Audio CD review:
Leadbelly - Good Morning Blues

Leadbelly - Good Morning Blues

Band: Leadbelly Title: Good Morning Blues Rating: Release Date: 21 November, 1995 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Midnight Special 2: Good Morning Blues 3: Fannin Street 4: Frankie and Albert 5: De Kalb Blues 6: Looky Looky Yonder; Black Betty; Yellow Women's Door Bells 7: Bourgeois Blues 8: Poor Howard; Green Corn 9: The Boil Weevil 10: De Gallis Pole 11: Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No Mo'; Go Down Old Hannah 12: New York City 13: Didn't Old John Cross the Water 14: T.B. Blues 15: Take This Hammer 16: Easy Rider 17: The Grey Goose 18: Don't You Love Your Daddy No More 19: Alberta 20: You Can't Lose-A Me Cholly 21: Irene (Goodnight Irene) 22: Rock Island Line

Customer Review A very good introduction This may not be all of Huddie William Ledbetter's essential recordings, but Indigo's budget-priced "Good Mornin' Blues" actually includes almost all of Leadbelly's best blues tunes, and several excellent folk songs as well. . although "Cotton Fields" is unfortunately missing. "C. C. Rider", "Match Box Blues", "Packin' Trunk Blues" and "Rock Island Line" are here, though, as is the original "Midnight Special", "Gallis Pole" (the basis for Led Zeppelin's "Gallows Pole"), "Goodnight Irene", and "Death Letter Blues" (which has nothing in common with Son House's "Death Letter" other than the title). This is one of the very best single-disc Leadbelly compilations, and a great place to start. 4 1/2 stars - highly recommended. . You can see a complete list of all Leadbelly discography, or go back to the Leadbelly tabs