Josh White
To many blues enthusiasts, Josh White was a folk revival artist. It's true that the second half of his music career found him based in New York playing to the coffeehouse and cabaret set and hanging out with Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, and fellow transplanted blues artists Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. In Chicago during the 1960s, his shirt was unbuttoned to the waist à la Harry Belafonte and his repertoire consisted of folk revival standards such as "Scarlet Ribbons." He was a show business personality -- a star renowned for his sexual magnetism and his dramatic vocal presentations. Many listeners were unaware of White's status as a major figure in the Piedmont blues tradition. The first part of his career saw him as apprentice to some of the greatest blues and religious artists ever, including Willie Walker, Blind Blake, Blind Joe Taggart (with whom he recorded), and allegedly even Blind Lemon Jefferson. On his own, he recorded both blues and religious songs, including a classic version of "Blood Red River." A fine guitar technician with an appealing voice, he became progressively more sophisticated in his presentation. Like many other Carolinians and Virginians who moved north to urban areas, he took up city ways, remaining a fine musician if no longer a down-home artist. Like several other canny blues players, he used his roots music to broaden and enhance his life experience, and his talent was such that he could choose the musical idiom that was most lucrative at the time.
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Don't Smoke In Bed
Blues - Released by Mach60 Music on 1 Aug 2014
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Leisure Time
R&B - Released by LST Collector Series on 12 Sep 2014
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Josh White 1932-1945: Blues, Spirituals and Folk Songs
Blues - Released by Fremeaux Heritage on 30 Jul 2002
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On Top of Old Smokey / Black Girl (feat. The Stargazers, Billy Hill and His Orchestra) (Mono Version)
Pop - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1952
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Josh White & Carl Sandburg
Blues - Released by Roots on 1 Jan 2000
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Leroy White Band - Single
Country - Released by Russonic Records on 12 May 2010
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Josh White Selected Favorites
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 21 Mar 2011
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Hard Time Blues
Jazz - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 20 Apr 2023
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Abc of the Blues Vol. 51
Blues - Released by Documents on 24 Sep 2010
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Rising Sun - Josh White
Jazz - Released by Don't stop the music on 10 May 2023
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Josh White: American Folk Hero
Folk - Released by Black Sheep Music on 8 Jun 2012
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Not The First, Not The Last
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Eastside Pearlers LLC on 22 Jun 2021
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POPPIN' SHIT (feat. Hass Irv & Joecaine)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Eastside Pearlers LLC on 13 May 2022
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No. 12 Train
Blues - Released by The Copyright Group on 10 Jan 2006
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Hard Blues
Jazz - Released by Kitchenette Recordinz TM on 27 Oct 2023
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Hard Times Blues
Blues - Released by Orange Leisure on 17 Oct 2011
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