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Blues and Ballads for the Broken Hearted

15 songs / 56:40

By: anonymous

Playlist Description

Welcome to a land of murder, jealousy, troubled minds, and broken hearts. This compilation was hand plucked from the wounded heartstrings of our very own American roots musicians in the form of traditional ballads or very personal blues. Lend an ear to such songs as "Rats in My Kitchen" by Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell; or perhaps the more traditional "Pretty Polly," sung by the angelic duo Kathy and Carol, about murdering your fiancee and throwing her into a pre-dug grave.

  1. 1 Kathy & Carol / Pretty Polly 3:22
  2. 2 Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell / Rats In My Kitchen 4:20
  3. 3 Cousin Emmy / Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (incom… 1:54
  4. 4 Mance Lipscomb / Haunted House Blues 3:48
  5. 5 Lightnin' Hopkins / How Many More Years I Got To Let… 4:10
  6. 6 Hedy West / Matty Groves 5:34
  7. 7 The White Brothers / Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When… 3:03
  8. 8 Sam Chatmon / Cold Blooded Murder 3:43
  9. 9 Roscoe Holcomb / Trouble In Mind (Incomplete) 1:36
  10. 10 Muddy Waters / Blues And Trouble 4:56
  11. 11 Ramblin' Jack Elliott / Nobody Knows You When You're… 2:42
  12. 12 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee / When These Blues Get … 5:42
  13. 13 Taj Mahal / Killing Floor 5:26
  14. 14 Long Gone Miles / Standing Around Crying 3:23
  15. 15 Maybelle Carter / Lover's Farewell 3:01