Drawing 21 classic tracks including four previously unreleased- from the deep well of Smithsonian Folkways archives. This connoisseur collection spotlights songs from ragtime, country, Tin Pan Alley, pre-blues songs, blues hybrids, and old-timey string band. Marquee-name artists Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly, Peg Leg Sam, Mississippi John Hurt,John Cephas, and more set the record straight that there has long been much more to the African American secular song tradition than just the blues.

Tracklist:

Bring it On Down to My House
Talking Blues
Nobody's Business (If I Do)
Alabama Bound
Pallet on the Floor
Chicken You Can't Roost Too High For Me
My Hula Love
Candy Man
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Froggy Went-a-Courting
Monday Morning Blues
The Boys of Your Uncle Sam
Raise a Ruckus Tonight
Reno Factory
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Honeysuckle Rose
Bill Bailey
When the Roses Bloom Again
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Careless Love
They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree

UPC: 093074021125
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 6.24.14
Format: CD

Classic African American Songsters From Smithsonia - Classic African American Songsters from Smithsonia (CD)