Library Of Congress Recordings

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  1964
Genre:       Blues, Folk World & Country
Style:         Folk, Country Blues

Comments:
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Notes:

Original Elektra "guitar player" labels. First pressing

Three hours of songs and conversation.
Includes booklet with notes, photos and illustrations.

 

A1. Lost Train Blues
A2. Introduction; Family; Okemah And It's People; The Colored "Situation"
A3. Railroad Blues
A4. His "Gang"; Home Brew; House Parties; Drinking
A5. Rye Whiskey
A6. Toasts; Square Dance Tunes
A7. Old Joe Clark
A8. Beaumont Rag
A9. Family Misfortunes; Foster Parents; Banty Hen; Galveston, Texas
B1. Texas Oil Fields; The Root Beer Stand; Learning To Play The Guitar
B2. Greenback Dollar
B3. Boll Weevil Song
B4. Dust Storms; Storm Of April 14, 1935
B5. So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
B6. Migration From The Dust Bowl
B7. Talking Dust Bowl Blues
B8. "Pea Patch Poppas"
B9. Do-Re-Mi
C1. Hard Times
C2. Outlaws; About Pretty Boy Floyd; Bankers
C3. Pretty Boy Floyd
C4. About Jesse James
C5. They Laid Jesus Christ In His Grave
C6. Jolly Banker
C7. I Ain't Got No Home
C8. Okies
D1. Dirty Overalls
D2. Chain Around My Leg
D3. Chain Gangs; The Blues
D4. Worried Man Blues
D5. Church-House Blues
D6. Lonesome Valley
D7. Walking The Railroad Ties
D8. Walkin' Down That Railroad Line
D9. Railroad "Bulls"; Hoboin' And Freighttrainin'; Government Camps
E1. The Grapes Of Wrath
E2. Goin' Down That Road Feeling Bad
E3. Handbill Situation; Labor "Contractors"
E4. Dust Storm Disaster
E5. Foggy Mountain Top
E6. Dust Storms And Their Effects
E7. Dust Pneumonia Blues
F1. California - The Promised Land
F2. California Blues
F3. Jimmie Rodgers; Living Conditions In California
F4. Dust Bowl Refugees
F5. Reputation Of Oklahoma; Will Rogers
F6. Will Rogers Highway
F7. Flood Disaster
F8. Los Angeles New Year's Flood

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout EKL-271-272-A 28-4 8-64
Matrix / Runout EKL-271-272-B
Matrix / Runout EKL-271-272-C
Matrix / Runout EKL-271-272-D
Matrix / Runout EKL-271-272-E
Matrix / Runout EKL-271-272 F

 

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