blue-bird-blues:

When I Lay My Burden Down, Furry Lewis

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drum-taps:

Blind Willie Johnson—“It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine”

Dark Was the Night: Essential Recordings (Indigo 1995).

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Annabelle’s Aspirin: Jesse Fuller

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Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt

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  • He Fiddled While I BurnedCharline Arthur
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the-theme-is:

Charline Arthur - He Fiddled While I Burned

Charline Arthur was an unheralded female country music pioneer. She charted a course for Wanda Jackson & Patsy Cline but never got the acclaim she deserved.

Her catalog is worth digging into if you like this kind of great stuff.

For more info, go here and here and here.

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soulpicnic: leadbelly circa 1940
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leadbelly circa 1940

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  • Reason To BelieveKaren Dalton
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singinginthewire:

Karen Dalton - Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin)

Home recording from 1966

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bluesfolkcountry:

Mance Lipscomb - Take Me Back & Goin’ Down Slow

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appliedmusic:

‘Salt River’ by Bruce Molsky

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