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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 at the top of his game at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, reworking the old ballad of "Duncan and Brady" as a comic monologue, with Tony Glover seconding him on harp.

Songobiography, day 332: A classic Black murder ballad from St. Louis, about an associate of Stack Lee who killed a white policeman and became national news, as discussed at www.elijahwald.com/songblog/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

Elijah Wald - Coming In On a Wing and a Prayer, live at Sumperk Blues Festival, 2021

Elijah Wald - Masanga, live at Sumperk Blues Festival, 2021