Various - Rough Guide to Murder Ballads
Artist: Various Artists | Label: World Music Network | Format: LP | Genre: Blues | Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed
The Rough Guide to
MURDER BALLADS
World Music Network 1426 - New compilation LP
From tales of jealous lovers to gunslinging outlaws and assassins, American roots music has long embraced the concept of the murder ballad. These seminal recordings offer an intriguing insight into this macabre genre which continues to be reinvented by musicians to this day.
Tracks are:
Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton
Frankie and Johnny - Jimmie Rodgers
Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair - Bessie Smith
Tom Dooley - Grayson & Whitter
Charles Guiteau - Kelly Harrett
Old John Hardy - Clarence Ashley
Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
Railroad Blues - Will Bennett
Murder in the First Degree - Victoria Spivey
Henry Lee - Dick Justice
White House Blues - Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers
NEW SEALED LP compilation - (already out-of-print!)
