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Title Violin, sing the blues for me : African-American fiddlers, 1926-1949.

Publication Info. Raleigh, NC : Old Hat Enterprises, [1926]
℗1999

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  CD BLUES VIOLIN    Check Shelf
Description 1 audio disc : digital, monophonic ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Compact disc.
Program notes, complete list of personnel, and discography ([32] p. : ports., facsims.) in container.
Contents Violin blues (Johnson Boys) (3:17) -- K.C. Railroad blues (Andrew & Jim Baxter) (3:28) -- Beaver slide rag ('Peg Leg' Howell & His Gang) (3:18) -- Alma waltz (Mississippi Mud Steppers) (2:52) -- Window pane blues (Tommie Bradley) (3:14) -- Travelin' railroad man (Alabama Sheiks) (2:58) -- Pig meat blues (Whistler & His Jug Band) (3:07) -- Right now blues (Frank Stokes) (3:04) -- East Jackson blues (Bo Chatman) (2:56) -- Memphis blues (Mobile Strugglers) (2:50) -- Vine Street drag (Tennessee Chocolate Drops) (2:48) -- Broken bed blues (Kansas Cty Blues Strummers) (2:31) -- Lonesome blues (Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony) (2:51) -- Memphis shakedown (Memphis Jug Band) (3:02) -- Adam and Eve (Tommie Bradley) (2:58) -- Tell me man blues (Henry Sims) (3:16) -- Blue coat blues ('Blue Coat' Tom Nelson) (3:02) -- Salty dog (Booker Orchestra) (2:39) -- Baby, please don't go (Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers) (3:22) -- Stop & listen blues no. 2 (Mississippi Sheiks) (3:16) -- Stealin' blues (Cow Cow Davenport) (2:29) -- The Moore girl (Andrew & Jim Baxter) (2:58) -- Highway no. 61 blues (Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band) (2:46) -- Ted's stomp (Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan) Bogan.
Performer Various performers.
Event Recorded between July 27, 1926, and July 26, 1949; previously released as 78-rpm recordings.
Note GMD: sound recording.
Subject Blues (Music) -- 1921-1930.
Blues (Music) -- 1931-1940.
Blues (Music) -- 1941-1950.
African Americans -- Music.
Fiddlers -- United States.
Added Author Baxter, Andrew. Instrumentalist.
Baxter, Jim (Musician) Instrumentalist. voc
Howell, Peg Leg, 1888-1966. Instrumentalist.
Bradley, Tommie. Instrumentalist. voc
Stokes, Frank. Instrumentalist. voc
Carter, Bo, 1893-1964. Instrumentalist. voc
Williams, Henry (Guitarist) Instrumentalist. voc
Anthony, Eddie, -1934. Instrumentalist. Narrator.
Sims, Henry, 1890-1958. Instrumentalist. voc
Nelson, Blue Coat Tom. Instrumentalist. voc
Williams, Big Joe, 1903-1982. Instrumentalist. voc
Davenport, Charlie, 1895-1955. Instrumentalist.
Kelly, Jack. Instrumentalist. voc
Armstrong, Howard, 1909-2003. Instrumentalist.
Bogan, Ted, 1910-1990. Instrumentalist.
Johnson Boys. Performer.
Mississippi Mud Steppers. Performer.
Alabama Sheiks. Performer.
Whistler and His Jug Band. Performer.
Mobile Strugglers (Musical group) Performer.
Tennessee Chocolate Drops. Performer.
Kansas City Blues Strummers. Performer.
Memphis Jug Band. Performer.
Booker Orchestra. Performer.
Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers. Performer.
Mississippi Sheiks. Performer.
South Memphis Jug Band. Performer.
Standard No. 670725100226
Music No. CD-1002 Old Hat Enterprises
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