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<table border=0 width=97% align=center cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <tr><td> <table border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 align=center width=100% class=tborder> <tr><td class=catbg>Name That . . Country Blues Artist</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg2>References to artists in song titles and lyrics. Ghostrider started it, weenies added to it. Heard something we've missed? You can <a href=http://weeniecampbell.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=114&topic=2990.0> <b>post more here</b></a> and they will be added to the list. </td><tr> </table> <table class=tborder border=0 width=100% cellspacing=1 cellpadding=4><tr><td class=catbg3 width=12%><b>Type</b></td><td class=catbg3 width=15%><b>Artist</b></td><td class=catbg3 width=15%><b>Song</b></td><td class=catbg3><b>Year</b></td><td class=catbg3><b>Location</b></td><td class=catbg3><b>Label</b></td><td class=catbg3><b>Lyric</b></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Big Bill's Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1928</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Big Bill's Milk Cow No. 2</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1934</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Black Ace</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Black Ace Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1936</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Ft Worth</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>ARC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bo Carter</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bo Carter Special</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1934</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>San Antonio</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bo Carter</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bo Carter's Advice</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1935</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>New Orleans</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Eli Framer</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Framer's Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Jab Jones</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Poor Jab Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1932</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Richmond</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Champion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Jazz Gillum</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Gillum's Windy Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1938</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Aurora</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Little Hat Jones</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Little Hat Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>San Antonio</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lonnie Johnson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Mr Johnson's Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1925</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>St Louis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Scrapper Blackwell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Mr Scrapper's Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1928</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Title refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Mr McTell's Got The Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Arthur Crudup</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Death Valley Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Wear your patent leather slippers, mama put on your mourning gown // You gonna follow poor Crudup down to his buryin' ground</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Barbecue Bob Hicks</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Mississippi Heavy Water Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Columbia</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>The whole town's a wringin', Robert Hicks is singin'...</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>When I Been Drinking</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I wants to be taken out of the bed baby, and put in a wheelchair // Roll me anywhere baby, Big Bill don't care // When I've been drinking, yeah when I've been drinking // Now and when I come home baby, please let me lay down in bed</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Black Ace</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Black Ace Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1936</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Ft Worth</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>ARC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I am the Black Ace�</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Blind Boy Fuller</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Untrue Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1937</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>ARC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Now the way you treat Blind Boy Fuller, g' me bunch a lies</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Blind Boy Fuller</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Worn Out Engine Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1940</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Said I stepped on your starter babe, praise God your motor turned over slow // If you ain't getting' your right sparklin' woman, praise God call on Blind Boy Fuller for more</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bo Carter</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>[song about broadcasting? Anyone?]</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Brownie McGhee</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Key To My Door</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"Got something in my hand, you can get it if you understand // it's the key that unlocks Brownie's door"; plus a callout to himself before the 2nd break: "Play it again Brownie"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Charlie Patton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>High Water Everywhere</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Grafton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>High water done rose at Sumner, drove poor Charlie down the line</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Curley Weaver</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ticket Agent - similar to McTell's Lord Send Me An Angel</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1949</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC or Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Regal?</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>That new way of lovin', great God it must be best // 'cause these [?] women won't let Curley Weaver rest</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Dan Pickett</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Chicago Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1949</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Play it, Pickett!</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Elmore James</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Crossroad Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I believe, po' Elmo sinking down</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Frank Stokes</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bunker Hill Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>...that Papa Frank Stokes, he sure can burn it on</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Frank Stokes</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Frank Stokes Dream</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>So you hear them Frank Stokes blues every where on earth you go</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Furry Lewis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Don't You Wish Your Mama</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Don't you wish your mama had named you Furry Lewis?</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Furry Lewis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Everybody�s Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[unknown voice at end of verse 1:] Sing it Mr. Furry! // And.. I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?'</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Furry Lewis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Rock Island Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I ain't go nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?'</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Joe Williams</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Highway 49 Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Melvina my sweet woman, ooh well well, she don't pay Joe Williams no mind</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Kid Cole</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Sixth Street Moan</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1928</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>And I swear you gon' miss your Kid Cole, baby baby, when I'm gone</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lightnin' Hopkins</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>[too many to list]</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Little Hat Jones</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Kentucky Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1930</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>San Antonio</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>please don't let them kill Mr. Little Hat dead</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Louis Lasky</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Teasin' Brown Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1935</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>She's got hair like Gloria Swanson and she walks just like Priscilla Dean // 'Cause she's the prettiest woman old Louis has ever seen</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Memphis Minnie</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ma Rainey</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1940</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"little Minnie . ."