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Randall Funk
Monday July 25th, 2011 with Chris Vanderwees
Rural Blues

My Middle Name is the Blues
Abner Jay - Last Ole Minstrel Man - Mississippi New
Sign of the Judgment
Kid Prince Moore - "Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long" - Mississippi
Old Black Mattie
Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough - Fat Possum
Black Dog Blues
Bayless Rose - The Rain Don't Fall On Me: Country Blues 1927-1952 - Mississippi
Milk Cow Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Mississippi Blues - Rounder
Done Got Old
Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough - Fat Possum
Miss Maybelle
R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Hill Country Blues - Fat Possum
Pretty Flower in Your Backyard
Leadbelly - Absolutely the Best - Varese Sarabande
They're Red Hot
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings [Disc 1] - Columbia
Too Close
Charley Patton - Complete Recordings: 1929-1934 - JSP Records
King Of Kings
Rev. Johnny Blakey - Preachin' The Gospel: Holy Blues - Sony
Wouldn't Mind Dying
Blind Mamie Forehand - "Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long" - Mississippi
Soar Away
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.9: Harp of a Thousand Strings - All Day Singing From the Sacred Harp - Rounder
Rosie
Alan Lomax - Alan Lomax: Negro Prison Blues & Songs - Collectables Records
You Got My Letter
Willis Proctor and The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.13: Earliest Times - Georgia Sea Island Songs for Everyday Living - Rounder
I Feel Like Going Home
Muddy Waters - His Best: 1947 To 1955 - Chess
Walking Blues
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings [Disc 1] - Columbia
Goin' Down To Louisiana
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Mississippi Blues - Rounder
"Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground"
Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Blind Willie Johnson [Disc 1] - Sony
Cocaine Blues
Abner Jay - Last Ole Minstrel Man - Mississippi New
Rolled And Tumbled
Rose Hemphill - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.3: 61 Highway Mississippi - Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs & Dance Music - Rounder
Dark Day
Silver Leaf Quartet - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.8: Velvet Voices - Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music - Rounder
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes - Folkways
Don't Care How Long You're Gone
R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Hill Country Blues - Fat Possum
Single Girl
Ruby Vass - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.2: Ballads and Breakdowns - Songs from the Southern Mountains - Rounder
Oh Death
Bessie Jones - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.12: Georgia Sea Islands - Biblical Songs and Spirituals - Rounder
Most Things Haven't Worked Out
Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough - Fat Possum
Honey in the Rock
Blind Mamie Forehand - Mata la Pena - Mississippi
Sunshine in the Shadows
Jessie May Hill - Preachin' The Gospel: Holy Blues - Sony
Got The Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - The Best Of Blind Lemon Jefferson - Yazoo
Poor Black Mattie
R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Hill Country Blues - Fat Possum
Walking Blues
R.L. Burnside - Acoustic Stories - M.C. Records
Crawlin' King Snake
John Lee Hooker - Gold - Hip-O Records
Louise
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Mississippi Blues - Rounder
We Don't Understand
T-Model Ford - You Better Keep Still - Fat Possum
Keep on Braggin'
Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough - Fat Possum
When My First Wife Left Me
R.L. Burnside - Too Bad Jim - Fat Possum
Death Bell Blues
R.L. Burnside - Too Bad Jim - Fat Possum
Nobody But You
Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough - Fat Possum
Peaches
R.L. Burnside - Too Bad Jim - Fat Possum
Tom Devil
Ed Lewis & Prisoners - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.5: Bad Man Ballads - Songs Of Outlaws And Desperadoes - Rounder
Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings [Disc 1] - Columbia
"Rollin'and Tumblin', Part 1"
Muddy Waters - His Best: 1947 To 1955 - Chess
"Sad Days, Lonely Nights"
Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough - Fat Possum
You Better Run
Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough - Fat Possum
Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Blind Willie Johnson - The Complete Blind Willie Johnson [Disc 1] - Sony
Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
Alan Lomax - Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook - Rounder
How Long
Leadbelly - Absolutely the Best - Varese Sarabande
Take A Ride With Me
T-Model Ford - She Ain't None of Your'n - Fat Possum
Good Gin Blues
Bukka White - The Complete Bukka White - Sony
All Night Long
Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough - Fat Possum
Early In The Mornin'
Johnny Lee Moore & Prisoners - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.5: Bad Man Ballads - Songs Of Outlaws And Desperadoes - Rounder
Goin' Down South
R.L. Burnside - Too Bad Jim - Fat Possum
Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes - Folkways
Trouble in My Way
Peerless Four - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.8: Velvet Voices - Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music - Rounder
I'm Georgia Bound
Abner Jay - The Original Folk Song Style of Abner jay - Mississippi
Po' Lazarus
James Carter & Prisoners - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.5: Bad Man Ballads - Songs Of Outlaws And Desperadoes - Rounder
Hell Hound On My Trail
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings [Disc 2] - Columbia
Mississippi Bottom Blues
Charley Patton - Complete Recordings: 1929-1934 - JSP Records
Rolled And Tumbled - Rosalie Hill
Alan Lomax - Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook - Rounder
Bull Doze Blues
Henry Thomas - The Rain Don't Fall On Me: Country Blues 1927-1952 - Mississippi
Great Reaping Day
Bessie Johnson - "Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long" - Mississippi
I'm Insane
T-Model Ford - Pee Wee Get My Gun - Fat Possum
Standing in the Safety Zone
Professor Johnson - "Life is a Problem...But Where There is Life, There is Hope" - Mississippi
Grinnin' In Your Face
Son House - Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions [Disc 1] - Sony
Louisiana Blues
Muddy Waters - His Best: 1947 To 1955 - Chess
Here Comes Papa
T-Model Ford - You Better Keep Still - Fat Possum
Shake 'Em on Down
R.L. Burnside - Too Bad Jim - Fat Possum
Joseph Looney
Ollie Gilbert - Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol.4: Brethren, We Meet Again - Southern White Spirituals - Rounder
Goin' Down The River - Mississippi Fred McDowell
Alan Lomax - Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook - Rounder
Worried Blues - Sonny Terry
Alan Lomax - Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook - Rounder
Lil' School Song
Tom Dutson - "Life is a Problem...But Where There is Life, There is Hope" - Mississippi
Amazing Grace
Oaklands Famous One Man Band - "Life is a Problem...But Where There is Life, There is Hope" - Mississippi
Trouble So Hard - Vera Ward Hall
Alan Lomax - Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook - Rounder
Country Blues - Dock Boggs
Alan Lomax - Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook - Rounder
"Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long"
Bo Weavil Jackson - "Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long" - Mississippi
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings [Disc 1] - Columbia
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes - Folkways
Kindhearted Woman Blues
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings [Disc 1] - Columbia
Preachin' Blues
Son House - Death Letter - Edsel Records