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Series 8: Sound recordings (continued)
Subseries 3: TV and radio broadcasts (continued)
"Blue Monday Blues," #6 (part 1 of 2), circa 1964-1966 (continued)
Time Content
Start Pete Welding (PW) makes an opening remark and advertises the Big John's club in Old Town Chicago where featured bands perform live on the stage. PW: The modern style of blues was developed in a small Chicago club in the year following World War II. But to understand the genesis of the style, one must go back to 1941. McKinley Morganfield [Leadbelly] was recorded on Stovall plantation near Rolling Fork, Mississippi, by a mobile recording team from the Library of Congress, led by Alan Lomax.
00:03:33 "Country Blues" by McKinley Morganfield [Leadbelly]
00:06:55 PW: "Country Blues" is country style performance of old Mississippi Delta style, and was patented on an album called The Walking Blues, recorded by a Delta bluesman, Robert Johnson, a gifted poet and musician of blues.
00:07:55 "Country Blues" by Robert Johnson
00:10:25 PW compares the modern urban style of blues and the original southern style.
00:12:52 "I Can't Be Satisfied" by Muddy Waters.
00:15:35 PW talks about a new form begins to emerge, in which the 2nd guitar line of Little Walter Jacobs was added to Muddy's lead guitar and Big Crawford's bass.
00:16:36 "Honey Bee" by Muddy Waters.
00:19:56 PW discusses Sonny Boy Williamson's influence on Little Walter for his harmonica solo voice style.
00:21:40 "Louisiana Blues," harmonica by Little Walter, lead guitar by Muddy Waters, and bass by Big Crawford
00:24:30 PW presents an example that represents the sound of the modern blues. In the band numbers, the roles of the instruments - guitar, second guitar, harmonica, piano, bass and drums, have been simplified individually so the totality of produced would be strong and brilliant as a whole. The electronic sound of the instruments further demands its simplification.
00:25:28 "I Just Want To Make Love To You" by Muddy Waters
00:28:16 PW makes a closing remark for the program.
00:29:46 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR502 "Blue Monday Blues," #7 (part 1 of 2), circa 1965
Rack number: RXH 4742
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:28:35) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distored at times and has significant hum.
Logger's note: This show features discussion of the development of the blues style in Chicago.
Time Content
Start Pete Welding (PW) makes an opening remark and advertises the Big John's club in Old Town Chicago where featured bands perform live on the stage. PW: Today's program will focus on Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II), an influential post-war artist. Here is one of his early influential songs, "Nine Below Zero," recorded in 1950.
00:02:50 "Nine Below Zero" by Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II)
00:05:35 PW: Considerable confusion exists about Rice Miller. He claimed to be the original "Sonny Boy Williamson." This is to distinguish him from the performer John Lee Williamson, who recorded extensively in the late 30s and 40s as Sonny Boy Williamson. Here is a moody and introspective performance recorded in Rice Miller's early years.
00:07:52 "Mighty Long Time" by Rice Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II), guitar and harmonica
00:10:42 PW mentions that Sonny Boy Williamson II is such a unique performer and quotes a description of style written by a British Blues critic Paul Oliver.
00:12:54 "Eyesight to the Blind" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
00:15:55 PW talks about Sonny Boy Williamson II's excellent ability as a blues poet.
00:16:26 "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
00:18:55 PW introduce another Sonny Boy Williamson II's song notable for the lyric content.
00:19:10 "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" - Sonny Boy Williamson II
00:21:20 PW: This next piece has a good rocking background. It is very much in the modern style of instrumental work developed in the Chicago area in the post-war years.
00:21:40 "Checkin' Up On My Baby" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
00:23:35 PW introduces one of his most sensitive performances.
00:23:47 "Sad To Be Alone" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
00:26:40 PW makes a closing remark for the program.
00:28:35 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR503 "Blue Monday Blues," #8 (part 1 of 2), undated
Rack number: RXH 5365
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:29:41) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distored at times and has significant hum.
Logger's note: This show features discussion of the development of the blues style in Chicago.
Time Content
Start Pete Welding (PW) makes an opening remark and advertises the Big John's club in Old Town Chicago where featured bands perform live on the stage. PW: This evening we will focus on the recorded music of Elmore James and his cousin Homesick James Williamson.
00:03:56 "Dust My Broom" by Elmore James; Sonny Boy Williamson II on harmonica.
00:06:42 PW: In "Sunnyland," Elmore James's electric guitar is more of a Chicago style, a more modern approach. The riff pattern and very heavy, explicit rhythm are much more in keeping with the Chicago modern styles of blues that became quite prevalent in the middle 50s.
