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Songobiography, day 345: a favorite guitar arrangement from Rev. Gary Davis, discussed with a chord tip and some thoughts about being an atheist singing gospel at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/you-got-to-move/

Songobiography, day 344: A classic from Hank Williams, with some programmatic slide effects, discussed with autobiographical musings at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/so-lonesome-i-could-cry/

Songobiography, day 343: A classic from Robert Johnson, which I sing with the experience of many years hitchhiking, as discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/crossroads/

Songobiography, day 342: My tribute to Son House's magisterial version of a Delta standard recorded by John Hurt and Furry Lewis as "Pera Lee," as discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/pearline-son-house/

Songobiography, day 341: A blend of songs from Robert Johnson and Hambone Willie Newbern, with some further inspiration from Steve James, as discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/roll-and-riverside/

Songobiography, day 340: My take on Mississippi John Hurt's version of the "Frankie and Albert" (a.k.a. "Frankie and Johnny") ballad, a prime example of fretless banjo styles on guitar, with a beautiful lyric, discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/frankie-john-hurt/

Songobiography, day 339: A West Virginia ragtime blues recorded in the 1930s by Dick Justice and Bayless Rose, a mysterious character and terrific guitarist, as discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/black-dog-blues/

Songobiography, day 338: a twist on the usual "my baby left and I'm gonna get drunk" theme, which I learned from Lefty Frizzell, as discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/cigarettes-and-coffee/ (among other things crediting the composer, Marty Robbins, though I prefer Frizzell's version).

Songobiography, day 337: My favorite Jimmie Rodgers song, at least to play and sing, a pleasure I discovered on a back road north of St. Louis, as explained at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/rough-and-rowdy/

Songobiography, day 336: An early 1960s vocal group classic set to a mildly Congolese-influenced guitar part, in celebration of summer, discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/under-the-boardwalk/

Songobiography, day 335: a classic arguably THE classic rock 'n' roll song, from the master himself, Chuck Berry, discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/maybellene/

"On the Margin" host E. Ethelbert Miller talks with Elijah Wald about "Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories."

Songobiography, day 334: My take on Blind Blake's first recorded song, from 1926, aided by Woody Mann's tablature, discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/early-morning-blues/

Songobiography, day 333: a pair of ragtime songs in F, picked up from Lead Belly and Charlie Patton and discussed, with other matters, at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/keep-your-hands-off-her/

John Koerner - Duncan and Brady (Newport 1965)

Duncan and Brady

Stackolee (Furry Lewis)

Ella Speed (a New Orleans murder ballad)

Alabama Bound

Ain't We Crazy (Haywire Mac McClintock)

Mississippi Blues (William Brown)

Ticket Agent Blues (Carl Martin/Willie McTell)

You Win Again (Hank's blues)

La Tumba del Mojado (Paulino Vargas/migrant experience)

Promised Land (Chuck Berry)

Night Shift (Bill Morrissey)

Jamaica Farewell

Peter Keane & Elijah Wald: Downtown Blues

Elijah Wald - Big Road Blues, live at Sumperk Blues Festival, 2021