (Musical group)
- Boss Talkers (Musical group)
- Creole Jazz Serenaders
- Five Gallons of Fun (Musical group)
- Gandy Dancers (Musical group)
- Magic Sounds (Musical group)
- Sea Island Singers
- White Cloud Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Publication
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- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [1999]
- ℗1999
- Series
- Physical Details
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- Streaming sound files
- OCLC
- ocn698169646
- Credits
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- Various performers
- "Heroes & tricksters, blues & jazz, worksongs & street music"--Original container insert.
- "Live from Wolf Trap"--Original container insert.
- Originally issued as compact disc.
- Program notes by Nick Spitzer, biographical information on performers, disographies and a bibliography inserted in original container.
- Selections 1, 11 and 13 recorded at Carnegie Hall, Nov. 1990; the remainder at Wolf Trap Farm Park, Virginia at various times between 1992 and 1995.
- Rooster call / (Gandy Dancers) (3:59) -- John Henry / (John Cephas and Phil Wiggins) (5:15) -- Step it up and go / (Warner Williams) (2:40) -- Flipping and flopping / (Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson and Willy "Pinetop" Perkins) (3:39) -- Twenty-four hours a day / (Erbie Bowser, T.D. Bell, and the Blues Specialists) (4:10) -- Little Queen of Spades / (Robert Jr. Lockwood) (4:13) -- One dime blues / (Etta Baker) (3:43) -- Bluetail fly / (Abner Jay) (2:33) -- Gut bucket blues / (Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders) (4:15) -- That certain someone / (Claude Williams) (4:33) -- Harlem parlor blues / (Sammy Price) (2:51) -- Early in the morning / (Booker T. Laury) (3:05) -- Sew, sew, sew / (White Cloud Hunters Mardi Gras Indians) (5:09) -- My mind has no color/Doing it the go-go-way / (Rapper Dee, C.J., and Five Gallons of Fun) (4:40) -- Hambone, where you been? / (Georgia Sea Island Singers) (2:24) -- Uncle Bud / (Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds) (2:55) -- Bluesifyin / (Joe Louis Walker and the Boss Talkers) (8:43)