tracks

Introduction
The Frog
Alberta
Cripple Creek
Old Joe Clark
Leather Britches
Sally Ann
I Wonder Why
Makin My Get A-Way
Little Margaret
In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
Love You Baby
Hush A-Bye
John Henry
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
You Got To Stand In Judgement
The Midnight Special

notes

Original liner notes included on this CD in a PDF form - on disc (read directions)

WFMT, Chicago, One Sunday morning

Studs Terkel
Introducing
Big Bill Broonzy and Pete Seeger

Songs: "The Frog" - Pete and 5-string banjo
"Alberta" Big Bill and guitar

The 5-string banjo-Pete
"Cripple Creek", "Old Joe Clark", "Leather Britches", "Sally Ann"

What is the Blues?-Big Bill
a "dressed up" blues- "I Wonder Why"
("...you count your time...")
A "Mississippi" blues-"Makin My Get a-way"

Elizabethan english "Little Margaret" -Pete

Blues all the same? "In the Evening when the Sun Goes Down"-Big Bill

A "Happy" Blues ("...it's how you feel..."):"Love You Baby"-Big Bill

A "Lullaby: "Hush a-bye"-Pete

Worksong: "John Henry" Big Bill
Blues-Poetry
What is Folk Music
Bach, on a Banjo: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

Big Bill and Pete in:
"You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley"
"You Got To Stand In Judgement"
"The Midnight Special"

credits

Guitar, Vocals – Big Bill Broonzy
Interviewer – Studs Terkel (tracks: A1)
Vocals, Banjo [Five String] – Pete Seeger

companies

Recorded At – WFMT Studio

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