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De Kalb Blues
Composer: Huddie Ledbetter / Traditional (?)

De Kalb Blues was performed by Jerry Garcia with Pete Sears, Nick Gravenites and Animal Mind at the Brian Wilson Defense Committee benefit in San Francisco on April 29, 1990. On setlists this originally was listed as Decal Blues.

The song was named for the town of De Kalb in Texas. On some recordings the song appears as DeKalb Blues.



Leadbelly recordings

no info Negro Sinful Songs Sung By, Lead Belly, 1939
no info I'm Never Gone: Sings and Plays 12 String Guitar, Leadbelly, 1964
no info The Immortal Leadbelly, 1964
no info The Library Of Congress Recordings, Leadbelly, 1965
no info Sings And Plays EP, Leadbelly, 1965
no info Huddie Ledbetter, Leadbelly, 1973
no info Blues Roots Vol 1: Goodnight Irene, Good Morning Blues, Leadbelly, 1979
no info Complete Library Of Congress Recordings In Chronological Order, Vol 2: 1935, Leadbelly, 1990
no info Complete Library Of Congress Recordings In Chronological Order, Vol 6: 1935, Leadbelly, 1990
no info Midnight Special: The Library Of Congress Recordings, Volume One: 1 April 1939 To 15 June 1940, Leadbelly, 1991
no info The Very Best Of Leadbelly, 1993
no info Goodnight Irene, Leadbelly, 1993
no info Lead Belly's Last Sessions, Leadbelly, 1994
no info Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1, Leadbelly, 1994
no info The Remaining Library Of Congress Recordings: Volume 3: 1935, Leadbelly, 1997
no info Easy Rider, Leadbelly, 1999
no info My Last Go Round, Leadbelly, 1999
no info Have I Got Blues For You, Leadbelly, 2001
no info 25 Blues Masters Volume 3, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2001
no info The Tradition Masters, Leadbelly, 2002
no info Rock Island Line: Original 1935-1943 Recordings, Leadbelly, 2003
no info The Best Of Leadbelly, 2003
no info The Definitive Lead Belly, 2008
no info Masterworks, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2009
no info You Don't Know My Mind, Leadbelly, 2011
no info American Folk & Blues Anthology, Leadbelly, 2013
no info Selected Sides 1934-1948, Leadbelly, 2014
no info The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Leadbelly, 2015
no info The Essential Recordings, Leadbelly, 2018
no info Masterwork Volumes 1 & 2, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2019

Other recordings

no info Gallows Pole And Other Folk Songs, Fred Gerlach, 195?
no info Twelve-String Guitar: Folk Songs and Blues Sung and Played by, Fred Gerlach, 1962
info The Folk Blues Of Eric Von Schmidt, Eric Von Schmidt, 1963
no info Blues in Amsterdam, Various Artists, 1966
no info Folk Singing At Brown University: Run Come See, Various Artists (Bob Cammer), 1967
no info Nick's Blues, Nick Gravenites, 1980
info Blue Star, Nick Gravenites, 1980
no info Sitting On A Million, The Backsliders, 1989
no info Tough Times, Delta-Cross Band, 1990
no info Baby, Let Me Lay It On You, Eric Von Schmidt, 1995
no info The Drones, The Drones, 2001
no info Here Come The Lies, The Drones, 2002
no info "Belly-Up": Plays The Music Of Leadbelly, Fredrik Lundin Overdrive, 2004
no info Dekalb Blues, John Skillman's Barb City Stompers, 2010
no info Big Road, Johnson Stompers, 2016

 
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