Category Archives: Songs
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70 “Expressman Blues” by Sleepy John Estes
4March 19, 2013 by gadaya
“Expressman Blues”, recorded in Memphis, TN, on may 17, 1930 with Sleepy John Estes on guitar, Yank Rachell on vocal …
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69 “Rabbit Foot Blues” by Blind Lemon Jefferson
12January 18, 2013 by gadaya
There are three tracks from Blind Lemon Jefferson on the third volume of the Anthology and this is the first …
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68 “Le Vieux Soulard et sa Femme” by Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon
5December 19, 2012 by gadaya
Recorded in New York on August 27, 1928, “Le vieux soulard et sa femme” is another side by the great …
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67 “Single Girl, Married Girl” by The Carter Family
11November 19, 2012 by gadaya
The Carter Family recorded twice “Single Girl, Married Girl”, the first time at their very first recording session in 1927, …
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66 “Bob Lee Junior Blues” by The Memphis Jug Band
17October 19, 2012 by gadaya
On the 19 and 20th of October, 1927, in Atlanta, Georgia, The Memphis Jug Band recorded six sides for the …
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64-65 “The Mountaineer’s Courtship” and “The Spanish Merchant’s Daughter” by Mr & Mrs Ernest V. Stoneman
8June 20, 2012 by gadaya
Ernest Stoneman’s World Ernest and Hattie Stoneman: “The Mountaineer’s Courtship” (recorded on May 12, 1927) & “The Spanish Merchant’s Daughter” …
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63 “I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground” by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
9April 22, 2012 by gadaya
Another classic Anthology song, in probably its best interpretation. Bascom Lamar Lunsford recorded the song many times during his career …
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62 “Sugar Baby” by Dock Boggs
10March 15, 2012 by gadaya
Dock Boggs World Dock Boggs (vocal & 5-String banjo) with Hub Mahaffey on guitar “Sugar Baby ” & “Down South Blues” …
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61 “James Alley Blues” by Richard (Rabbit) Brown
12February 9, 2012 by gadaya
Recorded in New Orleans in 1927, Richard (Rabbit) Brown was a songster, a black folk singer and musician, often itinerant, …
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60 “I Woke Up One Morning In May“ by Didier Hébert
11January 10, 2012 by gadaya
Didier Hébert (misspelled Herbert on the recording and on the Anthology) was a blind guitarist from Louisiana who accompanied the …
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