Smithsonian Folkways - Classic Piedmont Blues

Rating: 5/5

Review:
An excellent compilation

Needless to say, this is excellent.  It's another in a virually flawless series by Smithsonian Folkways, this time of blues from Piedmont, the foothills of the Appalachians.  It's a wonderful, varied tradition with some very well known exponents like Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and Doc Watson, but even the obscure stuff here is quite brilliant.  This is knowledgeably chosen, well recorded and hugely enjoyable; no one  who is interested in the blues or in superb acoustic guitar playing could possibly be disappointed in this compilation.

As there is no track list on the product page (yet) I have added the list below.

1          Truckin' Little Baby - John Jackson

2          Maime  - John Cephas / Phil Wiggins

3          Hey Bartender, There's a Big bug in My Beer - Eddie Pennington / Warner Williams

4          Confusion - Brownie McGhee / Sonny Terry

5          T.B. Blues - Josh White

6          If I Could Holler Like a Mountain Jack - Baby Tate

7          Clog Dance - Hobart Smith

8          Daisy - Brownie McGhee

9          Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Elizabeth Cotten

10        I Got a Woman 'Cross Town - Pink Anderson

11        Red River Blues - John Jackson

12        I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton - Jay Summerour / Warner Williams

13        Sweet Woman - Brownie McGhee / Sonny Terry

14        The Train That Carried My Girl From Town - Doc Watson

15        Mountain Jack - Blind Gary Davis

16        Crow Jane - John Cephas / Phil Wiggins

17        Fore Day Creep - Brownie McGhee

18        Sittin' on Top of the World - Roscoe Holcomb

19        Meet Me in the Bottom - Pink Anderson

20        Dirty Mistreater - J.C. Burris / Brownie McGhee / Sonny Terry

21        The Road Is Rough and Rocky - Archie Edwards