Description
Featuring blues legends like Charlie Patton and Blind Lemon Jefferson, this compilation looks at the impact of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Affected by Climate Change ' Feel the impact and devastation of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Hear the warnings and anguish in these enduring songs
Our series examines past extreme weather events through the Blues songs of Charlie Patton, Memphis Minnie, Lemon Jefferson, and more. Corey Harris' insightful and educational notes analyses the lived reality of people at the time.
Bonus Materials
- Extensive Notes by Corey Harris with illustrations and full disco-graphical details
Track Listing
- Memphis Minnie ; Kansas Joe - When The Levee Breaks
- Barbecue Bob - Missisippi Heavy Water Blues
- Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues
- Lead Belly - Backwater Blues
- Joe Pullum - Mississippi Flood Blues
- Big Bill Broonzy - Southern Flood Blues
- Carl Martin - High Water Flood Blues
- Casey Bill Weldon - Flood Water Blues
- Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere
- Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rising High Water Blues
- St. Louis Jimmy Oden - Florida Hurricane
- Lonnie Johnson - Flood Water Blues
- Ruby Gowdy - Florida Flood Blues
- Sin-Killer Griffin - Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?
- Henry Green - Storm Thru Mississippi
- Bumble Bee Slim - Rising River Blues
- Elder McIntorsh - The 1927 Flood
- James Crawford - Flood and Thunder Blues
Additional Details
Label: Document Records
Genre: Blues
Run Time: 55 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 01/19/24
UPC: 714298322828
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