</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Peetie Wheatstraw</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>C And A Train Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1931</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Lord when you haven't seen your girl in a long time, treat you like Peetie Wheatstraw...</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Pegleg Howell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Papa Stobb Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Columbia</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Anybody ask you who composed this song, tell 'em Pegleg Howell, I've been here and gone</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Robert (Tim) Wilkins</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>I Do Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1928</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>...tell poor Timmy what you please</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Robert Johnson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Cross Roads Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1936</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>San Antonio</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>ARC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>save poor Bob if you please</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Robert Johnson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Kindhearted Woman Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1936</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>San Antonio</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>ARC/Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>�make Mr. Johnson drink</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Sam McGee</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Franklin Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1926</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Hello folks, this is Sam McGee from Tennessee, just 'a gettin' right(?). Let's go Sam</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Smokey Harrison</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Iggly Oggly Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Grafton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Sweet Papa Smoky, with all the right [sounds here] [ends song with:] Ta ta, Smokey's gone</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Smokey Harrison</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>St. Peter's Blues - Part 1</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Grafton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>This's old Sweet Papa Smoky once more [ends with:] Sweet Papa Smokey's gone</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Smokey Harrison</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>St. Peter's Blues - Part 2</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Grafton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>This's old Sweet Papa Smoky on this record. Thank you for [thinkin' o' me]</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Tommy Johnson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lonesome Home Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1928</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I been good at you mama sure Lord killing Tommy</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Tommy McClennan</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>New Highway No. 51</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1940</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Come to little Tommy's cabin, it's down on Highway 51</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Troy Ferguson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>College Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Columbia</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>This here's Troy, Cap'n, Troy Ferguson</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Broke Down Engine</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1933</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Feel like a broke down engine mama, ain't got no drivin' wheel // If you've been down and lonesome you know, just how Willie Mac-Tell feels</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lord Send Me An Angel #1</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1933</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>That way new of lovin', swear to God it must be best // Oh these Georgia womens won't let Mr Mac-Tell rest. And: So bye bye mama I'll see you some sweet day // you'll be awful sorry you done Mr Mac thisaway</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Mr McTell's Got the Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Scarey Day Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1931</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>My baby got a mojo, she try to keep it hid // But Georgia Bill got somethin' to find that mojo with</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs self</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ticket Agent Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1935</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Decca</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Reported speech</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bukkha White</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Single Man Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1963</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Berkeley</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Arhoolie</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I went to the employ' early this morning, find out . . they said "Yes Bukkha, there're two or three here you oughta see"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Reported speech</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Curley Weaver</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ticket Agent - similar to McTell's Lord Send Me An Angel</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1949</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC or Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Regal?</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I went down to the station, with my guitar in my hand // crowd of women run to me, said "Mr Weaver won't you be my man"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Reported speech</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>John Estes</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lawyer Clark Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>He said "If I just stay out the grave, oh John I'll see you don't go to the pen"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Reported speech</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Teddy Darby, as Blind "Blues" Darby</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Heart Trouble</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1937</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Decca</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>And they says, "Darby, we'll carry you to hospital #2"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Reported speech</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Teddy Darby, as Blind "Blues" Darby</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>The Girl I left Behind</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1937</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Decca</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I heard Roosevelt Sykes say, "Darby, you are Chicago bound"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Reported speech</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Atlanta Strut</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Atlanta</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Columbia</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I was goin' down Marrital(?) Avenue the other night, met up with a gang of stags. "Samuel, come on go with me down to the Atlanta Strut tonight. " Well, I don't care to go.