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Leadbelly Vol 3 1939 - 1947
DOCD-5228 Leadbelly: Vol. 2 Complete recorded titles c. October 1943 to 25th April 1944 Leadbelly, vocal, twelve-string guitar, tap dancing, speech, button accordion, piano. With contributions by Josh White, guitar; Sonny Terry, harmonica. Genres: Texas Country Blues, Ballads, Children’s Songs Informative booklet notes by Ken Romanowski. Detailed discography. Although John and Alan Lomax were responsible for Leadbelly's discovery, it was Moses Asch who gave Huddie room for professional growth through extensive recording, contact with the urban folk revival and most importantly by keeping Leadbelly's songs available to the public. Asch grew up in an ideologically, progressive Jewish household, which left him with a lifelong intellectual curiosity and an empathy for proletarian concerns. By the 1920's he became interested in radio and folk music, eventually combining the two to form Asch Records in 1939. At the beginning of the 40's Asch struck a business relationship with Leadbelly which spawned frequent and numerous recordings. Continued...



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Carl Martin / Willie (61) Blackwell 1930 - 1941



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Sonny Terry Vol 1 1938 - 1945
DOCD-5230 Sonny Terry Vol 1 (1938-1945) Sonny Terry, vocal harmonica. With contributions by Oh Red, washboard; Blind Boy Fuller, guitar; Jordan Webb, harmonica; Brownie McGhee, guitar; Woodie Guthrie, vocal, Cisco Houston, vocal, banjo. Alonzo Scales, vocal and others… Genres: Carolina Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, Blues Harmonica. Informative booklet notes by Kip Lonell. Detailed discography. The recordings on this Document CD cover the years of 1938-1945 and range from a recording at Carnegie Hall with Oh Red, to New York sessions with Blind Boy Fuller and Brownie McGhee, and also tracks recorded with Woody Guthrie. These selections find Terry near the beginning of his recording career. Continued...



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Texas Field Recordings 1934 - 1939



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San Antonio Blues 1937



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Deep South Blues Piano 1935 - 1937



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St Louis Jimmy Oden Vol 1 1932 - 1944



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St Louis Jimmy Oden Vol 2 1944 - 1955
St Louis Jimmy Oden



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The Hokum Boys Vol 1 1929



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The Hokum Boys & Bob Robinson 1935 - 1937



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Johnnie Temple Vol 1 1935 - 1938



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Johnnie Temple Vol 2 1938 - 1940



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