Looking For a Home (Odetta album)
Encyclopedia
Looking For A Home is an album by American
folk singer
Odetta
, released in 2001. It consists of songs written and/or performed by Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly.
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Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
Odetta
Odetta
Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...
, released in 2001. It consists of songs written and/or performed by Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly.
Track listing
All songs by Huddie Ledbetter, also known as Leadbelly unless otherwise noted.- "Goodnight, IreneGoodnight, Irene"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th century American folk standard, written in 3/4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1932....
" (Leadbelly, Alan LomaxAlan LomaxAlan Lomax was an American folklorist and ethnomusicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the Caribbean, Italy, and Spain.In his later career, Lomax advanced his theories of...
) – 4:59 - "You Don't Know My Mind" – 4:32
- "Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)" – 3:47
- "When I Was a Cowboy" – 3:12
- "In the Pines" – 4:04
- "How Long" – 4:30
- "Bourgeois Blues" – 4:33
- "Alabama Bound/Boll Weevil" (Leadbelly, Traditional) – 7:21
- "Roberta" (Ledbetter, Lomax) – 5:36
- "New Orleans" – 4:43
- "Jim Crow Blues" – 3:18
- "Rock Island LineRock Island Line (song)"Rock Island Line" is an American blues/folk song first recorded by John Lomax in 1934 as sung by inmates in an Arkansas State Prison, and later popularized by Lead Belly. Many versions have been recorded by other artists, most significantly the world-wide hit version in the mid-1950s by Lonnie...
" – 3:02 - "Julie Anne Johnson/Whoa Black Buck" (Ledbetter, Traditional) – 2:48
- "Easy Rider" – 5:11
- "Midnight Special" – 4:36