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“She Ain't No Good” by Mississippi Sheiks

Walter Vinson, vocal and guitar -  Lonnie Chatman, violin

Recorded December 19, 1930 at King Edward Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi

“Melancholy” by The California Ramblers

“You Darling You” by The California Ramblers

“Frog Tongue Stomp” by Lovie Austin’s Serenaders

Lovie Austin, piano - W.E. Burton, drums - Johnny Dodds, clarinet - Natty Dominique, cornet - Kid Ory, trombone

Recorded circa April 1926 in Chicago, Illinois

Originally released on Paramount 12361 and Broadway 1018 in 1926

“Jackass Blues” by Lovie Austin's Serenaders

Lovie Austin, piano - W.E. Burton, drums - Johnny Dodds, clarinet - Natty Dominique, cornet - Kid Ory, trombone

Recorded circa April 1926 in Chicago, Illinois

Originally released on Paramount 12361 and Broadway 1018 in 1926

“Kansas City Blues - Part 1 & 2“ by Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson, guitar - De Loise Searcy, piano

(Recorded December 17, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois)

“Been On The Job Too Long” by Wilmer Watts and the Lonely Eagles

Wilmer Watts, banjo and vocals - Palmer Rhyne, guitar

Recorded October 29, 1929 in New York City

Recorded by Gennett Records, but released on Paramount 3210 and Broadway 8248

“The Gal That Wrecked My Life” by Rodney Sturgis

Rodney Sturgis, vocal - instrumentation unknown (possibly the Andy Kirk band)

“Willie the Weeper“ by Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon

Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon, vocal - Blanche Smith Walton, piano

Recorded July 22, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois - Released on Black Patti 8048

This transfer from 1984 LP “Can't You Wait Till You Get Home”

“Ugly Woman Blues“ by Smokey Joe Whitfield

Teddy Bunn, Guitar - McClure Morris, Trumpet - Ramon La Rue, Piano - Leon Wesley, Sax - Julius Gilmore, Bass

“Cavalleria Rusticana” by Charles D'Almaine (with unknown piano player)

“Mollie Rinktum“ by Bill Cox and Cliff Hobbs

Recorded October 19, 1937 New York City

Kentucky Home by unknown “Orchestra”

“Wow!” by The Benson Orchestra Of Chicago

Recorded November 4, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois - Take 4

Released February 8, 1924 on Victor 19239 - Discontinued 1926

“The Farmer's Curst Wife” sung by Horton barker

Recorded by Herbert Halpert, Near Chilhowie, Virginia, April (?), 1939

Issued in 1941 by Library of Congress on 78 album Folk Songs of The United States Album 1: Anglo-American Ballads (AFS L1)