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1	–John Lee Hooker	Black Snake	3:32
2	–John Lee Hooker	Baby, Please Don't Go	4:49
3	–John Lee Hooker	Pea Vine Special	3:10
4	–Sonny Terry	The Fox Chase Guitar – Alec Stewart*Harmonica [Mouth Harp] – Sonny Terry	2:21
5	–Sonny Terry	Red River Guitar – Alec Stewart*Harmonica [Mouth Harp] – Sonny Terry	2:26
6	–Sonny Terry	John Henry Guitar – Alec Stewart*Harmonica [Mouth Harp] – Sonny Terry	3:11
7	–Jean Ritchie	Baby-O	1:18
8	–Jean Ritchie	The Cuckoo Dulcimer [Mountain Dulcimer], Vocals – Jean RitchieGuitar – Erik Darling	2:28
9	–Jean Ritchie	Awake, Awake, You Drowsy Sleeper Banjo – Erik DarlingDulcimer [Mountain Dulcimer], Vocals – Jean Ritchie	2:36
10	–Jean Ritchie	Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah	1:43
11	–Jean Ritchie	Shady Grove	1:21
12	–Obray Ramsey	Pretty Polly Banjo, Vocals – Obray RamseyGuitar – Henry Gentry	3:29
13	–George Pegram	Old Reuben Banjo, Vocals – George PegramHarmonica – Walter Parham	2:06
14	–Bascom Lamar Lunsford	Poor Jesse James Guitar – Freda EnglishVocals – Bascom Lamar Lunsford	3:25
15	–Obray Ramsey	Poor Little Ellen Banjo, Vocals – Obray RamseyGuitar – Henry Gentry	2:16
16	–Peggy Seeger	As I Walked Out One Fair May Morn	2:20
17	–Peggy Seeger	I Married Me A Wife	2:04
18	–Peggy Seeger	The Chickens They Are Crowing	2:10
19	–Harry And Jeanie West	The Boston Burglar Banjo – Harry West Guitar, Vocals – Jeanie West	4:02
20	–Harry And Jeanie West	Finger Ring Banjo – Harry West Guitar, Vocals – Jeanie West	2:34
21	–Reverend Gary Davis*	Oh Lord, Search My Heart	3:04
22	–Reverend Gary Davis*	Samson And Delilah	3:52
23	–Reverend Gary Davis*	Twelve Gates To The City	3:22

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fantasy, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Fantasy, Inc.
• Remastered At – Fantasy Studios

Credits

• Art Direction – Jamie Putnam
• Compiled By, Liner Notes – Samuel Charters*
• Concept By [Series Concept By], Coordinator – Bill Belmont
• Design – Deb Sibony
• Producer [Original Sessions Produced By] – Bill Grauer, Kenneth S. Goldstein
• Remastered By – Kirk Felton

Notes

Recorded between 1953 and 1959, and originally released on Riverside albums.

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