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Josh White
The son of a preacher, Josh White, as a child, follows in the footsteps of blind
guitarist-evangelist Blind Joe Taggart in the Carolinas. He discovered the
humiliation and violence suffered by blacks there. Josh decided to leave the
South for New York, where he embarked on a career as a musician and led a
radical political struggle that got him into trouble during the McCarthy era.
From 1930 onwards, he recorded religious pieces, ballads and blues.
His guitar playing, which happily blended that of Lonnie Johnson and Carolinian
fingerpicking (strings touched with five fingers), wa...
TroubleJosh White
Baby Please Don't GoJosh White and Big Bill Broonzy
St. James InfirmaryJosh White
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OutJosh White
Careless LoveJosh White, Sidney Bechet and Wilson Meyers
On Top of Old SmokeyJosh White
TroubleJosh White
Chain Gang Songs
Baby Please Don't GoJosh White and Big Bill Broonzy
1951-1952
2:28
St. James InfirmaryJosh White
Josh At Midnight
2:55
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OutJosh White
Josh White Vol. 6 (1944-1945)
3:01
Careless LoveJosh White, Sidney Bechet and Wilson Meyers
Josh At Midnight
3:41
On Top of Old SmokeyJosh White
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