''Remembering Leadbelly'' is the final studio album

Long John Baldry John William "Long John" Baldry (12 January 1941 – 21 July 2005) was an English musician and actor. In the 1960s, he was one of the first British vocalists to sing the blues in clubs and shared the stage with many British musicians including ...

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

# "Lining Track" - 1:49 # "Gallows Pole" - 2:42 # " Midnight Special" - 3:29 # "

Take This Hammer "Take This Hammer" ( Roud 4299, AFS 745B1) is a prison, logging, and railroad work song, which has the same Roud number as another song, "Nine Pound Hammer", with which it shares verses. " Swannanoa Tunnel" and "Asheville Junction" are similar. T ...

" - 3:28 # "

Rock Island Line "Rock Island Line" is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of "Rock Island Line" was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins ...

" - 2:50 # "Good Morning Blues" - 3:45 # "Go Down Old Hannah" - 0:55 # " Birmingham Jail" - 2:52 # "Here Rattler" - 2:14 # "Easy Rider Blues" - 3:09 # "We're In The Same Boat Brother" - 3:33 # " John Hardy" - 2:30 # "Digging My Potatoes" - 3:10 # "On A Christmas Day" - 2:50 # "

Mary Don't You Weep "Mary Don't You Weep" (alternately titled "O Mary Don't You Weep", "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn", or variations thereof) is a Spiritual that originates from before the American Civil War – thus it is what scholars call a "slave son ...

" - 2:35 # "We Shall Walk Through The Valley" - 3:42 # "Alan Lomax Interview" - 5:56 # "Long John Baldry Interview" - 6:36

Personnel

- vocals, 12-string guitar *

Kathi McDonald Kathryn Marie "Kathi" McDonald (September 25, 1948 – October 3, 2012) was an American blues and rock singer and songwriter. As a teenager she sang with different bands around the Pacific Northwest before she was discovered by Ike Turner. She s ...

- vocals * Hans Stamer - vocals, national steel guitar, harmonica, jews harp, trumpet *

Chris Nordquist Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...

- drums, hans-on drums, finger cymbals * John Lee Sanders - piano, organ, keyboard tuba, keyboard accordion, vocals, harmonica & other keyboards * Andreas Schuld - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele, Russian zither, e-bow, percussion, claps, foot, national steel, vocals, slide *

Norm Fisher Norm Fisher (born 22 October 1963) is a Canadian bass guitar player and session musician. He is most famous as a member of Bryan Adams' backing band from 2002 to 2016. He has also performed with Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman, Powder Blues Band, ...

- acc. bass *

Jesse Zubot Jesse Zubot (of Britannia Beach, British Columbia) is a Canadian musician primarily known for his unique violin playing. Zubot also works as a composer, producer and recording engineer. History Zubot's acoustic-instrumental group Zubot ...

- fiddle, mandolin, violin *

Butch Coulter Butch may refer to: People * Butch (nickname), a list of people *Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, an Old West outlaw gang * Barbara Butch, French lesbian DJ and activist * Butch Miller (wrestler) (born 1944), ring name of New Zealand professional wre ...

- harmonica *

Tom Colclough Tom Colclough is a musician from Vancouver. He plays jazz, pop and blues. Career Colclough is a two-time West Coast Music Award winner. He has accompanied many musicians and singers, including Kenny Loggins, Celine Dion, David Foster, Julio Iglesi ...

- clarinet *

Sybel Thrasher Heinrich Karl Ludolf von Sybel (2 December 1817 – 1 August 1895), German historian, came from a Protestant family which had long been established at Soest, in Westphalia. Life He was born in Düsseldorf, where his father held important pos ...

- vocals *

Tyee Montessori Elementary School Tyee may refer to: * Tyee salmon, another name for Chinook salmon, a fish species * Tyee Mountain, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada * Tyee, Oregon, United States, an unincorporated community * a tribal chief of the Chinookan peoples in ...

- backing vocals 'On A Christmas Day'. *Produced by Andreas Schuld for Stony Plain Records *Executive producer:

Holger Peterson Holger may refer to: People * Holger (given name), includes name origin, plus people with the name * Hilde Holger, stage name of dancer, choreographer and dance teacher Hilde Boman-Behram (née Hilde Sofer, 1905–2001) Fictional characters * Holg ...

*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

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Long John Baldry albums Stony Plain Records albums