Hittin' The Bottle Stomp / Skippy Whippy

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Release Date: 1936

Label: Melotone

Hot Dance with Piano Tambourine and Guitar
A: take 1 recorded 20 July 1936, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
B: take 2 recorded same date and location

From "Blues and gospel records 1890-1943," p. 323:

"We are not sure whether Roosevelt Graves plays the guitar and his brother the tambourine, or vice-versa; the first choice seems more likely. It is presumed that Roosevelt is the lead voice and Uaroy the second, heard in refrains, etc. We have no definite evidence that the composition of the Mississippi Jook Band is as shown, but our hypothesized personnel seems to be the most likely one. It is based on aural evidence and on a spoken encouragement directed to the piano player which mentions what soulds like the name 'Cooney'."

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