- Release date
- 1960
- Label
- Atlantic
- Catalog number
- SD 1348
- Format
- 12" LP
- Comments
- This LP contains field recordings made by Alan Lomax in 1959, and was released simultaneously as part of a seven disc mono and stereo boxed set called Southern Folk Heritage Series on Atlantic HS1 (or SD HS 1). The seven albums were consecutively cataloged on Atlantic 1346-1352 (or SD 1346-1352).
Album
Roots of the Blues by various artists
Tracks
Title | Performer | Written by | Info | ||
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Chevrolet | Lonnie Young & Ed Young | Ed Young, Lonnie Young, Memphis Minnie | Covered by (13 artists) Originally by Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie |
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Drink on Little Girl | Forest City Joe | Sonny Boy Williamson [US1] | Originally by Sonny Boy Williamson [US1] | ||
Eighteen Hammers | Johnny Lee Moore & 12 Mississippi Penitentiary Convicts | Johnny Lee Moore | Covered by (4 artists) | ||
Shake 'Em on Down | Fred McDowell | Bukka White | Originally by Bukka White |