Where Did You SLeep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (CD)

Forty years after his death, Lead Belly’s songs and style have continued to influence folk, blues, and rock artists including Neil Young, William Styron, Ben Harper, Keb’ Mo, Dionne Farris, and the late Kurt Cobain (Nirvana). Between 1941 and 1947 Lead Belly recorded some of his best music in Moses Asch’s tiny New York studio. The only surviving Asch masters of Lead Belly are now part of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. For the first time in almost 50 years these original acetates have been carefully remastered and newly annotated. 34 tracks, including Irene, Where Did You Sleep Last Night, In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down, and Rock Island Line. Originally released as a tribute to Lead Belly after his death in 1948, this reissue includes many out-takes and previously unreleased and alternate versions. Extensive notes include Lead Belly’s own song commentary. Annotated by Jeff Place. Compiled by Jeff Place, Anthony Seeger and Kip Lornell. "The soul expressed is full-fledged and sublime." — New England Folk Almanac

Track Listing:

1.) Irene

2.) Pick a Bale of Cotton

3.) Good Morning Blues

4.) The Grey Goose 

5.) In the Pines

6.) Take This Hammer

7.) On a Monday

8.) Cotton Fields 

9.) Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie

10.) Moanin'

11.) Laura

12.) Duncan and Brady (1)

13.) Rock Island Line

14.) Big Fat Woman

15.) New Orleans (The Rising Sun Blues)

16.) Chicken Crowing for Midnight 

17.) You Can't Lose Me, Cholly

18.) Sally Walker

19.) Ha-Ha This a Way

20.) Yellow Gal 

21.) Green Corn

22.) Let it Shine on Me

23.) Meeting at the Building 

24.) In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down

25.) Pigmeat

26.) Blind Lemon

27.) Bottle Up and Go

28.) Sukey Jump (Win'Jammer)

29.) Old Riley 

30.) 4, 5, and 9

31.) No Good Rider

32.) Shorty George

33.) Duncan and Brady (2)

34.) Leaving Blues