Volume Six
Poor Man's Heaven: Blues and Tales of the Great Depression
The economic slump called "The Great Depression" was bounded by the Stock Market crash of October 29th, 1929, and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. In the 24 songs on Poor Man's Heaven hear how a national tragedy played out across all strata of society and all kinds of music, from the blues and country to vaudeville and pop.
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Track Listing:
- Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor's Tips on the Stock Market
- Frank Crumit A Tale Of The Ticker
- Leo Reisman Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
- George Hall Remember My Forgotten Man
- Alex Bartha It Must Be Swell
- Ramona & Roy Bargy Raising The Rent
- Julia Gerity Sittin' On A Rubbish Can
- High Hatters Ten Cents A Dance
- Bud Billings & Carson Robison Poor Man's Heaven
- Bob Miller The Rich Man and the Poor Man
- Harry "Mac" McClintock Hallelujah, I'm A Bum
- Uncle Dave Macon All In Down and Out Blues
- Fiddlin' John Carson Taxes On the Farmer Feeds Them All
- Blind Alfred Reed How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
- Vernon Dalhart The Farm Relief Song
- Woody Guthrie Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh)
- Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah 35 Depression
- Lane Hardin California Desert Blues
- Joe Stone It's Hard Time
- Rev. J. M. Gates President Roosevelt Is Everybody's Friend
- Joe Pullum CWA Blues
- Cedar Creek Sheik Jimmy Shut His Store Doors
- Sonny Boy Williamson Welfare Store Blues
- Wilmoth Houdini Poor But Ambitious
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