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91November 18, 2008 by gadaya
With this blog, i want to use the Folkways Anthology as a roadmap to explore american folk music. I’ ll …
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71 “Poor Boy Blues” by Ramblin’ Thomas
7June 3, 2013 by gadaya
“Poor Boy Blues” by Ramblin’ Thomas (recorded in Chicago, November 1928) Poor boy, poor boy. Poor boy long ways from …
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70 “Expressman Blues” by Sleepy John Estes
10March 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
15January 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
7December 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
13November 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
18October 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
9June 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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