00:08:04 "Sunnyland" by Elmore James
00:11:20 PW: In "Blues Before Sunrise," the guitar accompaniment pattern on this number is almost exclusively on Robert Johnson.
00:12:04 "Blues Before Sunrise" by Elmore James
00:14:45 PW: Now another number by Elmore James, in the more modern style of the Chicago blues. The guitar playing is much more in line with the jazz approaches.
00:15:20 "I Was A Fool" by Elmore James
00:18:05 PW: Tonight's final selection is Elmore's remake of Robert Johnson's "Standing At The Crossroads." Several horns have been added to the rhythm section. The band picks up the phrases following Elmore's guitar, echoing in a call and response pattern. This format becomes the trademarks of Elmore's blues in the 50s.
00:18:58 "Standing At The Crossroads"
00:21:45 PW: Let's hear Robert Johnson's original "Crossroad Blues" recorded in November 1936. We will see how much Elmore got from it, and how much he parted from it.
00:22:07 "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson
00:24:35 PW: Homesick James Williamson was also a man who was influenced by Robert Johnson and his powerful music. We hear a recording titled "Homesick" made by Homesick James in 1952.
00:25:42 "Homesick" by Homesick James Williamson
00:28:28 PW makes a closing remark for the program.
00:29:41 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR504 "Blue Monday Blues," #9 (1 of 2), undated
Rack number: RXH 5366
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:33:23) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distored at times and has significant hum.
Logger's note: This show features discussion of the development of the blues style in Chicago.
Time Content
Start Pete Welding (PW) makes an opening remark and advertises the Big John's club in Old Town Chicago where featured bands perform live on the stage. Tonight's program continues the discussion of the modern blues style with selections by Chester Arthur Burnett, better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf. This selection, "Crying At Daylight," is notable as much for his powerful singing as it is for his interesting harmonica playing.
00:04:20 "Crying At Daylight" by Howlin' Wolf
00:08:10 PW: This next number is influenced more by jazz guitar. It is much more in line with the kind of blues that were being recorded during the mid-40s and right after the war years.
00:08:44 "Worried About My Baby"
00:11:40 PW: In early 1950 Howlin' Wolf left Memphis and moved to Chicago. Here is a segment of his recording before the move.
00:12:24 "House Rockin' Boogie" by Howlin' Wolf, with comments by Howlin' Wolf
00:14:26 PW: Before moving to Chicago in 1952, Howlin' Wolf recorded a few numbers in Memphis. Here is one example.
00:14:48 "Moanin' at Midnight" by Howlin' Wolf
00:17:40 PW: Wolf continues to record a number of traditional tunes, one of most interesting is "Forty Four," recorded after he moved to Chicago.
00:18:58 "Forty Four" by Howlin' Wolf
00:21:45 PW: Howlin' Wolf's singing of "Forty Four" was very similar to Charley Patton, the great Delta Mississippi blues man. The phrasing is remarkably alike. The next number is recorded in Howlin' Wolf's Chicago era.
00:22:17 "Evil (Is Going On)" by Howlin' Wolf
00:25:08 PW: Now we hear another example of Howlin' Wolf's use of traditional Mississippi materials and modern blues context. "Spoonful" was originally recorded by Charley Patton.
00:25:22 "Spoonful" by Howlin' Wolf
00:28:07 PW: "Spoonful" by Howlin' Wolf was recorded in 1960. Since that time Wolf's music has gone to a decline as he is concentrated on the performance of rather cheap material that have been manufactured for him by professional blues writers. However Howlin' Wolf was still one of the most powerful and strongest of all Chicago blues man.
00:29:02 "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy" by Howlin' Wolf
00:32:05 PW makes a closing remark for the program.
00:33:23 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR505 "Blue Monday Blues," #10 (part 1 of 2), undated
Rack number: RXH 5367
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:29:26) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distored at times and has significant hum.
Logger's note: This show features discussion of the development of the blues style in Chicago.
Time Content
Start Pete Welding (PW) makes an opening remark and advertises the Big John's club in Old Town Chicago where featured bands perform live on the stage. Tonight's program will be about a few numbers about 78's music from PW's collection. Junior Wells achieved a great deal of success, commercially and artistically, after leaving the Muddy Water's band.
00:02:21 "'Bout The Break Of Day" by Junior Wells
00:04:55 PW: We will hear artists who achieved great fame before the pre-war years, but who happened to record after World War II. Their style changed in order to accommodate the prevalent Chicago sound. The first selection is music by Walter Davis, who is an expressive singer and pianist.
