Museum of American PoeticsExhibits

Troubadours

These exhibits highlight torch singers of the oft high flying, mysterious, and vast folk traditions that form American roots music lyric expression.

    Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
    Child Ballads
Child Ballads
   
Stagger Lee Files
Stagger Lee Files
   
  Ma Rainey
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey Tribute
 
Huddie Ledbetter
Huddie Ledbetter
   
  Harry Smith
The Harry Smith Archives
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
 
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten:
"Freight Train"
   
    Hank Williams Sr.
Hank Williams as Luke The Drifter
 
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger Songs
     
       
     
      Billy Holiday
Billy Holiday:
"Strange Fruit"
    Lord Buckley
Lord Buckley
 
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters:
"Rollin’ Stone"
     
      David Amram Scrapbook
David Amram Scrapbook
  Ken Nordine
Ken Nordine
   
       
Bob Dylan's Songs
Bob Dylan's Songs
  James Brown
James Brown:
"Say It Loud,
I’m Black
and I’m Proud"
 
John Trudell
John Trudell
     
John Lennon
John Lennon:
"Give Peace A Chance"
 
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
     
  B.B. King: "The Thrill Is Gone"
B.B. King:
"The Thrill Is Gone"
   
     
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder:
"Happy Birthday"
   
      Patti Smith
Patti Smith Lyrics
  Public Enemy Lyric Archive
Public Enemy Lyric Archive
 
Leonard Cohen
The Leonard Cohen Files

   
     
Robert Hunter: Handwritten Lyrics Collection
Robert Hunter:
Handwritten Lyrics Collection
   
      Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix:
"Like A Rolling Stone"
    Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones:
"Street Fighting Man"
   
Neil Young
Neil Young:
"Keep On Rockin'
In The Free World"
     
  Prince
Prince:
"Purple Rain"
(Superbowl 2007)
 
  Bruce Springsteen Lyrics
Bruce Springsteen Lyrics
 
      Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
    Lou Reed
Lou Reed
   
Junior Burke
Junior Burke
       
      Tom Pacheco
Tom Pacheco
 

 

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