Born in Itta Bena Mississippi- Smokey was recorded by folklorist Harry Oster in Louisiana and Mississippi on some twenty occasions between February 1960 and August 1961. These recordings were previously unissued, hidden away on tapes in Oster s widow s house until now........

1. Boss Man Blues

2. Backyard Boogie

3. Bad Luck and Trouble

4. Diggin' My Potatoes

5. What's Wrong With You

6. Chicago Bound

7. If I Had Listened to What My Mama Say

8. On Mr. Walter's Farm

9. I'm Goin' Home on the Morning Train

10. I'm Goin' Away Baby

11. Way Back in the Country Blues

12. Shake, Shake Mattie

13. I'm Wild About You, Black Gal

14. Askansas Blues

15. Terraplane Blues

16. Goin' Home Blues

17. Boogie Gal