Trouble in Mind

by Big Bill Broonzy

Trouble in Mind cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 22 February 2000
  • Label: Smithsonian Folkways
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:13:53
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Drawn from the recordings Broonzy made for Folkways during the 1950s, including live radio and concert performances, the collection was assembled with liner notes by Smithsonian Folkways archivist Jeff Place. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings judged it the best collection of his late-period music, and its programme runs from 'Key to the Highway' to his civil rights testament 'Black, Brown and White'.

Genres

Descriptors: storytelling, acoustic, guitars, political, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Hey, Hey Baby (2:54)
  2. Frankie and Johnny (2:09)
  3. Trouble in Mind (3:19)
  4. Joe Turner, No. 2 (Blues of 1890) (5:16)
  5. Mule-Ridin' Blues (3:45)
  6. When Will I Get to Be Called a Man? (2:20)
  7. Poor Bill Blues (3:15)
  8. Key to the Highway (2:35)
  9. Plough-Hand Blues (3:27)
  10. Digging My Potatoes (3:00)
  11. When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too) (3:00)
  12. C.C. Rider (2:35)
  13. Saturday Evening Blues (3:35)
  14. Shuffle Rag (2:07)
  15. Southbound Train (4:51)
  16. Hush, Somebody's Calling Me (4:01)
  17. Louise (4:01)
  18. Black, Brown and White (spoken introduction) (1:25)
  19. Black, Brown and White Blues (2:44)
  20. Willie Mae Blues (3:30)
  21. This Train (spoken introduction) (1:21)
  22. This Train (Bound for Glory) (3:02)
  23. In the Evening (spoken introduction) (1:05)
  24. In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down (4:22)

Credits

  • Derek Coller - research
  • Eric Townsend - research
  • Ray Astbury - research
  • Tony Williams - mastered by, producer
  • Bill Kinnell - liner notes
  • Alan Gilmour - recording supervisor
  • Malcolm Walker - sleeve

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