tracks

Goodnight Irene
You Don't Know My Mind
Mother's Blues
When I Was A Cowboy
In The Pines
How Long
Bourgeois Blues
Alabama Bound / Boll Weevil
Roberta
New Orleans
Jim Crow Blues
Rock Island Line
Julie Anne Johnson / Whao Black Buck
Easy Rider
Midnight Special

notes

Tracks 5 & 10 recorded 21 September 2000 at Westrak Studio, New York City.
Tracks 6, 8, 9, 12 & 14 recorded 11 December 2000 at Unique Studios, New York City.
Tracks 2, 3, 4 & 15 recorded 29 January 2001 at Tiki Studios, Glen Cove, New York.
Tracks 1, 7, 11 & 13 recorded 19 February 2001 at Tiki Studios, Glen Cove, New York.

Odetta performing a range of Leadbelly tracks. Front cover displays the text "Thanks to Leadbelly".

credits

Acoustic Bass – Mike Merritt
Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitar [12 String] – Jimmy Vivino
Drums – Richard Crooks (tracks: 1 to 4, 7, 11, 13, 15), Shawn Pelton (tracks: 6, 8, 9, 12, 14)
Harmonica – Kim Wilson (tracks: 6, 7)
Mandolin – Fred Koella, (tracks: 9)
Percussion – James Saporito,
Piano – Henry Butler (tracks: 5, 10)
Piano, Organ – Seth Farber
Violin – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (tracks: 14), Fred Koella, (tracks: 4)
Vocals – Odetta
Written-By – Ledbetter, Lomax, (tracks: 1,2), Traditional (tracks: 2, 13)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – M.C. Records (2)
Copyright (c) – M.C. Records (2)

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