Five-Disc Set, over six hours of music. One hundred six songs from 96 artists recorded by Chris Strachwitz. Artists featured: Flaco Jimenez, Lydia Mendoza, Bongo Joe, John Jackson, plus lots more.
5 Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton/Robert Curtis Smith
6 One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas
7 Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
8 Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
9 I Am the Black Ace - Black Ace
10 Brother James - Big Joe Williams
11 Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
12 Don't Drive Me Away - Robert Curtis Smith
13 Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
14 Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
15 Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
16 Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
17 Believe on Me - Reverend Louis Overstreet
18 Low Down Blues - George Lewis
19 The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
20 Crowley Waltz - Hackberry Ramblers
21 She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain - Booker White
22 Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
23 Write Me a Few Lines - Fred McDowell
24 Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
25 Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier
- Disc 2 -
1 Cindy - John Jackson
2 Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
3 La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
4 Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
5 Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
6 You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
7 In the Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
8 Goin' Back to the Country - Juke Boy Bonner
9 Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
10 Two Bugs and a Roach - Earl Hooker
11 Dream - John Littlejohn
12 Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
13 Visions - Sonny Simmons
14 I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
15 Boogieing in Strasbourg - Alex Moore
16 The Death of Dr. King - Big Joe Williams
17 Please Settle in Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins
18 Shake 'Em on Down - Fred McDowell/Johnny Woods
19 El Desesperado - los Pinguinos Del Norte
20 Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
21 Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite
- Disc 3 -
1 Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
2 Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
3 Gibson Creek Shuffle - the Charles Ford Band
4 Ups and Downs - L.C. Robinson
5 You Ain't Got a Chance - Piano Red
6 Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin/Canray Fontenot
7 Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
8 Luzita - Narciso Martinez
9 Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
10 Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio
11 One of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
12 Allons a Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
13 En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa/Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
14 Beso y Copas - Chavela Ortiz y Brown Express
15 Fast Santa Fe (Bear Cat) - Robert Shaw
16 I'll See You in C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
17 El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
18 La Gata - los Caporales de Panuco
19 Beym Rebns Sude - the Klezmorim
20 J'ai Laisse de la Maison - Cheese Read
21 Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez SR
22 Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza
- Disc 4 -
1 Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
2 Co-Fe - John Delafose
3 Single Girl - Rose Maddox
4 Bee de la Manche - Canray Fontenot
5 Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark & Hector Duhon
6 Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez JR
7 La Chanson de Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit Beausoleil
8 Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
9 Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
10 Chill of a Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
11 Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
12 Here to Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
13 I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
14 I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
15 Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
16 Aguililla - los Campesinos de Michoacan
17 La Reine de la Salle - Odile Falcon
18 Chanson de la Sagesse - Michael Doucet
19 Hot Chili Mama - Beausoleil
20 Check Out the Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
21 El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
22 Corrido Del Mono - los Gavilanes de Oakland
23 San Francisco Can Be Such a Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff
- Disc 5 -
1 Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
2 Gumagarugu - Chatuye
3 Kandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
4 A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
5 Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
6 Ain't It a Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
7 J'ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
8 La Mal Sentada - los Cenzontles
9 Falling for You - Rose Maddox
10 Los Traficantes Del Bravo - los Palomares Del Bravo
11 Jesus Will Fix It for You - Sonny Treadway
12 Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
13 Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
14 El Corrido de Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, JR
15 What's His Name - Jesus! - the Campbell Brothers
16 Just a Closer Walk with Thee - Aubrey Ghent
Five-Disc Set, over six hours of music. One hundred six songs from 96 artists recorded by Chris Strachwitz. Artists featured: Flaco Jimenez, Lydia Mendoza, Bongo Joe, John Jackson, plus lots more.