Remembering Leadbelly

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Remembering Leadbelly
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 2001
Recorded2000-2001
Genre Blues
Length58:00
Label Stony Plain Records
Long John Baldry chronology
Evening Conversation
(2000)
Remembering Leadbelly
(2001)
Boogie Woogie: The Warner Bros. Recordings
(2005)
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Remembering Leadbelly is the final studio album Long John Baldry completed in his lifetime. The album serves as a tribute to Baldry's musical hero Lead Belly with songs he either wrote or is known for. The album was released on November 13, 2001 in North America and on August 12, 2002 internationally.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lining Track" - 1:49
  2. "Gallows Pole" - 2:42
  3. "Midnight Special" - 3:29
  4. "Take This Hammer" - 3:28
  5. "Rock Island Line" - 2:50
  6. "Good Morning Blues" - 3:45
  7. "Go Down Old Hannah" - 0:55
  8. "Birmingham Jail" - 2:52
  9. "Here Rattler" - 2:14
  10. "Easy Rider Blues" - 3:09
  11. "We're In The Same Boat Brother" - 3:33
  12. "John Hardy" - 2:30
  13. "Digging My Potatoes" - 3:10
  14. "On A Christmas Day" - 2:50
  15. "Mary Don't You Weep" - 2:35
  16. "We Shall Walk Through The Valley" - 3:42
  17. "Alan Lomax Interview" - 5:56
  18. "Long John Baldry Interview" - 6:36

Personnel

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References

  1. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 20. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.