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Texas compilation T23

Catalogue reference: POAAAM/3/1/4/23

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POAAAM/3/1/4/23
Title
Texas compilation T23
Date
c1960s
Description

Duration: 3:14:04

Compilation of Texas blues and related music (including gospel and Cajun) from the collections of Don Kent, John Godrich, and Barry Seager.

Side 1:

Items from Don Kent:
[0:00:04] 01. Dallas Jamboree Jug Band - Flying Crow Blues
[0:03:25] 02. Dallas Jamboree Jug Band - It May Be My Last Night
[0:06:48] 03. Mr Freddie (Spruell) - Mr Freddie’s Kokomo Blues

Items from John Godrich:
[0:10:20] 04. Uncle Bud Walker - Stand Up Suitcase Blues
[0:13:20] 05. Uncle Bud Walker - Look Here Mama
[0:16:09] 06. Andrew Hogg - Kind Hearted Blues
[0:18:52] 07. Andrew Hogg - Family Trouble Blues
[0:21:55] 08. Freezone - Indian Squaw Blues
[0:25:07] 09. Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues
[0:28:06] 10. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Bootin’ Me ‘Bout
[0:31:09] 11. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Empty House Blues
[0:33:58] 12. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Cat Man Blues
[0:37:14] 13. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Fence Breakin’ Yellin’ Blues
[0:40:20] 14. Moanin’ Bernice Edwards - Sunshine Blues
[0:43:21] 15. Moanin’ Bernice Edwards - Lonesome Longing Blues
[0:46:15] 16. Yank Rachell - Texas Tommy
[0:49:23] 17. Mary Butler - Bungalow Blues
[0:52:14] 18. Mary Butler - Mary Blues
[0:54:55] 19. Ben Curry - Fat Mouth
[0:58:03] 20. Ben Curry - Boodle De Bum Bum
[1:01:20] 21. Madlyn David - Death Bell Blues
[1:04:12] 22. Madlyn David - Gold Tooth Blues
[1:06:49] 23. Andy Thomas - Baby Quit Me Blues
[1:09:23] 24. Andy Thomas - Angel Child
[1:11:58] 25. D. C. Washington - Rebop Boogie
[1:14:28] 26. D. C. Washington - Happy Home Blues
[1:17:23] 27. Alfred G. Karnes - I’m Bound for the Promised Land
[1:20:37] 28. Soileau & Robin - La Valse de la Rue Canal
[1:22:53] 29. Sippie Wallace - Dead Drunk Blues
[1:26:18] 30. Sippie Wallace - Have You Ever Been Down?
[1:29:31] 31. Sippie Wallace - Walkin’ Talkin’ Blues
[1:32:25] 32. Sippie Wallace - Devil Dance Blues
[1:35:36] 33. Monkey Joe Coleman - Mobile and K.C. Line [cuts out]

Side 2 - items from Barry Seager [misspelt ‘Seeger’ on typed tracklist]:

[1:37:07] 34. Alfoncy Harris - No Good Guy
[1:39:57] 35. Alfoncy Harris - Late Night Blues
[1:42:56] 36. Chippie Hill - Leavenworth Blues
[1:46:23] 37. Chippie Hill - Panama Limited
[1:49:51] 38. Hattie Bolten - Move That Thing
[1:52:54] 39. Hattie Bolten - Down Home Shake
[1:55:50] 40. Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues
[1:58:46] 41. Laura Smith - Fightin’ Blues
[2:02:09] 42. Laura Smith - Red River Blues
[2:05:42] 43. Dad Nelson - Red River Blues
[2:08:49] 44. Charlie Nelson - Cottonfield Blues
[2:11:41] 45. Dad Nelson - Red River Blues [accidental duplicate]
[2:14:46] 46. Victoria Spivey - Arkansas Road Blues
[2:18:25] 47. Victoria Spivey - The Alligator Pond Went Dry
[2:21:28] 48. Gladys Bentley - Ground Hog Blues
[2:24:45] 49. Edna Hicks with Lem Fowler - Wicked Dirty Fives
[2:27:58] 50. Edna Hicks with Lem Fowler - Squawkin’ the Blues
[2:31:10] 51. Edna Hicks with Lem Fowler - Wicked Dirty Fives [accidental duplicate]
[2:34:26] 52. Lonnie Johnson & Spencer Williams - Monkey and the Baboon
[2:37:36] 53. Walter Davis - Froggy Bottom
[2:40:43] 54. Duskey Dailey - Can Cutter Blues
[2:43:31] 55. Duskey Dailey - Pension Blues
[2:46:11] 56. Duskey Dailey - Can Cutter Blues [accidental duplicate]
[2:49:06] 57. Duskey Dailey - Take Me Back Baby
[2:51:51] 58. Duskey Dailey - Lost Lovin’ Blues
[2:54:41] 59. George Clarke - Prisoner Blues
[2:58:04] 60. George Clarke - Court House Blues
[3:01:16] 61. Raymond Boyd [with Lonnie Johnson] - Blackbird Blues
[3:04:02] 62. Raymond Boyd [with Lonnie Johnson] - Unkind Mama
[3:07:16] 63. James Carter - Death Cell Blues
[3:10:20] 64. James Carter - Death Letter Blues
[3:13:07] 65. Willie (Boodle It) Right - Sunny Land Blues [opening only]

Original file name: POAAAM - T23 - Barry Seager et al

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