Afro-American Blues And Game Songs

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Release Date: 1999

Label: Rounder Select

Originally released in the series Folk Music of the United States, Recording Laboratory, Library of Congress, AFS L4, 1942 (78-rpm records), 1956 (long-playing records); reissued in cooperation with the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division and the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

1. I Don't Mind the Weather (AFS 892 B2). Sung by Jim Henry at State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi, 1937.
2. Diamond Joe (AFS 941 B1). Sung by Charlie Butler at State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi, 1937.
3. Joe the Grinder (AFS 2670 B). Sung by Irwin Lowry at Cummins State Farm, Gould, Arkansas, 1939.
4. Another Man Done Gone (Negro Blues). (AFS 4049 B1). Sung by Vera Hall at Livingston, Alabama, 1940.
5. Boll Weevil Blues (AFS 4049 B3). Sung by Vera Hall at Livingston, Alabama, 1940.
6. Two White Horses (Negro Blues). (AFS 3552 A1). Sung with guitar by Smith Casey at Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Texas, 1939.
7. Country Rag (East Texas Rag) (Guitar Solo). (AFS 3552 A2). Played on the guitar by Smith Casey at Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Texas, 1939.
8. Shorty George (Negro Blues). (AFS 2598 A1). Sung with guitar by Smith Casey at Clemens State Farm, Brazoria, Texas, 1939.
9. Blues (Up and Down Buildin' [the] KC Line) (AFS 200 B2). Sung with guitar by "Little Brother" at Texas State Penitentiary, Huntsville, Texas, 1934.
*10. Country Blues (AFS 4769 A1).
*11. I Be's Troubled (AFS 4769 A2). Sung with guitar by McKinley Morganfield at Stovall, Mississippi, 1941.
12. Lost John (AFS 2493 B).
13. Fox Chase (AFS 2490 A). Played on the harmonica by Sanders Terry of Durham, North Carolina, 1938. Recorded in New York, N.Y.
14. All Hid? (AFS 4017 B3). Sung by Hettie Godfrey at Livingston, Alabama, 1940.
15. Little Girl, Little Girl (AFS 4017 A1).
16. Pullin' the Skiff (AFS 4017 A2). Led by Ora Dell Graham at Drew, Mississippi, 1940.
17. Old Uncle Rabbit (AFS 3008 A1).
18. Sea Lion Woman (AFS 3008 B3). Sung by Katherine and Christine Shipp at Byhalia, Mississippi, 1939.
19. Ain't Gonna Ring No More (AFS 88 A1). Sung by group at Kirby Industrial School, Atmore, Alabama, 1934.
20. Shortenin' Bread (AFS 4017 B2). Led by Ora Dell Graham at Drew, Mississippi, 1940.
21. Poor Little Johnny (AFS 4025 A1). Sung by Harriet McClintock at Livingston, Alabama, 1940.
22. Go To Sleep (AFS 4025 B). Sung by Harriet McClintock at Livingston, Alabama, 1940.
23. Rosey (AFS 2689 B2). Sung by Mr. and Mrs. Joe McDonald at Livingston, Alabama, 1939.
24. Gon' Knock John Booker to the Low Ground (AFS 4033 B1). Sung by Molly (Mary) McDonald at Livingston, Alabama, 1940.
25. Run, Nigger, Run (AFS 196 A1). Sung by Moses (Clear Rock) Platt at Central State Farm, Sugarland, Texas, 1933.

*McKinley Morganfield's (a.k.a. Muddy Waters) first recordings.

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