You know how science tells us that music is good for our brains? Well, what the scientists FORGOT to tell you is that it’s good for every other friggin part of you. Your heart. Your booty. Most parts in between. You can trust me on this one, i am science.
This third installment of Hard Times is heavy on the Delta, has a weird little rockabilly showcase (why not i’m feelin’ it), but above all, is about the GOSPEL. After you listen to the Mosby Family Singers track if you need to talk about it, you can call me.
The last two sections of this playlist (Wolf at the Door compilation & Peg Leg Howell) are spun by yours truly on what we’ll call WORK FOR YOUR DINNER RECORD SPINNER, BB SUE. so i’ll be bringin in some albums and playin ’em for yall every now and then. okay that’s all, really.
Bukka White – When Can I Change My Clothes
Mississippi Fred McDowell – Going Down to the River
Odetta – Jack O’ Diamonds
Lonnie Johnson – Prisoner of Love
Leon Pinson – What God Can Do
Radio Four – How Much I Owe
Holmes Sisters – By His Word
Elder Roma Wilson & Family – Better Get Ready
T. L. Barrett – Like a Ship
Bukka White – I Am in the Heavenly Way
Jesse “Blind Boy” Fuller – Buck and Wing
Langston Hughes – Mother to Son
Odetta – Another Man Done Gone
Marion Summer – Lost Indian
Bob Dylan – Mama, You Been On My Mind
Mississippi Fred McDowell – Write Me a Few of Your Lines
Jimmie Rodger – Whippin’ that Old T.B.
Bo Carter – Your Biscuits are Big Enough for Me
Bob Fryfogle – Six Foot Under
Sanford Clark – Still as the Night
Cecil Barfield – Georgia Bottleneck Blues
Joe Townsend – If I Could Not Say a Word
Mosby Family Singers – Eternal Life
Robert Pete Williams – Dyin’ Soul
Laura Rivers – That’s Alright
Travelling Echoes – Looking for a Better Place to Live
Oaklands Famous One Man Band – Amazing Grace
Willanette Singers – Pray On
Lum Guffin – Johnny Wilson
Walter Miller – Sherman’s Blues
Bishop Perry Tillis – Somewhere to Lay My Head
Cleo Williams & Howard Williams – I Know Jesus Has Never Left Me Alone
Ashley Thompson – Sweet Peace
Joe Townsend & Bill Barth – Take Your Burdens to the Lord
Peg Leg Howell – Jelly Roll Blues
Peg Leg Howell – Jo Jo Blues
Peg Leg Howell – Skin Game Blues