New Orleans Street Singer

Snooks Eaglin SFW40165

Folkways Records released New Orleans Street Singer in 1959 and the album set the world of folk and acoustic blues fans on fire. Snooks Eaglin was in the early stages of his long R&B career when folklorist Harry Oster heard him playing solo on the streets of the French Quarter. That very recording, presented here with 7 previously unreleased tracks, captured Eaglin's genius and elevated him to the pantheon of eccentric, uncategorizable guitar virtuosos. 32-page booklet. 25 classic tracks. 68 minutes.

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Country(s) United States
Culture Group(s) African American
Instrument(s) Guitar
Language(s) English

Year of Recording 2005
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Recorded by Harry Oster ; Artist Snooks Eaglin ; Produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein ; Design by Joe Parisi ; Photography by Harry Oster

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101	Looking for a Woman	Snooks Eaglin	2:25
102	Walking Blues	Snooks Eaglin	2:58
103	Careless Love	Snooks Eaglin	2:32
104	Saint James Infirmary	Snooks Eaglin	2:20
105	High Society	Snooks Eaglin	1:33
106	I Got My Questionnaire	Snooks Eaglin	3:20
107	Let Me Go Home, Whiskey	Snooks Eaglin	2:52
108	Mama, Don’t Tear My Clothes	Snooks Eaglin	2:07
109	Trouble in Mind	Snooks Eaglin	2:46
110	The Lonesome Road	Snooks Eaglin	1:46
111	Helping Hand (A Thousand Miles Away from Home)	Snooks Eaglin	2:11
112	One Room Country Shack	Snooks Eaglin	3:02
113	Who’s Been Foolin’ You	Snooks Eaglin	2:22
114	Drifting Blues	Snooks Eaglin	3:37
115	Sophisticated Blues	Snooks Eaglin	2:06
116	Come Back, Baby	Snooks Eaglin	2:06
117	Rock Island Line	Snooks Eaglin	2:03
118	See See Rider	Snooks Eaglin	3:08
119	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Snooks Eaglin	2:42
120	Mean Old World	Snooks Eaglin	3:46
121	Mean Old Frisco	Snooks Eaglin	2:32
122	Every Day I Have the Blues	Snooks Eaglin	3:52
123	Careless Love 2	Snooks Eaglin	2:30
124	Drifting Blues 2	Snooks Eaglin	3:47
125	The Lonesome Road 2	Snooks Eaglin	1:27

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