Looking for a Home (album)

Looking for a Home is an album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 2001. It consists of songs written and/or performed by Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly. It was her 18th and final studio album.

Looking for a Home
Studio album by Odetta
Released	2001
Genre	Folk, blues
Length	66:12
Label	M.C.
Producer	Seth Farber, Mark Carpentieri
Odetta chronology
Absolutely the Best (2000) Looking for a Home (2001) The Tradition Masters (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs by Huddie Ledbetter, also known as Leadbelly, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Goodnight, Irene" (Leadbelly, Alan Lomax) – 4:59
2. "You Don't Know My Mind" – 4:32
3. "Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)" – 3:47
4. "When I Was a Cowboy" – 3:12
5. "In the Pines" – 4:04
6. "How Long" – 4:30
7. "Bourgeois Blues" – 4:33
8. "Alabama Bound/Boll Weevil" (Leadbelly, Traditional) – 7:21
9. "Roberta" (Ledbetter, Lomax) – 5:36
10. "New Orleans" – 4:43
11. "Jim Crow Blues" – 3:18
12. "Rock Island Line" – 3:02
13. "Julie Anne Johnson/Whoa Black Buck" (Ledbetter, Traditional) – 2:48
14. "Easy Rider" – 5:11
15. "Midnight Special" – 4:36

Personnel

• Odetta Felious Holmes – vocals
• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown – violin
• Henry Butler – piano
• Richard Crooks – drums
• Seth Farber – piano, organ
• Freddy Koella – mandolin, violin
• Mike Merritt – bass
• Shawn Pelton – drums
• Jim Saporito – percussion
• Jimmy Vivino – banjo, guitar
• Kim Wilson – harmonica