''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 Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guita ...

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 Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West M ...

" - 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 so ...

" - 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 ...

- vocals * Hans Stamer - vocals, national steel guitar, harmonica, jews harp, trumpet * Chris Nordquist - 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 wres ...

- harmonica * Tom Colclough - clarinet * Sybel Thrasher - vocals * Tyee Montessori Elementary School - backing vocals 'On A Christmas Day'. *Produced by Andreas Schuld for

Stony Plain Records Stony Plain Records is a Canadian independent record label, which specializes in roots music genres such as country, folk, and blues. The label has released more than 300 albums. History Stony Plain was founded by Holger Petersen and Alvin Jahn ...

*Executive producer: Holger Peterson *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 Peter or Pete Moore may refer to: Politicians *Peter Moore (British politician) (1753–1828), English civil servant of the East India Company and politician *Peter Moore (Queensland politician) (born 1938), member of the Queensland Legislative As ...

, MDI Productions, Toronto *Bonus track interviews by Holger Peterson *Special thanks to

Alan Lomax Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a musician himself, as well as a folklorist, archivist, writer, s ...

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