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Texas compilation T8

Catalogue reference: POAAAM/3/1/4/8

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POAAAM/3/1/4/8
Title
Texas compilation T8
Date
c1960s
Description

Duration: 1:37:27

Compilation of Texas blues and gospel and related music, from the collection of Pete Whelan (with additions from John Godrich and Ian Barclay).

Side 1:

[0:00:02] 01. Washington Phillips - Denomination Blues - Part 1
[0:03:06] 02. Washington Phillips - Denomination Blues - Part 2
[0:05:32] 03. Washington Phillips - Mother’s Last Word to Her Son
[0:08:10] 04. Washington Phillips - Paul and Silas in Jail
[0:10:40] 05. Washington Phillips - What Are They Doing in Heaven Today
[0:13:40] 06. Washington Phillips - Train Your Child
[0:16:36] 07. Sammy Hill - Needin’ My Woman Blues
[0:19:39] 08. Sammy Hill - Crying for You Blues
[0:22:19] 09. George Thomas - Fast Stuff Blues
[0:24:38] 10. George Thomas - Don’t Kill Him in Here
[0:27:24] 11. Wiley Barner - If You Want a Good Woman, Get One Long and Tall
[0:30:35] 12. Wiley Barner - My Gal Treats Me Mean, But I Can’t Leave Her Alone
[0:33:35] 13. Henry Thomas - Texas Worried Blues [preceded by brief fragment of jazz]
[0:36:37] 14. Henry Thomas - The Little Red Caboose
[0:39:24] 15. Henry Thomas - Bob McKinney
[0:42:09] 16. Perry Dixon - Back to Georgia Blues
[0:45:31] 17. Bobby Cadillac & Coley Jones - Listen Everybody [cuts out]

Side 2:

[0:48:28] 18. Texas Alexander - Awful Moaning Blues - Part 1
[0:50:48] 19. Henry Thomas - Red River Blues
[0:54:01] 20. Henry Thomas - The Fox and the Hounds
[0:56:35] 21. Henry Thomas - When the Train Comes Along [cuts out and restarts]
[1:00:16] 22. Henry Thomas - Jonah in the Wilderness
[1:03:02] 23. Mae Matthews - Satisfied Blues
[1:05:46] 24. Rube Lacey - Mississippi Jail House Groan
[1:09:00] 25. Rube Lacey - Ham Hound Crave
[1:11:45] 26. Frenchy’s String Band - Texas and Pacific Blues
[1:14:44] 27. Frenchy’s String Band - Sunshine Special
[1:18:01] 28. Texas Alexander (with Clarence Williams) - Sabine River Blues
[1:21:23] 29. Texas Alexander - Lonesome Blues
[1:24:49] 30. Texas Alexander (with Lonnie Johnson) - West Texas Blues
[1:28:08] 31. Texas Alexander (with Lonnie Johnson) - Don’t You Wish Your Baby Was Built Up Like Mine
[1:31:06] 32. Little Hat Jones - Cherry Street Blues
[1:34:47] 33. Aunt Jemima and Her Novelty Four - Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out [cuts out]

Original file name: POAAAM - Texas Blues - Pete Whelan

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