"Careless Love" is a traditional American folk song, although it was copyrighted in the 1920s by W.C. Handy. More than the usual number of audio clips on this post; so many interesting interpretations by well known artists (and a few others).
Music begins at 2:08 (but interesting to hear Lead Belly talk about the song)
Joan Baez duet with Bill Wood (who was later a biology professor at the University of Colorado):
Sorry about the volume on this one; you might want to turn it up a bit, just for this clip.
Janis Joplin at the Coffee Gallery in 1963. The guitarist is possibly Jorma Kaukonen; he often accompanied her in those days, but I have not been able to determine if this is one of their performances together.
Sam Chatmon was the last survivor of the Mississippi Sheiks, who recorded in the 1930s:
No Big Joe Turner?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYvDT1qhlgs
Posted by: Walter Effross | March 11, 2023 at 10:07 AM