00:06:35 "So Long Baby" by Walter Davis
00:09:10 PW: Another artist who tried to make the switch from the pre-war style to the modern post-war style was Big Bill Broonzy. He was a prolific recording artist, and was identified as the "Chicago sound" before World War II.
00:09:50 "Southbound Train" by Big Bill Broonzy
00:12:45 PW: Now, another artist who scored success in the pre-war years, Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red), a very fine singer and guitarist. He also recorded a few successful numbers in the post-war years.
00:13:40 "But I Forgive You" by Tampa Red, with vocalist and pianist Johnny Jones
00:16:30 PW: The final pre-war artist we hear with post-war transformation is Roosevelt Sykes from Louisiana. He is artistically the most successful of the four artists we hear this evening.
00:17:10 "Walking the Boogie" by Roosevelt Sykes
00:19:35 PW: Now we will hear one of the best zydeco players, Clifton Chenier, a singer and accordionist. Zydeco is a combination of French music and Negro blues, and it's associated with the Gulf coast region around Louisiana and Texas.
00:20:20 "Where Can My Baby Be" by Clifton Chenier
00:23:00 "The Big Wheel" by Clifton Chenier
00:25:45 PW: Andrew "Smokey" Hogg is one of the finest of the Texas bluesman.
00:26:05 "Gone Gone Gone" by Andrew "Smokey" Hogg
00:28:25 PW makes a closing remark for the program.
00:29:26 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR068 "Blue Monday Blues" (unnumbered), circa 1966-1967
Rack number: RXH 3207
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (00:17:50) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 79.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR545 "Health and Happiness Show" - Hank Williams, October 1949
Rack number: RXH 5407
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:37:00, Side 2: 01:03:44) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
The tape box spine reads: "Hank Williams on Radio Transcription"
Archivist's note: These recordings may have been dubbed from the 1993 CD release, rather than the original transcription discs. See https://www.discogs.com/release/1911825-Hank-Williams-Health-Happiness-Shows for more details.
Vendor's digitization note: There is significant hum on the tape, and the programs are distorted at times.
Side 1
Time Content
Start Opening song of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts.
00:01:30 "You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)" (song)
00:04:36 "(There's a) Bluebird on Your Window Sill" (song)
00:06:55 "A Tramp On The Street" (song)
00:11:46 An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening song.
00:12:58 "A Mansion on the Hill"(song)
00:16:15 "There'll Be No Tear Drops Tonight"(song)
00:19:55 "The Prodigal Son"(song)
00:23:25 Closing music of the show.
00:24:26 An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening song.
00:25:35 "Pan American" (song)
00:28:55 "Lovesick Blues" (song)
00:33:22 "I Saw the Light" (song)
00:36:12 Closing music of the show.
00:37:00 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start Opening song of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts.
00:01:05 "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" (song)
00:04:35 "I'm Telling You" (song)
00:06:50 "When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels" (song)
01:11:03 Closing of the show.
00:12:38 An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening song.
00:13:45 "Lost Highway" (song)
00:17:25 "I Want to Live and Love" (song)
00:20:08 An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening song.
00:20:50 "I'll Have a New Body (I'll Have a New Life)" (song)
00:23:38 "Fingers on Fire" (song)
00:24:23 Closing music of the show.
00:25:05 An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening song.
00:26:26 "I Can't Get You Off My Mind" (song)
00:28:23 "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (song)
00:32:04 "Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine" (song)
00:36:10 Hank Williams introduces the band musicians.
00:37:46 An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening song.
00:38:46 "Mind Your Own Business" (song)
00:42:13 "Wedding Bells" (song)
00:46:55 "I've Just Told Mama Goodbye" (song)
00:49:15 Ending remark.
00:50:23 An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening song."
00:51:40 "Wedding Bells" (song)
00:55:50 "Lovesick Blues" (song)
00:59:52 "Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies" (song)
01:02:20 Ending remark.
01:03:44 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR802 Humorous radio broadcast recordings, undated
Rack number: RXJ 7392
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:12:15) : analog ; 7 in.
Contents include a gag radio broadcast, with someone imitating Lionel Barrymore tells a story about a bear (circa 1953-1954). Frank Goss is the announcer. Other comedy sketches are included on the tape.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR239 "Preachin' The Blues" - radio show on KPFK-FM, Los Angeles; hosted by Frank Scott - Johnny Shines, guest, January 5, 1974
Rack number: RXH 4121
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:52:24) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: The interview was featured on Frank Scott's show, "Preachin' the Blues," broadcast on KPFK radio. The tape box indicates this is interview #3, but this is probably Shines interview number 3 in this collection. The interview is interspersed with songs sung by Johnny Shines, accompanying himself on guitar.
