Doom & Gloom: Early Songs of Angst and Disaster 1927-1945

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1God Moves on the Water
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
God Moves on the Water (on 1929-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:01
2Wreck on the Highway
recording of:
Wreck on the Highway (aka I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray)
lyricist and composer:
Dorsey Dixon
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:47
3Baltimore Fire
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-06)
banjo:
Charlie Poole (on 1929-05-06)
fiddle:
Lonnie Austin (on 1929-05-06)
guitar:
Roy Harvey (old time musician) (on 1929-05-06)
vocals:
Charlie Poole (on 1929-05-06)
Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers3:11
4Southern Flood Blues
Big Bill Broonzy3:17
5That Crazy War
Lulu Belle & Scotty2:53
6When That Great Ship Went Down
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1927-08)
guitar:
William Smith (of the folk duo William and Versey Smith) (in 1927-08)
tambourine:
Versey Smith (in 1927-08)
vocals:
Versey Smith (in 1927-08) and William Smith (of the folk duo William and Versey Smith) (in 1927-08)
recording of:
The Titanic (aka "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down")
publisher:
William & Versey Smith (in 1927)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (from 1915 until 1916)
William & Versey Smith32:58
7When the Atom Bomb Fell
Karl and Harty2:53
8He's Coming to Us Dead
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-10-18)
recording of:
He Is Coming to Us Dead (on 1927-10-18)
lyricist and composer:
G.B. Grayson
Grayson & Whitter3:00
9Back-Water Blues
Bessie Smith3:16
10Providence Help the Poor People
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1935-02-25)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-02-25)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1935-02-25)
Big Joe Williams3:08
11The Dying Soldier
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-05-24)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-05-24) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-05-24)
recording of:
The Dying Soldier (on 1930-05-24)
writer:
A.P. Carter
The Carter Family3:05
12The Great Ship Went Down
Cofer Brothers2:47
13When the Levee Breaks
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-06-18)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18)
recording of:
When the Levee Breaks (original country blues song) (on 1929-06-18)
writer:
Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy3:15
14Explosion in the Fairmont Mines
Blind Alfred Reed3:16
15High Water Everywhere, Part 1
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2014)
Charley Patton4.652:55
16School House Fire
recording of:
The School House Fire
writer:
Dorsey Dixon, John Duffey and Pete Roberts
publisher:
Figs. D Music and Wynwood Music Company Inc
Dixon Brothers3:14
17The Wreck of the Southern Old 97
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen2:45
18Flood Water Blues
Casey Bill Weldon3:07
19Jake Walk Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-06-06)
producer:
Ralph Peer
banjo:
Austin Allen (on 1930-06-06)
guitar and kazoo:
Lee Allen (1920-30s country music artist) (on 1930-06-06)
vocals:
Austin Allen (on 1930-06-06)
The Allen Brothers2:36
20Sinking of the Titanic
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1927-03-11)
guitar:
Richard “Rabbit” Brown (on 1927-03-11)
vocals:
Richard “Rabbit” Brown (on 1927-03-11)
Richard Rabbit Brown3:46
21Off to War I'm Going
Carolina Twins3:00
22Lumberton Wreck
Cauley Family3:00
23Rycove Cyclone
Martin & Roberts3:13
24Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.753:18

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