Various - Blues From The Big House

These songs are as American as the Mississippi river. They were born out of the very rock and earth of this country, as black hands broke the soil, moved it, reformed it, and rivers of stinging sweat poured upon the land under the blazing heat of the southern skies. These songs are mounted upon the passion that this struggle with nature brought forth. Even more importantly, they tell much of the story of the share cropper, the chain gang, the work camps, the pen. Here is the dark fertile story that gave rise to the blues. Recorded by legendary archivist Alan Lomax.