Virginia Traditions - Tidewater Blues

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Release Date: 1982

Label: BRI Records

Sixteen selections by African-American bluesmen from the coastal region of Virginia.

Produced by The Blue Ridge Institute, Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia, under National Endowment of the Arts/Folk Arts Grant No. R80-54-242.
Remastered at Casey Sound Studio.

17 pp. booklet included with extensive liner notes, photos and texts.

Recording details :
A1 : Saluda, Virginia, March 3, 1979.
A2 : Newport News, Virginia, March 8, 1979.
A3 : New York City, August 23, 1939 (Decca 7808).
A4 : Waverly, Virginia, October 31, 1972.
A5 : Chicago, Illinois, January, 1928 (Paramount 12649).
A6 : New York City, 1950 (Apollo 392).
A7 : Bowling Green, Virginia, September 17, 1977.
A8 : Suffolk, Virginia, March 26, 1979.
B1 : Waverly, Virginia, October 25, 1972.
B2 : Hampton, Virginia, 1941.
B3 : New York City, 1950 (Apollo 406).
B4 : Newport News, March 8, 1979.
B5 : Richmond, Virginia, October 15, 1929 (Okeh 8931).
B6 : Saluda, Virginia, March 3, 1979.
B7 : Bowling Green, Virginia, September 17, 1977.
B8 : Chicago, Illinois, January, 1928 (Paramount 12648).