Time Content
Start recording begins with laughter; discussion about blues and church songs; his family history and a story about Ann Roman [sp?]
00:03:23 "I Don't Know"
00:07:29 how Shines came to Chicago: his life in Arkansas, his work as a farm hand, performing as a musician on weekends, Howlin' Wolf, trying to live and work in St. Louis, plans to go to Chicago and get a job and what he'd do if he didn't get a job, desire to visit Africa, being told that people in Africa have his Vanguard record and want him to visit, his strong feelings about going to Africa, speaks about slide guitar playing
00:12:54 "The Blues Came Falling Down"
00:16:38 the interview continues: discussion of Shines's slide guitar style, credits his return to the music business to Frank Scott and Mike Rowe, Shines pawned his guitar and equipment and sore off playing guitar again, Scott and Rowe renting a guitar for him; Scott and Shines discuss photos Scott shows to him, reasons he gave up playing guitar, playing jazz instead of blues, taking care of his children and grandchildren, the need to have a living income, dealings with record companies, dealings with Al Benson, trouble with the union (playing for under scale), losing his union card, issues resolved, leaving Chicago to live in Alabama
00:27:45 "Nobody's Fault But My Own"
00:31:38 the interview continues: how Shines changes traditional songs and keeps his interest in the music, playing gigs in the Los Angeles area, mention of Big Mama Thornton and T-Bone Walker, forthcoming albums by Shines, playing solo vs. with a band, songs he learned from Robert Johnson, Johnson's personality, when other people play Johnson's songs
00:39:59 "Kind Hearted Woman" (a song by Robert Johnson)
00:44:09 where Shines will play next (locations and events), taking his family around the U.S. and Canada to see other places
00:48:15 "Ramblin' Blues"
00:51:32 Scott thanks Shines for taking the time to do the interview, plugs the gig Shines had currently with Albert Collins at The Ash Grove.
00:52:24 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR776 "Preachin' The Blues" - radio show on KPFK-FM, Los Angeles; hosted by Frank Scott - Johnny Turner, guest, February 16, 1976
Rack number: RAA 59314
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:28:20) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 10 in.
Collector's original ID number: 19.
Archivist's note: Johnny Turner is better known as John "Honeyboy" Turner. On the radio show, Scott interviewed Turner, who played guitar and sang live, backed by Zaven Jambazian on harmonica.
Vendor's digitization note: The source program has distortion and hiss. The beginning of the program is cut off.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR693 "Songs by Sinatra," circa 1942-1947
Rack number: RXH 5570
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Track 1: 01:31:26, Track 2: 01:25:13, Track 3: 01:30:10, Track 4: 01:32:29) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Episodes from Sinatra's radio program, "Songs by Sinatra."
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times, and there is crosstalk from the tape.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR695 "Timex All-Star Jazz Show" [?], Reel 2339, circa 1957-1959
Rack number: RXH 5572
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Channel 1: 01:16:21, Channel 2: 01:32:46, Channel 3: 01:25:27, Channel 4: 01:33:52) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: For Channel 2, there is a gap in the program (from the source tape) from 01:16:43 - 01:23:13, and the program is distorted at times. For Channel 3, there is a gap in the program (from the source tape) from 01:13:39 - 01:19:12. For Channel 4, there is a speed fluctuation at the start of the program (from the source tape), and crosstalk on the tape.
Subseries 4: Compilations of dubbed commercial recordings
These recordings are organized by music style, record label, or related categories.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR788 Dubs for "All Out and Down," undated
Rack number: RAA 59326
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog (00:28:05) ; analog, 15 ips, half-track, stereo, 10 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The recording begins with a test tone. The program has distortion and hiss.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR561 Blues Is Killing Me (Juke Joint 1501), 1978
Rack number: RXH 5422
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Dub recording.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR155 Standing Ovation - Count Basie Orchestra (Dot 25938); That Latin Beat: Antobal's Latin All-Stars Conducted by Chico O'Farrill (Dot 25445) (tape side 1); Goin' Places - Margaret Whiting (Dot 25072); Dori Howard Sings, with the Eddie Costa Quartet and Don Elliott Quintet (Dot 3230) (tape side 2), 1959-1969
Rack number: RXH 4038
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; Side 1: 01:02:45, Side 2: 01:04:05) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.
