New Orleans Street Singer (1959) Snooks Eaglin CD

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives. The original liner notes from the LP are included."


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.


     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