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Big Bill Broonzy
Released 2000

Black, Brown And White (Intro)
01:25
98 plays

Hey, Hey Baby
02:54
327 plays

Key To The Highway
02:35
232 plays

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- 1
- Hey, Hey Baby
- 02:54
- 327 plays

- 2
- Frankie And Johnny
- 02:09
- 195 plays

- 3
- Trouble In Mind
- 03:20
- 217 plays

- 4
- Joe Turner, No.2 (Blues Of 1890)
- 05:16
- 217 plays

- 5
- Mule-Ridin' Blues
- 03:45
- 144 plays

- 6
- When Will I Get To Be Called A Man?
- 02:20
- 135 plays

- 7
- Poor Bill Blues
- 03:15
- 134 plays

- 8
- Key To The Highway
- 02:35
- 232 plays

- 9
- Plough-Hand Blues
- 03:27
- 120 plays

- 10
- Digging My Potatoes
- 03:00
- 152 plays

- 11
- When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too)
- 03:00
- 128 plays

- 12
- C.C. Rider
- 02:35
- 173 plays

- 13
- Saturday Evening Blues
- 03:35
- 129 plays

- 14
- Shuffle Rag
- 02:07
- 121 plays

- 15
- Southbound Train
- 04:52
- 136 plays

- 16
- Hush, Somebody's Calling Me
- 04:01
- 146 plays

- 17
- Louise
- 04:01
- 118 plays

- 18
- Black, Brown And White (Intro)
- 01:25
- 98 plays

- 19
- Black, Brown And White
- 02:44
- 134 plays

- 20
- Willie Mae Blues
- 03:31
- 119 plays

- 21
- This Train (Intro)
- 01:21
- 114 plays

- 22
- This Train (Bound For Glory)
- 03:02
- 200 plays

- 23
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down (Intro)
- 01:05
- 111 plays

- 24
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
- 04:22
- 124 plays

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album review

This is something of a best-of for Broonzy's Folkways recordings, done in 1956-57 near the end of his life, all featuring just his voice and his acoustic guitar (although Pete Seeger adds banjo to a live version of "This Train (Bound for Glory)"). Although Broonzy, who died in 1958 of throat cancer, was likely not in peak physical shape by this time, you wouldn't suspect that from the quality of the performances. His vocals are still rich and moving on a relaxed selection of originals and standards, including such well-known favorites as "Trouble in Mind," "Key to the Highway," "Digging My Potatoes," "It Hurts Me Too," and "C.C. Rider." Especially good is his version of "Louise," where the intensity rises to a level higher than most of the other tracks approach. Occasionally Broonzy gets into racial and social comment, as on "When Will I Get to Be Called a Man" and the more controversial "Black, Brown and White Blues." ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide