Ain't Times Hard: Political and Social Comment in the Blues

Album by Various Artists

BluesAcoustic Blues

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Labor Blues
    3:02
  2. 2.
    No Dough Blues
    3:05
  3. 3.
    Down and Out Blues
    2:57
  4. 4.
    Starvation Blues
    3:18
  5. 5.
    Bad Time Blues
    3:18
  6. 6.
    Miss Meal Cramp Blues
    3:01
  7. 7.
    Shelby County Workhouse Blues
    2:55
  8. 8.
    We Sure Got Hard Times
    3:26
  9. 9.
    Levee Camp Man Blues
    3:13
  10. 10.
    Hard Times on Me Blues
    2:49
  11. 11.
    Tough Times Blues
    2:59
  12. 12.
    Northern Starvers Are Returning Home
    3:36
  13. 13.
    Hard Times Done Drove Me to Drink
    3:29
  14. 14.
    Starvation Blues
    3:21
  15. 15.
    Hard Time Blues
    2:38
  16. 16.
    Chain Gang Bound
    3:37
  17. 17.
    Days of the Weeks Blues
    3:24
  18. 18.
    Times Has Done Got So Hard
    3:14
  19. 19.
    Hard Time Blues
    3:17
  20. 20.
    The Depression Blues
    3:05
  21. 21.
    Turpentine Blues
    3:23
  22. 22.
    Hard Time Blues
    2:51
  23. 23.
    DeKalb Chain Gang
    3:05
  24. 24.
    Hard Time Blues
    3:11
  25. 25.
    Red Cross Blues
    3:14

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Red Cross Man
    3:12
  2. 2.
    Coal Mountain Blues
    2:48
  3. 3.
    Red Cross Blues No. 2
    3:03
  4. 4.
    It's Hard Time
    3:12
  5. 5.
    R.F.C. Blues
    3:07
  6. 6.
    Red Cross Blues
    3:02
  7. 7.
    Sales Tax
    3:03
  8. 8.
    Welfare Blues
    3:26
  9. 9.
    C.W.A. Blues
    2:46
  10. 10.
    Starvation Farm Blues
    2:49
  11. 11.
    Charity Blues
    3:09
  12. 12.
    Sylvester and His Mule Blues
    3:04
  13. 13.
    Providence Help the Poor People
    3:06
  14. 14.
    Meat and Bread Blues
    3:09
  15. 15.
    Hard Time Blues
    3:19
  16. 16.
    Let's Have a Good Deal
    2:45
  17. 17.
    Bonus Blues
    3:24
  18. 18.
    W.P.A. Blues
    3:17
  19. 19.
    When I Get My Bonus
    2:34
  20. 20.
    When I Get My Money
    3:10
  21. 21.
    I'm Gonna Have My Fun
    3:29
  22. 22.
    Jungle Man Blues
    3:07
  23. 23.
    When the Soldiers Get Their Bonus
    2:41
  24. 24.
    W.P.A. Blues
    3:04
  25. 25.
    Don't Take Away My P.W.A.
    2:56

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Hobo Jungle Blues
    3:00
  2. 2.
    New Red Cross Blues
    3:16
  3. 3.
    Working for the P.W.A.
    2:24
  4. 4.
    Government Money
    3:12
  5. 5.
    Working on the Project
    3:03
  6. 6.
    Hobo Jungle Blues
    2:56
  7. 7.
    Hard Times Ain't Gone No Where
    2:39
  8. 8.
    I Have Spent My Bonus
    2:54
  9. 9.
    Relief Blues
    2:48
  10. 10.
    Unemployment Stomp
    2:38
  11. 11.
    304 Blues
    3:06
  12. 12.
    Old Bachelor Blues
    2:39
  13. 13.
    Welfare Blues
    3:37
  14. 14.
    Back in My Cell Again
    2:42
  15. 15.
    Welfare Blues
    3:19
  16. 16.
    C.C.C. Blues
    2:56
  17. 17.
    Welfare Blues
    2:43
  18. 18.
    '29 Blues
    2:49
  19. 19.
    Charity Blues
    2:36
  20. 20.
    Four-O-Three Blues
    3:02
  21. 21.
    Warehouse Man Blues
    2:49
  22. 22.
    Nothing in Rambling
    2:45
  23. 23.
    Hobo Blues
    3:32
  24. 24.
    Stamp Blues
    2:35
  25. 25.
    Hard Times Is on Me
    3:07

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    Keep Straight Blues
    2:18
  2. 2.
    Red Cross Store Blues
    3:22
  3. 3.
    Working Man Blues
    2:33
  4. 4.
    Post-War Future Blues
    3:07
  5. 5.
    Shipyard Woman
    2:58
  6. 6.
    Living in a Different World
    3:13
  7. 7.
    Reconversion Blues
    3:09
  8. 8.
    Sunny Road
    3:07
  9. 9.
    Bonus Pay
    2:53
  10. 10.
    Luxury Tax Blues
    3:03
  11. 11.
    Unemployment Blues
    2:48
  12. 12.
    Hard Times
    2:37
  13. 13.
    Stockyard Blues
    2:52
  14. 14.
    High Cost Low Pay Blues
    2:42
  15. 15.
    Homeless Blues
    3:12
  16. 16.
    Inflation Blues
    2:52
  17. 17.
    Strike Blues
    2:35
  18. 18.
    Strike Blues
    2:39
  19. 19.
    Cotton Picking Blues
    2:48
  20. 20.
    Ain't Times Hard
    3:07
  21. 21.
    Tough Times
    3:07
  22. 22.
    Depression Blues
    2:52
  23. 23.
    The Panic's On
    3:32
  24. 24.
    Things Are So Slow
    3:07
  25. 25.
    Eisenhower Blues
    2:54

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