blues · 1991 · 17 tracks

The Folkways Years, 1944-1963

Sonny Terry

1991 · Smithsonian Folkways

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Tracklist · 17 Tracks

Old Jabo

2:13

Going Down Slow

2:54

Crow Jane Blues

2:02

Harmonica With Slaps

2:04

Pick a Bale of Cotton

2:33

Dark Road

2:45

Skip to My Lou

1:24

The Woman Is Killing Me

2:26

Jail House Blues

5:05

Fox Chase / Right on That Shore

3:06

Shortnin' Bread

2:04

Sweet Woman

3:08

Lost John

3:11

A Man Is Nothing but a Fool

3:20

Poor Man (But a Good Man)

3:12

I've Been Your Doggie Since I Been Your Man

3:57

Custard Pie Blues

2:47

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