Remembering Leadbelly

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Remembering Leadbelly
Studio album by Long John Baldry
Released	November 13, 2001
Recorded	2000-2001
Genre	Blues
Length	58:00
Label	Stony Plain Records
Long John Baldry chronology
Evening Conversation (2000) Remembering Leadbelly (2001) (2005)

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The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[1]

Remembering Leadbelly is the final studio album Long John Baldry completed in his lifetime. The album serves as a tribute to Baldry's musical hero Lead Belly with songs he either wrote or is known for. The album was released on November 13, 2001 in North America and on August 12, 2002 internationally.

Track listing[]

1. "Lining Track" - 1:49
2. "Gallows Pole" - 2:42
3. "Midnight Special" - 3:29
4. "Take This Hammer" - 3:28
5. "Rock Island Line" - 2:50
6. "Good Morning Blues" - 3:45
7. "Go Down Old Hannah" - 0:55
8. "Birmingham Jail" - 2:52
9. "Here Rattler" - 2:14
10. "Easy Rider Blues" - 3:09
11. "We're In The Same Boat Brother" - 3:33
12. "John Hardy" - 2:30
13. "Digging My Potatoes" - 3:10
14. "On A Christmas Day" - 2:50
15. "Mary Don't You Weep" - 2:35
16. "We Shall Walk Through The Valley" - 3:42
17. "Alan Lomax Interview" - 5:56
18. "Long John Baldry Interview" - 6:36

Personnel[]

• Long John Baldry - vocals, 12-string guitar
• Kathi McDonald - vocals
• - vocals, national steel guitar, harmonica, jews harp, trumpet
• - drums, hans-on drums, finger cymbals
• - piano, organ, keyboard tuba, keyboard accordion, vocals, harmonica & other keyboards
• - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele, Russian zither, e-bow, percussion, claps, foot, national steel, vocals, slide
• Norm Fisher - acc. bass
• Jesse Zubot - fiddle, mandolin, violin
• - harmonica
• Tom Colclough - clarinet
• - vocals
• - backing vocals 'On A Christmas Day'.
• Produced by for Stony Plain Records
• Executive producer:
• Recorded at Music Lab Recording, Sebastian and Dolly's Hutch, Skeena's Place, all Vancouver, Canada
• was recorded at Halve Recording Studios, Hamburg, Germany
• Mastering: Peter Moore, MDI Productions, Toronto
• Bonus track interviews by
• Special thanks to Alan Lomax for making himself available at the 1993 W.C. Handy Awards in Memphis, Tennessee

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