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The Big Bill Broonzy Story,Big Bill Broonzy

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Big Bill Broonzy
Released 1960

The Glory Of Love
02:31
80 plays

Frankie And Johnny
02:08
74 plays

Joe Turner Blues
05:25
61 plays

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- 1
- Key to the Highway
- 02:32
- 203 plays

- 2
- Dialogue
- 03:43
- 43 plays

- 3
- Mindin' My Own Business
- 02:55
- 50 plays

- 4
- Dialogue
- 00:54
- 35 plays

- 5
- Saturday Evening Blues
- 03:17
- 36 plays

- 6
- Dialogue
- 03:54
- 32 plays

- 7
- South Bound Train
- 03:28
- 39 plays

- 8
- Dialogue
- 03:31
- 31 plays

- 9
- Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Is
- 02:24
- 43 plays

- 10
- Dialogue
- 00:28
- 22 plays

- 11
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- 02:51
- 38 plays

- 12
- Dialogue
- 00:54
- 25 plays

- 13
- Joe Turner Blues
- 05:25
- 61 plays

- 14
- Dialogue
- 02:04
- 23 plays

- 15
- Joe Turner Blues
- 01:02
- 24 plays

- 16
- Dialogue
- 02:47
- 23 plays

- 17
- Plowhand Blues
- 02:58
- 27 plays

- 18
- Dialogue
- 03:43
- 29 plays

- 19
- Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
- 02:17
- 38 plays

- 20
- Dialogue
- 05:51
- 21 plays

- 21
- Makin' My Getaway
- 03:11
- 35 plays

- 22
- Dialogue
- 06:23
- 17 plays

- 23
- Stump Blues
- 03:49
- 31 plays

- 24
- Dialogue
- 09:42
- 19 plays

- 25
- See See Rider
- 02:56
- 112 plays

- 26
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- 02:18
- 26 plays

- 27
- Dialogue
- 06:25
- 15 plays

- 28
- This Train
- 03:03
- 34 plays

- 29
- Dialogue
- 03:30
- 24 plays

- 30
- Hush, Hush
- 04:13
- 33 plays

- 31
- Dialogue
- 02:32
- 19 plays

- 32
- Backwater Blues
- 04:07
- 18 plays

- 33
- Slow Blues
- 02:53
- 24 plays

- 34
- Dialogue
- 00:57
- 24 plays

- 35
- It Hurts Me Too
- 02:04
- 34 plays

- 36
- Dialogue
- 01:00
- 16 plays

- 37
- Kansas City Blues
- 03:26
- 37 plays

- 38
- Dialogue
- 01:57
- 20 plays

- 39
- In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
- 04:27
- 27 plays

- 40
- Dialogue
- 00:06
- 19 plays

- 41
- Dialogue
- 02:35
- 15 plays

- 42
- Worried Life Blues
- 02:23
- 38 plays

- 43
- Dialogue
- 03:26
- 21 plays

- 44
- Trouble In Mind
- 03:16
- 31 plays

- 45
- Dialogue
- 04:14
- 17 plays

- 46
- Take This Hammer
- 03:22
- 31 plays

- 47
- Dialogue
- 01:11
- 23 plays

- 48
- The Glory Of Love
- 02:31
- 80 plays

- 49
- Dialogue
- 04:10
- 21 plays

- 50
- Louise Blues
- 03:23
- 18 plays

- 51
- Dialogue
- 04:31
- 15 plays

- 52
- Willie Mae Blues
- 03:21
- 20 plays

- 53
- Dialogue
- 01:10
- 18 plays

- 54
- Alberta
- 02:57
- 26 plays

- 55
- Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)
- 01:54
- 37 plays

- 56
- Dialogue
- 02:26
- 19 plays

- 57
- Crawdad Song
- 02:45
- 43 plays

- 58
- Dialogue
- 01:48
- 22 plays

- 59
- John Henry
- 03:30
- 26 plays

- 60
- Dialogue
- 00:49
- 19 plays

- 61
- Just A Dream (On My Mind)
- 03:38
- 31 plays

- 62
- Dialogue
- 00:54
- 18 plays

- 63
- Frankie And Johnny
- 02:08
- 74 plays

- 64
- Dialogue
- 04:39
- 17 plays

- 65
- Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
- 02:12
- 53 plays

- 66
- Dialogue
- 00:18
- 19 plays

- 67
- Hollerin' The Blues
- 08:20
- 17 plays

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album review

This three-CD set (originally five LPs) was a product of three recording sessions, held on July 12 and 13, 1957, immediately before Broonzy entered the hospital for surgery on the lung cancer that would end his career and take his life just a year later. He sounds in good enough spirits, and the voice and guitar are still in excellent form as he runs through the songs that evidently mattered most to him on those two days: "Key to the Highway," "Take This Hammer," "See See Rider," "Alberta," "Frankie and Johnny," "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and more than two dozen others. Producer Bill Randle didn't get a lot of the songs he'd hoped to record, such as "Stack O Lee" and "Night Time Is the Right Time," which Broonzy didn't want to sing, but he got enough for five LPs' worth of music out of the ten hours of recordings. (Did the rest survive, one wonders, and might there be anything that was left off that's worth hearing?) The sound is state of the art, with the singer and his solo acoustic guitar clean and close. The set is a vital and important document, as well as great listening, not only for the music but for Broonzy's between-song banter -- he was one of the great raconteurs of the blues -- although it isn't quite as indispensable as one might think. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide