Rock Island Line (Original 1935-1943 Recordings)

Album by Lead Belly

Rock Island Line (Original 1935-1943 Recordings) is a compilation album by American folk and blues musician Lead Belly, comprising recordings made between 1935 and 1943. The collection highlights his raw acoustic sound driven by twelve-string guitar and powerful vocals, and documents an early period in his career that contributed material to the mid-20th-century folk revival and the wider American folk and blues tradition.

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  1. 1.
    Black Snake Moan
    3:13
  2. 2.
    Four Day Worry Blues
    3:05
  3. 3.
    Packin' Trunk Blues
    2:54
  4. 4.
    Honey, I'm All Out and Down
    3:11
  5. 5.
    Becky Deem, She Was a Gamblin' Girl
    3:04
  6. 6.
    Pig Meat Papa
    3:15
  7. 7.
    Fannin Street
    2:50
  8. 8.
    Frankie and Albert
    6:01
  9. 9.
    De Kalb Blues
    3:03
  10. 10.
    Looky Looky Yonder -Black Betty-Yallow Women's Door Bells
    3:05
  11. 11.
    The Bourgeois Blues
    3:21
  12. 12.
    Poor Howard-Green Corn
    3:21
  13. 13.
    The Boll Weevil
    3:08
  14. 14.
    The Gallis Pole
    3:09
  15. 15.
    Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No Mo'-Go Down Old Hannah
    3:17
  16. 16.
    Good Morning Blues
    2:25
  17. 17.
    How Long
    2:13
  18. 18.
    Irene
    5:02
  19. 19.
    Rock Island Line
    2:07

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