ROOTS N’ BLUES
THE
RETROSPECTIVE 1925-1950
DISC ONE (1925-1928)
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Total tracks number: 25 |
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Artist |
Title |
Track |
Comment |
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Charlie Poole & North Carolina
Ramblers |
Whitehouse Blues |
01 |
NYC, NY, Sep 20, 1926 Charlie Poole, vocal & banjo, Posey Rorer, fiddle, Roy Harvey, guitar |
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Aiken County String Band |
High Sheriff |
02 |
Winston-Salem, NC, Sep 19, 1927 unidentified band members |
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Frank Hutchison |
The Last Scene Of The Titanic |
03 |
St. Louis, MO, Apr 29, 1927 Frank Hutchison, vocal & guitar |
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Hersal Thomas |
Suitcase Blues |
04 |
Chicago, IL, c. Feb 22, 1925 Hersal Thomas, piano |
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Rev. J.M. Gates |
Death's Black Train Is Coming |
05 |
Atlanta, GA, Apr 24, 1926 Rev. J.M. Gates, sermon, with unidentified female vocals |
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Dora Carr |
Cow-Cow Blues |
06 |
NYC, NY, Oct 1, 1925 Dora Carr, vocal, Cow-Cow Davenport,
piano |
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Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners |
Washington County Fox Chase |
07 |
Winston-Salem, NC, Sep 22, 1927 unidentified band members (prev. unissued) |
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Fiddlin' John Carson |
I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte |
08 |
Atlanta, GA, Aug 10, 1928 Fiddlin' John Carson, vocal &
fiddle, unidentified other band members (prev. unissued) |
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Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio |
Untitled |
09 |
NYC, NY, Jan 1, 1927 Ernest V. Stoneman, prob. guitar, unidentified other band members (prev. unissued) |
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Whistler & His Jug Band |
Low Down Blues |
10 |
St. Louis, MO, Apr 29, 1927 Whistler (Buford Threlkeld), nose
whistle, guitar & vocal, Jess Ferguson, fiddle, Willie Black,
mandolin, Rudolph Thompson, jug |
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Washington Phillips |
Paul & Silas In Jail |
11 |
Dallas, TX, Dec 2, 1927 Washington Phillips, vocal &
dolceola |
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Barbecue Bob |
Blind Pig Blues |
12 |
Atlanta, GA, Apr 13, 1928 Barbecue Bob, vocal & guitar |
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Austin & Lee Allen |
Chattanooga Blues |
13 |
Atlanta, GA, Nov 4, 1927 Austin Allen, vocal & tenor banjo, Lee Allen, kazoo & guitar |
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Sherman Tedder |
Untitled |
14 |
Memphis, TN, Feb 25, 1928 Sherman Tedder, guitar (prev. unissued) |
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Dallas String Band with Coley Jones |
Hokum Blues |
15 |
Dallas, TX, Dec 8, 1928 Coley Jones, vocal & mandolin, unidentified other band members |
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Gladys Bentley |
Worried Blues |
16 |
NYC, NY, Aug 8, 1928 Gladys Bentley, vocal, poss. piano |
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Elizabeth Johnson |
Empty Bed Blues Part 1 |
17 |
NYC, NY, Jun 26, 1928 Elizabeth Johnson, vocal, King Oliver, cornet, Clarence Williams,
piano |
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Elizabeth Johnson |
Empty Bed Blues Part 2 |
18 |
NYC, NY, Jun 26, 1928 Elizabeth Johnson, vocal, King Oliver, cornet, Clarence Williams,
piano |
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South Georgia Highballers |
Blue Grass Twist |
19 |
Atlanta, GA, Oct 5, 1927 Vander Everidge, guitar, unidentified other band members |
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Charlie Bowman & His Brothers |
Moonshiner & His Money |
20 |
NYC, NY, Feb 20, 1929 Charlie Bowman, speech & fiddle, Walter Bowman, banjo, Frank Wilson,
guitar & speech |
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Clarence Green |
Johnson City Blues |
21 |
Johnson City, TN, Oct 15, 1928 Clarence Green, vocal & guitar |
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Rev. Johnny Blakey & Sanctified
Singers |
Warming By The Devil's Fire |
22 |
Chicago, IL, Dec 6, 1928 Rev. Johnny Blakey, sermon, with Bessie Johnson, vocal, prob. Lonnie
McIntorsh, guitar & vocal, unidentified, tambourine |
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Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones |
(Honey) It's Tight Like That |
23 |
Chicago, IL, Dec 11, 1928 Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones,
vocals, with Georgia Tom Dorsey, piano, Tampa
Red, guitar |
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Mississippi John Hurt |
Big Leg Blues |
24 |
NYC, NY, Dec 21, 1928 Mississippi John Hurt, vocal &
guitar (prev. unissued) |
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Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers |
Hallelujah |
25 |
prob. Atlanta, GA, Oct 24, 1928 unidentified members (prev. unissued) |
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