Research Catalog

Title

Mississippi, the blues lineage [sound recording] : musical geniuses of the fields, levees, and jukes.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, William, 1915-
• House, Son.
• Carter, Sam.
• Mickles, Jim.
• Miles, Eddie.
• Rogers, Jack (Musician)
• Washington, Hollis.
• Muddy Waters, 1915-1983.
• Edwards, Honeyboy.
• Curtis, Lucious.
• Ford, Willie.
• Evans, Frank (Musician)
• Martin, Fiddlin' Joe, 1900-1975.
• Williams, Leroy.
• Brown, Willie, 1900-1952.
• Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
• Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terril)
• Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948.
• Jones, Lewis.
• Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967.

Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Deep river of song
• The Alan Lomax collection

Subjects

• Blues (Music) > Mississippi
• Blues (Music) > Arkansas

Note

• Principally previously released material.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by David Evans, bibliography, biographical notes on performers, and lyrics ([36] p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Original field recordings produced and recorded between 1936 and 1942 at various sites in Arkansas and Mississippi by John A. and Ruby Lomax, Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work.

Contents

Ragged and dirty / (William Brown) (5:13) -- Mississippi blues / (William Brown) (6:30) -- County farm blues / (Eddie "Son" House) (2:22) -- High-rolling sergeant / (Sam Carter, Jim Mickles, Eddie Miles, Jack Rogers) (1:52) -- Early in the morning / (Hollis "Fat Head" Washington) (2:24) -- The jinx blues, no. 2 / (Eddie "Son" House) (4:15) -- I be bound to write you / (McKinley Morganfield ("Muddy Waters")) (2:46) -- You gonna miss me when I'm gone / (McKinley Morganfield ("Muddy Waters")) (3:39) -- Wind howlin' blues / (David "Honeyboy" Edwards) (3:15) -- High lonesome hill / (Lucious Curtis, Willie Ford) (5:02) -- Payday / (Willie Ford, Lucious Curtis) (2:35) -- Train blues / (Lucious Curtis) (1:44) -- Santa Fe blues / (Willie Ford) (3:45) -- Low down dirty dog blues / (Eddie "Son" House) (5:03) -- Red River blues / (Frank Evans) (3:17) -- Walkig blues / (Eddie "Son" House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown, Leroy Williams) (6:42).

Call Number

*LDC 22763 (F)

OCLC

42843034

Title

Mississippi, the blues lineage [sound recording] : musical geniuses of the fields, levees, and jukes.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1999.

Series

Deep river of song

The Alan Lomax collection

Performer

William Brown, Eddie "Son" House, Sam Carter, Jim Mickles, Eddie Miles, Jack Rogers, Hollis "Fat Head" Washington, McKinley Morganfield ("Muddy Waters"), David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Lucious Curtis, Willie Ford, Frank Evans, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams.

Event

Original field recordings produced and recorded between 1936 and 1942 at various sites in Arkansas and Mississippi by John A. and Ruby Lomax, Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work.

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Added Author

Brown, William, 1915- Performer

House, Son. Performer

Carter, Sam. Performer

Mickles, Jim. Performer

Miles, Eddie. Performer

Rogers, Jack (Musician) Performer

Washington, Hollis. Performer

Muddy Waters, 1915-1983. Performer

Edwards, Honeyboy. Performer

Curtis, Lucious. Performer

Ford, Willie. Performer

Evans, Frank (Musician) Performer

Martin, Fiddlin' Joe, 1900-1975. Performer

Williams, Leroy. Performer

Brown, Willie, 1900-1952.

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.

Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terril)

Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948.

Jones, Lewis.

Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967.

Publisher No.

11661-1825-2 Rounder Records

Research Call Number

*LDC 22763 (F) Program notes and lyrics on file.