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01. Leadbelly - Sermon On Pancakes
02. Leadbelly - The Blood's Done Signed Your Name
03. Rev. Gary Davis - Come Down To See Me Sometime
04. Rev. Gary Davis - Lost John
05. Rev. Gary Davis - Soldier's Drill
06. Leadbelly - Gallows Pole
07. Leadbelly - Leaving Blues
08. Rev. Gary Davis - Slow Blues In E
09. Big Bill Broonzy - Starvation Blues
10. Leola B. Wilson & Blind Blake - Black Biting Bee Blues
11. Rev. Gary Davis - Mountain Jack
12. Rev. Gary Davis - I Didn't Want To Join The Band
13. Buddy Boy Hawkins - A Rag
14. William Moore - Raggin' The Blues
15. William Moore - Old Country Rock
16. Gus Cannon & Blind Blake - Poor Boy
17. Ramblin' Thomas - Poor Boy
18. Charley Patton - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
19. Charley Patton - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
20. Rube Lacy - Mississippi Jail House Groan
21. Rube Lacy - Ham Hound Crave
22. Edward Thompson - Seven Sisters Blues
23. Ramblin' Thomas - Hard Dallas Blues
24. Ramblin' Thomas - Back Gnawing Blues
25. Ramblin' Thomas - Going Crazy
ARTIST
TITLE
Lifting The Veil: The First Bluesmen
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
WA 2008CD WA 2008CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
2/2/2010

2015 repress. Subtitled: Rev. Gary Davis & Peers. Another exceptional archival release from Allan Evans' World Arbiter label. After years of preparation, World Arbiter offers new vivid restorations of discs from Harry Smith's Archive. Pioneering legendary artists are heard in a variety of genres which were essential in creating the blues. The accompanying text contains selections from an astonishing discovery: an unknown 1951 oral history of Rev. Gary Davis, providing a candid, unparalleled insight into his life. Includes two previously-unpublished recordings (Rev. Gary Davis from 1956/1957 and Leadbelly from 1941), plus various obscure 78 tracks from Harry Smith's collection (all recorded circa 1926-1929). The liner notes also include an excerpt from an unknown, unpublished oral history of Davis compiled in 1951 by Elizabeth Lyttleton Harold, the wife of Alan Lomax. Other artists include Big Bill Broonzy, Leola B. Wilson, Buddy Boy Hawkins, William Moore, Gus Cannon and Blind Blake, Ramblin' Thomas, Charley Patton, Rube Lacy, and Edward Thompson.