Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs

This 2 CD retrospective reflects over 60 years of Barbara Dane’s eclectic musical history in folk, blues and jazz. The 38 tracks include 14 never-before-released recordings, featuring collaborations with Lightin’ Hopkins, the Chambers Brothers, Doc Watson, Pete Seeger, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, Art Hodes, and more. The extensive liner notes give insight into Dane’s singular trajectory as an outspoken and indomitable artist who, unwilling to make the compromises demanded by the music business, struck out on her own path, singing for peace and social justice. 2 discs—150 minutes, extensive notes and photos in a 40-page booklet.

Track Listing

101	I Am a Weary and Lonesome Traveler	Barbara Dane	04:19
102	Way Behind the Sun	Barbara Dane	03:51
103	Victim to the Blues	Barbara Dane	02:10
104	Working People's Blues	Barbara Dane	02:47
105	Come by Here	Barbara Dane	05:33
106	It Isn't Nice	Barbara Dane	04:08
107	Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)	Barbara Dane	05:48
108	I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister	Barbara Dane	03:35
109	Ballad of Richard Campos	Barbara Dane	04:09
110	Join the GI Movement	Barbara Dane	02:22
111	Song of the Coat Makers	Barbara Dane	02:53
112	Mill Worker	Barbara Dane	03:25
113	Working-Class Woman	Barbara Dane	06:24
114	Truck-Driving Woman	Barbara Dane	05:05
115	Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me	Barbara Dane	04:53
116	Let Me Be Your Rag Doll (Southern Blues)	Barbara Dane	03:17
117	Mother Earth	Barbara Dane	05:37
118	The Ones Who've Gone Before Us (When We Make It Through)	Barbara Dane	05:26
201	Trouble in Mind	Barbara Dane	03:02
202	Basin Street Blues	Barbara Dane	03:25
203	Why Don't You Do Right?	Barbara Dane	02:41
204	My Melancholy Baby	Barbara Dane	03:52
205	Mama Yancey's Advice	Barbara Dane	04:33
206	Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll	Barbara Dane	02:22
207	Please Don't Lose Your Mind (If You Lose Your Money)	Barbara Dane	02:45
208	Walking Blues	Barbara Dane	06:19
209	King Salmon Blues (Abridged)	Barbara Dane	04:50
210	Good Morning Blues	Barbara Dane	05:11
211	Gipper Gate Blues	Barbara Dane	03:28
212	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Barbara Dane	03:51
213	Study War No More	Barbara Dane	01:28
214	This Little Light of Mine	Barbara Dane	02:56
215	You Don't Know Me/You Don't Know My Mind	Barbara Dane	05:21
216	Salty Dog Blues	Barbara Dane	04:24
217	Only a Pawn in Their Game	Barbara Dane	03:36
218	Solidarity Forever	Barbara Dane	04:41
219	We Shall Not Be Moved	Barbara Dane	05:45
220	Oh, Had I a Golden Thread	Barbara Dane	04:32