Dubs from commercial recordings.
Side 1
Time Content
Start Instrumental piece by the Count Basie Orchestra (CBO): "Down for Double"
00:03:12 The next instrumental piece, titled "Li'l Darlin'"
00:08:02 The start of the next instrumental selection by CBO called "Broadway"
00:11:39 CBO play "Jive at Five"
00:15:32 CBO play "Cherry Point"
00:20:34 Jumpin' at the Woodside" - CBO
00:24:07 The beginning of the next instrumental selection titled "One O'clock Jump"
00:25:28 The next selection called "Shiny Stockings"
00:30:35 CBO perform their next piece "Blue and Sentimental"
00:35:06 CBO perform "Every Tub"
00:38:05 The start of the next instrumental selection called "Corner Pocket"
00:44:03 The next instrumental piece titled "The Kid from Red Bank"
00:46:36 The next selection by CBO titled "One O'clock Jump"
00:48:22 Chico O'Farrill (CF) conducting Antobal's Latin All-Stars. The first piece they perform is "Una Aventura Mas"
00:50:39 The beginning of the next instrumental piece called "Astronaut Special"
00:53:21 "Voodoo Moon" by CF
00:56:05 "Playtime in Brazil" by CF
00:58:24 A performance of "Pachanga Universal" (Eugenio Fondeur)
01:00:36 The next piece with voice and accompaniment titled "Fiesta en El Solar
01:00:34 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start Begins with Margaret Whiting singing a rendition of "The Gypsy in My Soul" (J. Mandel)
00:02:29 Voice and accompaniment of "Sentimental Journey" (Mandel)
00:05:33 The selection "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (Frank Comstock)
00:08:18 The start of the song titled "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Skip Martin)
00:10:43 Introduction to the song "Gone With the Wind" (Pete King)
00:12:42 The start of "Runnin' Wild" (Pete Rugolo)
00:14:27 The selection "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Rugolo)
00:16:37 Introduction to the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Marty Paich)
00:19:47 The start of "Hit the Road to Dreamland" (Comstock)
00:22:20 The selection "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" (King)
00:25:02 The introduction to "Song of the Wanderer" (Martin)
00:27:29 The selection "Home (When Shadows Fall)" (Paich)
00:30:08 The song titled "The Moon Was Yellow" with Dori Howard singing the remainder of the pieces. She is joined by Eddie Costa and the Don Elliott Quintets
00:32:36 The start of "My One and Only Love"
00:35:18 Introduction to the next song, "Here I am in Love Again"
00:38:29 The song titled "I Get a Kick out of You"
00:41:08 Introduction to the next song titled "Lonely Love"
00:43:48 The selection "Mean to Me"
00:46:01 The start of the song "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
00:48:41 The song titled "Duke's Place"
00:51:18 Introduction to "You're Not Alone"
00:54:26 Introduction to the next song titled "Monday"
00:56:26 The next selection called "Stop, Look and Run"
01:00:16 The song titled, "Mood Indigo"
01:03:52 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR412 Blues 78s, #11; Peggy Seeger, undated
Rack number: RXH 4652
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:00:32) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in.
Logger's note: Dubs of commercial recordings by various singers, including Peggy Seeger, Furry Lewis, Memphis Minnie, and others.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.
Time Content
Start "Cumberland Gap" by Peggy Seeger
00:02:04 "The Lady of Carlisle" by Peggy Seeger
00:06:16 "The Deer Song" by Peggy Seeger
00:09:08 "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens" by Peggy Seeger
00:12:12 "I Never Will Marry" by Peggy Seeger
00:14:53 "Devilish Mary" by Peggy Seeger
00:16:55 "The Fair Maid Freed By the Shore" by Peggy Seeger
00:19:21 "Soldier's Joy" by Peggy Seeger
00:20:19 "Shady Grove" by Peggy Seeger
00:21:37 "Georgia Buck" by Peggy Seeger
00:22:37 "The Wife of Usher's Well" by Peggy Seeger
00:27:13 "Saturday Blues" by Ishman Bracey
00:30:46 "Left Alone Blues" by Ishman Bracey
00:34:28 "Kassie Jones" (part 1), by Furry Lewis
00:37:37 "Kassie Jones" (part 2), by Furry Lewis
00:40:47 "Honey" by Bo Carter
00:43:38 "What You Want Your Daddy to Do" by Bo Carter
00:46:45 "I'm talking About You" by Memphis Minnie (very poor sound quality)
00:49:22 "Me And My Chauffeur Blues" by Memphis Minnie
00:52:09 "Can't Afford To Lose My Man" by Memphis Minnie
00:54:42 "Please Set A Date" by Memphis Minnie
00:57:30 "True Love" by Memphis Minnie
01:00:32 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR410 Blues 78s, #12, undated
Rack number: RXH 4650
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:04:01) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Logger's note: Dubs of commercial recordings by various singers.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.
