Virginia Traditions - Southwest Virginia Blues
Various
- Artist
- Various
- Label
- Global Village Music
- Catalog number
- CD 1008
- Released
- 1996
- Country
- US
- Format
- Compilation
- Barcode
- 759401100825
What’s on it
Virginia Traditions - Southwest Virginia Blues has 16 tracks.
- 1Brownie Blues
- 2Pan American Blues
- 3Poor Boy Long Way From Home
- 4I Went Down In Virginia
- 5King Edward's Blues
- 6Bear Creek Blues
- 7Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
- 8Old Time Blues
- 9Take Care, My Wife And My Baby
- 10Chattanooga Blues
- 11False-Hearted Lover's Blues
- 12The War Is Over
- 13Going Down That Road Feeling Bad
- 14Bed Bugs Making Their Last Go 'Round
- 15Black Snake Moan
- 16Long Gone Lonesome Blues
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Where it came from
Virginia Traditions: Southwest Virginia Blues was released in 1996 by Global Village Music as part of a dedicated archival series aimed at preserving the folk and roots music of the Blue Ridge region. This collection was curated to document the unique intersection of African American blues traditions and the string-band music prevalent in the Appalachian mountains, highlighting the work of regional musicians whose contributions were often overlooked by mainstream blues historiography.
The production sought to provide an authentic sonic portrait of the area, drawing heavily from field recordings and historical sessions. By bringing together disparate recordings into a cohesive anthology, the series aimed to demonstrate how the blues in Southwest Virginia developed distinct regional characteristics, influenced by the environmental and social conditions of the coalfields and mountain communities. It was received by musicologists and folk enthusiasts as a significant contribution to the study of American vernacular music.
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