The Rural Blues Study of Vocal & Instrumental Folkways

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The Rural Blues
A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources

3 Album Boxed Set

RBF Records 1960
RBF 202

Compiled and Annotated by Samuel B Charters
Descriptive Notes Included

RBF Records
121 W 47th Street
New York, NY



Song List
Side One
1. I Can't Stand It- Will Shade- Coarse Vocal Tone
2. Shelby County Work House Blues- Hambone Willie Newburn- Deeper Chest Tones
3. From Four Until Late- Robert Johnson- Clearer Head Tones
4. You Can Leave Baby- Furry Lewis- Simple Rhythm
5. Sloppy Drunk Blues - Sleepy John Estes- Complex Regular Rhythm
6. Roberta Blues- LiL' Son Jackson- Irregular Phrase Length
7. Bad Luck Trouble- Lightnin' Hopkins
8. Thousand Woman Blues- Blind Boy Fuller
9 If I Get Lucky- Arthur Crudup- Extended Vocal Chant
10. Down the Highway- Charlie Pickett- Freely Rhythmic Chant

Side Two
1. Milk Cow Blues- Kokomo Arnold- Falsetto
2. Take Your Burden to the Lord- Blind Willie Johnson- False Bass
3. New Highway 51- Tommy McClennan- Growl
4. Penitentiary Blues- Lightnin' Hopkins - Hum
5. MaMa T'aint Long Fo' Day- Blind Willie McTell
6. Take Your Fingers Off It- Charlie Burse- Laugh
7. My Wife Drove Me From My Door- Charlie Lincoln- Spoken Interjection
8. Skin Game Blues- Peg Leg Howell
9. Come Go Home with Me- Lightnin' Hopkins
10. Goin' Back to Florida- Lightnin Hopkins- Recitative Verses
11. Standing at the Crossroads- Robert Johnson- Mixed Style

Side Three
1. One Kind Favor- Lightnin' Hopkins
2. John Henry- Furry Lewis
3. Nobody's Fault but Mine- Blind Willie Johnson
4. Warm Up - Furry Lewis
5. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing- Bukka White
6. Casey Jones - Furry Lewis
7. Coal Man Blues- Peg Leg Howell
8. Frankie- John Hurt
9. Southern Can Mama- Blind Willie McTell
10. Airy Man Blues- Papa Charlie Jackson
11. Little Cow and Calf is Gonna Die Blues- Skip James
12. New How Long How Long Blues- Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell

Side Four
1. Mohana Blues- Bert Bilbro
2. Harmonica Stomp- Sonny Terry and Oh Red
3. Shiney Town Blues- Frank Stokes
4. Trouble In Mind- Virgil Perkins
5. Mean Old Frisco- Arthur Crudup
6. Sporting Life Blues- Brownie McGhee
7. Solo- Virgil Perkins
8. Tippin Round- Charlie Burse
9. Mama Don't Low It- Ham Gravy
10. Key to the Highway- Moochie Reeves





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