Time Content
Start "Mama's Advice" by Peetie Wheatstraw (poor sound quality)
00:03:26 "Police Station Blues" by Peetie Wheatstraw (poor sound quality)
00:06:40 "Midnight Blues" by Peetie Wheatstraw (poor sound quality)
00:10:08 "Johnnie Blues" by Peetie Wheatstraw (poor sound quality)
00:13:00 "Deep Sea Diver" by Leroy Henderson (poor sound quality)
00:15:53 "Low Mellow Man Blues" by Leroy Henderson (poor sound quality)
00:18:53 "F.D.R. Blues" by Champion Jack Dupree (poor sound quality)
00:21:35 "God Bless Our New President" by Champion Jack Dupree (poor sound quality)
00:24:22 "South Bound Water" by Lonnie Johnson (poor sound quality)
00:27:08 "Back Water Blues" by Lonnie Johnson (poor sound quality)
00:30:44 "Bo Weevil Blues" by Madame "Ma" Rainey; accompanied by Lovie Austin
00:33:36 "Cotton Crop Blues" by James Cotton
00:36:40 "Charity Blues" by Gene Gilmore (poor sound quality)
00:39:19 "Brome Street Blues" by Skoodle Dum Doo and Sheffield (poor sound quality)
00:42:16 "West Kinney Street Blues" by Skoodle Dum Doo and Sheffield (poor sound quality)
00:45:01 "Pretty Man Blues" by Luella Miller (poor sound quality)
00:47:40 "Dago Hill Blues" by Luella Miller (poor sound quality)
00:50:40 "Love Me Or Let me Be" by James (Beale Street) Clark.
00:53:32 "Get Ready To Meet Your Man" by James (Beale Street) Clark
00:56:12 "Dew Drop Alley Stomp" by Sugar Underwood
00:59:34 "Davis Street Blues" by Sugar Underwood
01:02:43 "Pig Meat Blues" by Ardell Bragg (poor sound quality; the song ends abruptly)
01:04:01 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR411 Blues 78s, #13, undated
Rack number: RXH 4651
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:50:41) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Logger's note: Dubs of commercial recordings by various singers.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.
Time Content
Start "She's Gone Blues" by Barbecue Bob
00:03:32 "Bad Time Blues" by Barbecue Bob
00:06:48 "Crooked Woman Blues" by Barbecue Bob
00:09:49 "'Fo Day Creep" by Barbecue Bob
00:13:06 "Thinkin' Funny Blues" by Barbecue Bob
00:16:29 "Motherless Chile Blues" by Barbecue Bob
00:19:50 "My Mistake Blues" by Barbecue Bob
00:22:11 "How Long Pretty Mama" by Barbecue Bob
00:26:40 "Barrel House Blues" by Ed Andrews
00:29:50 "Time [sic] Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay" by Ed Andrews
00:32:56 "Shake It Up And Go" by Tommy McClennan
00:35:56 "I Love My Baby" by Tommy McClennan
00:39:03 "Stack Of Dollars" by Joe Williams
00:41:51 "Mellow Apples" by Joe Williams
00:44:42 "The O. P. A. Blues" by Dossie (Georgia Boy) Terry
00:47:59 "Furlough Blues" by Dossie (Georgia Boy) Terry
00:50:41 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR392 Blues 78s dubs (Kansas Joe - Memphis Minnie), undated
Rack number: RXH 4633
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:11) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, stereo ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR393 Blues 78s dubs, 120 (Georgia Bill - Clarence Green), undated
Rack number: RXH 4634
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:41) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, stereo ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR397 Mercury blues dubs, 1949 , 1952
Rack number: RXH 4638
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:28:16) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.
