Texas compilation T27

Duration: 3:08:40

Compilation of Texas (and non-Texas) blues and gospel from the collections of Francis Smith and Simon Napier. Note that the transcribed tracklist below follows the order of the digital audio file (which inverts the side order of the typed list).

Side 1:

[0:00:04] 01. Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton - Rainy Day Blues
[0:03:12] 02. Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton - Dirty Mistreater
[0:06:04] 03. Skip James - If You Haven’t Any Hay
[0:09:07] 04. Skip James - 32-20 Blues
[0:12:03] 05. Beale Street Sheiks - Hunting Blues
[0:15:18] 06. Beale Street Sheiks - Ain’t Goin’ to Do Like I Used to
[0:18:22] 07. Mississippi Matilda - Hard Workin’ Woman
[0:21:22] 08. Mississippi Matilda - Happy Home Blues
[0:24:19] 09. Andrew & Jim Baxter - The Moore Girl [omitted from typed tracklist]
[0:27:33] 10. W. B. “Piano Bill” Bryson - Sometimes I Rate
[0:31:49] 11. Blind James Brewer - Big Road Blues
[0:35:57] 12. Blind Connie Williams - One Thin Dime
[0:38:10] 13. Booker T. Washington - Death of Bessie Smith
[0:41:18] 14. Black Boy Shine - Gambling Jinx Blues
[0:43:34] 15. Black Boy Shine - Business Woman
[0:45:57] 16. Champion Jack Dupree - Rattlesnake Blues
[0:49:07] 17. Professor Longhair - Go to the Mardi Gras
[0:51:44] 18. Robert Boyd [= Professor Longhair] - East St. Louis Baby
[0:54:27] 19. Lonesome Sundown - Lonesome Whistler
[0:57:08] 20. Little Johnny Jones - Sweet Little Woman
[1:00:18] 21. Oscar Brown Jr. - Teenage Love
[1:02:54] 22. Eddie Jones (One String Sam) - Dirty Dozens
[1:05:26] 23. Long Tall Lester - Working Man
[1:08:08] 24. David Pete McKinley - Shreveport Blues
[1:10:54] 25. Smokey Hogg - Classification Blues
[1:13:40] 26. Louisiana Red - I’m Too Poor to Die
[1:15:58] 27. Richard Brothers - Stolen Property
[1:18:35] 28. Richard Brothers - Drunk Drivers Coming
[1:21:23] 29. Slim Harpo - Blues Hangover
[1:24:27] 30. Lonesome Sundown - Hoo Doo Woman Blues
[1:27:15] 31. Johnny Fuller - Hard Times
[1:30:24] 32. Johnny Fuller - Buddy

Side 2:

[1:33:54] 33. Frank Tannehill - Lillie Mae
[1:37:08] 34. Frank Tannehill - Four O’ Clock in the Morning
[1:39:54] 35. Frank Tannehill - Rolling Stone
[1:42:57] 36. Frank Tannehill - Sweet Jelly Roll
[1:46:15] 37. Freeman Stowers (The Cotton Belt Porter) - Texas Wild Cat Chase
[1:49:26] 38. Freeman Stowers - Sunrise on the Farm
[1:50:42] 39. George Tremer - Spirit of ‘49 Rag
[1:53:34] 40. Dot Rice - Texas Stomp
[1:57:04] 41. Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues
[2:00:21] 42. Cow Cow Davenport - State St. Jive
[2:03:29] 43. Cow Cow Davenport - Back in the Alley
[2:06:27] 44. Cow Cow Davenport - Mooch Piddle
[2:09:17] 45. Lucille Bogan - Alley Boogie
[2:12:27] 46. Lucille Bogan - Sloppy Drunk
[2:15:49] 47. Bobby Cadillac - Carbolic Acid Blues
[2:18:47] 48. Emma Wright - Lonesome Trail Blues
[2:22:01] 49. Reverend Gundy - Lift Him Up
[2:25:05] 50. Reverend Gundy - While the Blood Is Running Warm in Your Veins
[2:28:11] 51. Bernice Edwards - Bantam Rooster Blues
[2:31:17] 52. Bernice Edwards - Butcher Shop Blues
[2:34:27] 53. Teddy Edwards - Louisiana
[2:37:12] 54. Teddy Edwards - W.P.A. Blues [cuts out]
[2:40:08] 55. Oscar Woods - Token Blues
[2:42:49] 56. Oscar Woods - Jam Session Blues
[2:45:31] 57. Sippie Wallace - Murder’s Gonna Be My Crime
[2:48:35] 58. Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues
[2:51:18] 59. Eddie Morgan - Rock House
[2:54:26] 60. Eddie Morgan - My Gal Blues
[2:57:36] 61. Pigmeat Terry - Black Sheep Blues
[3:00:50] 62. Pigmeat Terry - Moaning the Blues
[3:03:45] 63. Georgia White - Dallas Man
[3:07:07] 64. Georgia White - Dupree Blues [cuts out]

Original file name: POAAAM - T27

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