Time Content
Start "Sittin' Here Wonderin'" - Luther Stoneham (Mercury 8275; 1949)
00:03:43 "January 11, 1949 Blues" - Luther Stoneham (Mercury 8275; 1949)
00:06:21 "Hey Hey" - Big Bill Broonzy (Mercury 8271; 1952)
00:09:17 "Walkin' The Lonesome Road" - Big Bill Broonzy (Mercury 8271; 1952)
00:12:37 "Hit The Road Again" - Sunnyland Slim (Mercury 8264; 1952)
00:15:51 "Gin Drinkin' Baby" - Sunnyland Slim (Mercury 8264; 1952)
00:18:51 "Gone With The Wind" - Lightnin' Hopkins (Mercury 8293; 1952)
00:21:30 "She's Almost Dead" - Lightnin' Hopkins (Mercury 8293; 1952)
00:25:08 "Sad News From Korea" - Lightnin' Hopkins (Mercury 8274; 1952)
00:28:16 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR383 Blues dubs (no titles), undated
Rack number: RXH 4624
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 01:35:56, Side 2: 01:36:14) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "Gypsy Woman" - Muddy Waters
00:02:31 "Little Anna Mae" - Muddy Waters
00:04:59 unidentified male singer ("I go get up in the morning, go find me some coo coo place to go/this old house have done got rocky and I can't live there no more/Everybody told me lives in your neighborhood") [possibly the same singer as on the next song]
00:07:34 "Do It If You Want To" - unidentified male singer [possibly the same as the preceding song]
00:09:56 "Decoration Day" - Sonny Boy Williamson
00:12:37 "Love Me, Baby" - Sonny Boy Williamson
00:15:47 "I'm In A Traveling Mood" - Andrew Tibbs and Dozier Boys
00:18:41 "The Holidays Are Overs" - Andrew Tibbs
00:21:42 "Bilbo Is Dead" - Andrew Tibbs, with Dave Young's Orchestra
00:24:30 "Union Man Blues" - Andrew Tibbs, with Dave Young's Orchestra
00:27:35 "Carolina Blues" [?] ("Now that [?] rain or shining [?] don't the clouds look awful gray/I believe the Carolina blues and trouble is gonna follow me to my grave"
00:30:22 "First Time I Met the Blues" - unidentified male singer, with piano
00:33:06 "Say Pretty Mama (I'm Goin' to Kansas City)" - Sloke and Ike [Charlie Slocum and Ikey Robinson]
00:35:41 "Slocum Blues" - Sloke and Ike [Charlie Slocum and Ikey Robinson]
00:38:29 "Back Water Blues" - Ruby Smith
00:41:14 "He's Mine, All Mine" - Ruby Smith
00:43:50 "Harlem Gin Blues" - Ruby Smith
00:46:42 "Why Don't You Love Me Anymore" - Ruby Smith
00:49:19 Lyrics: "Where was you last night daddy when I knocked upon your door/... there was a pallet on your floor"
00:52:04 Lyrics: "I took you in baby when you didn't have a cent/well, you wouldn't buy no groceries, didn't have to pay no rent"
00:54:51 Lyrics: "winds are breakin' my heart/And I'm frantic because I'm in the dark/I know I love you because the rain wrote in on my window babe"
00:57:15 "Rocks in My Bed" - unidentified male singer
00:59:47 "Rocks in My Bed" [snippet only]
00:59:54 "My First Love Blues" - Tampa Red
01:02:44 "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" - Tampa Red
01:05:18 Lyrics: "I fool around with you [?] clothes are gone [?]/ain't nothing in the drug store [?] help you none"
01:08:01 snippet of the preceding song
01:08:18 Lyrics: "My telephone is out of order, and my doorbell refuse to ring"
01:11:02 "Streamline Train" - Cripple Clarence Lofton
01:13:41 "Crying Mother Blues" - Cripple Clarence Lofton with Red Nelson
01:16:13 Lyrics: "From Detroit to the river...to the break of day/if I don't see the woman I love somebody's gonna have to bury me/you can catch a Detroit special, you can ride most anywhere"
01:19:07 Lyrics: "I am sitting here thinking all day long [?]/my best friend has gone and won't be back no more/nights and days I pray that I'll find her in this world somewhere/I have looked the whole world over, the Lord must not have heard my prayer"
01:21:53 Lyrics: "Early in the morning, 'bout the break of day/I done moved out of the apartment where my baby used to stay"
01:24:33 Lyrics: "My mother she dead and my father too/and I don't know what in this whole wide world to do/I gonna lay my head on some Southern railroad iron"
01:27:10 Lyrics: "Baby please don't go/back to New Orleans, you know I love you so/turn your lamp down low"
01:29:51 "Break 'Em On Down" - unidentified male singer, with guitar and harmonica
01:32:50 Lyrics: "...since my good man has gone" [poor source recording condition]
01:35:36 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start "This Is Your Last Chance" - Memphis Minnie
00:02:57 "Pig Meat on the Line" - Memphis Minnie
00:05:25 "Goin' Down Slow" - unidentified male singer
00:08:15 Lyrics: "Murder, murder in the first degree/[police] this woman is killing me/it ain't the way she wears her lipstick or the powder on her face, just the knowledge of the weakness in the whole human race"
00:10:54 Lyrics: "I ain't going down there [?] myself/why don't hear you talking pretty mama/I don't care you're gone, go on get somebody else/no sun gonna shine in my back door someday"
00:14:09 Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Jones
00:17:37 Lyrics: "Now that I wake up she taken sick/before she dies lord lord before she dies/but I'm so glad poor girl had [?]/before she dies, lord knows before she dies"
00:20:04 Lyrics: "I say hey short man, quit knocking on my door, 'cause I'm four months behind and you ought to know I'm ain't gonna join that on [?] no more/well the last time I fed you I give you a $5 bill and the next time I fed you, you were running [?]"
00:22:38 Lyrics: "Hey what do you want your man to do/I rob and steal and make every [?] too/for my breakfast, give me half a cup of tea/[?] I ain't gonna work for you no more"
00:25:37 Lyrics: "I woke up this morning [?] took a [?] around my baby's bed/I got her face to the wall [?] not a word she said"
00:28:27 Lyrics: "My baby just mistreat me night and day/she mistreat the poor man just to pass the doggone time away/and baby what have I done was wrong/mistreat me baby and drove me away from my home"
00:31:21 Lyrics: "I said never mind, never mind baby, I got my doggone eyes on you/[?] pretty baby, do like I want you to do/when I was sick and down you drove me from your door/you know I was a poor man, sleeping out in the ice and snow"
00:34:20 "Drifting Heart" - Chuck Berry
00:37:03 "Roll Over Beethoven" - Chuck Berry
00:39:20 "Step It Up and Go" - Blind Boy Fuller
00:42:09 "Little Woman You're So Sweet" - Blind Boy Fuller
00:44:46 Lyrics: "Mama here come your root man, open the door and let him in/it is just about time you're using your good root again/your skin is getting bumpy and your skin looks over bad"
00:47:49 "Blue Sky Is My Blanket" - unidentified performer
00:50:43 unidentified female singer ("...Let's get drunk and suck/I know your other man is out of town, my other woman she's not around/now is the time to break 'em down") [same performer as the next song]
00:53:42 unidentified female singer ("I can't satisfy you no matter how I try to/maybe it's someone else you care for/you say you'd give the world for someone to care and live for, baby someone else to care/I try to pacify you in every way I know but I think you're happy you're raising hell for more") [same performer as the preceding song]
00:57:02 Lyrics: "I've been around the world, I've covered a lot of space/haven't found no one yet that can ever take your place/that ain't it, baby I need your love/now [?] who you thinking of"
00:59:02 Lyrics: "I'm walking by myself, I hope you understand I just want to be your loving man/love you, yes I love you with all my heart and soul/wouldn't mistreat you for my weight in gold/you know I love you, you know it's true/give you all of my loving/what more can I do"
01:01:44 Lyrics: "I was early one morning mama, I was on my way to [?]/just when I got to know you, [?] break my mama's rules"
01:04:47 unidentified male singer [inaudible; fast beat]
01:07:59 "Happy Home Blues" - Mississippi Matilda
01:10:38 "Hardworking Woman Blues" - Mississippi Matilda
01:13:26 "Mr. Pawn Broker" - B. B. King [?]
01:15:54 Lyrics: "You're the cutest thing in my life that I've ever witnessed to/when the woman I love [?] out there too/I told her to take it easy baby"
01:18:30 Lyrics: "I know a gal, her name is Betty Hobbs [?]/make good money on all her jobs/just cutting them clothes/she never did hurry, she just kept on cutting them clothes/day in and day out, she didn't want for a thing, she didn't use nothing but an easy swing"
01:21:21 Lyrics: "Early one morning when the possum left his den/[?] my baby came creeping in/[record skips here] mama tell me what's the matter now"
01:24:20 [inaudible; too much static]
01:27:08 Lyrics: "I ain't nothing but a hobo, won't somebody help me carry my load/...I have been in the jungle three long nights and days"
01:30:17 Lyrics: "Ain't it a shame, ain't it a shame, low down dirty shame/my baby wrote for me [?] won't let me ride this train/goodbye old Memphis, goodbye to the state of Tennessee/I'm going home to my baby"
01:33:26 "Working Man (Doing the Best I Can)" - Peetie Wheatstraw
01:36:14 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR409 Blues dubs (Mercury), undated
Rack number: RXH 4649
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