</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Reported speech</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lord Send Me An Angel</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1933</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I went down to the shed, with my suitcase in my hand // crowd of women run cryin', "Mr Mac won't you be my man"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Jivin' Mr. Fuller's Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1940</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I'm going to Durham, North Carolina, Mr Fuller's the man I want to see</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bill Gaither</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Life of Leroy Carr</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1940</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Blind Boy Fuller</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Jivin' Big Bill Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1939</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Said I went down in that ol' town, that you call Tennessee, Big Bill's women went crazy over me // I said, Lord have mercy, Big Bill what you goin' to do? // Says I love my baby, that make you so worried and blue</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Booker T. Washington</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Death of Bessie Smith</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1939</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Brownie McGhee</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>A Letter To lightnin' Hopkins</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1951</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Jax</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I'm Goin' to Houston, Texas, Lightnin' Hopkins's the man I want to see</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Brownie McGhee</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Best Of Friends</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1957</td><td class=windowbg valign=top> </td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Verve/Folkways</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[about Lead Belly]</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Brownie McGhee</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Gone But Not Forgotten</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1958</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Folkways</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[about Big Bill Broonzy]</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Brownie McGhee</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>The Death of Blind Boy Fuller #1 & #2</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bumble Bee Slim</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Death of Leroy Carr</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1935</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Decca</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Bumble Bee Slim</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Last Respects (Dedicated To The Memory of Leroy Carr)</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1935</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Decca</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Champion Jack Dupree</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Death of Big Bill Broonzy</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1959</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>London</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Storyville</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>King Soloman Hill</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1932</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Grafton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lead Belly</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Blind Lemon Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1934</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Angola</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>LoC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lead Belly</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Blind Lemon Memorial Record</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1944</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Stinson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lead Belly</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Silver City Bound</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1948</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Folkways</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[about Lemon]</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Memphis Minnie</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ma Rainey</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1940</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Rev. Emmett Dickinson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Death of Blind Lemon</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1930</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Grafton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Scrapper Blackwell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>My Old Pal Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1935</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Champion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Dedicated to Leroy Carr</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Song about artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Washboard Walter: Walter Taylor, John Byrd</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Wasn't It Sad About Lemon</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1930</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Grafton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Arthur Crudup</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Just Like A Spider</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1947</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Yeah Mr Ransom, play da blues for me...</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Arthur Crudup</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lonesome World To Me</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1947</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Yeah play it Mr Ransom, play it...</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Arthur Crudup</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>My Baby Left Me</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1950</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Yeah Mr Ransom play it for me</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Arthur Crudup</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Never No More Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1951</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Yeah, play it Mr Ransom</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Beale Street Sheiks</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Jazzin' the Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Frank Stokes speaks to "Sane"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Blind Blake</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Hastings Street</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Richmond</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Ah Spand, you ain't never been to Detroit in your life</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Cannon's Jug Stompers</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Pretty Mama Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"Play it boy!" "Aw, Mister Lewis"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Cannon's Jug Stompers</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>The Rooster's Crowing Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Sing it Mr Woods, sing it! - Gus urging on Hosea Woods</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Casey Bill Weldon</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Big Bill's Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1936</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Good bye Casey Bill I'll see you in another town</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Charlie Patton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Poor Me</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1934</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bertha Lee</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Daddy Stovepipe</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Greenville Strut</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1931</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Blow that jug Mississippi Sarah, do it like a dog</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Dr. Clayton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ain't Gonna Drink No More</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>194-</td><td class=windowbg valign=top> </td><td class=windowbg valign=top> </td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Come here Mister Lacey. Yeah, let that E string sing a while! Hold it. That's what I'm talkin' about! Listen at ya. Yes, yes, yes! Well that was ALL right - exhorting Willie Lacey</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Dr. Clayton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Black Snake Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>The Dr. calls out to "John" (Blind John Davis) to take a piano solo</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Dr. Clayton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>My Own Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1942</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"Toot your horn Mister Ransom", to Ransom Knowling</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ed Bell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Shouting Baby Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>QRS</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Play that thing, Mr. Clifford! Y' know we're a long way from home--got to play it or walk back home</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Geeshie Wiley</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Pick Poor Robin Clean</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1931</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Grafton</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Paramount</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"Hello there, Geeshie." "Hello there, Slack." "What are you doing down here?" - w/Elvie Thomas</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Hokum Boys (Broonzy, CBW)</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Keep Your Mind On It</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1936</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"Hey, Casey Bill." "Hey, Bill." "Keep your mind on it."</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Joe Williams</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Highway 49 Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Play it a while, Sonny Boy. Play it for me. Me and you ain't played together in a long time, boy. Play it for Melvina</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Memphis Jug Band</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>He's In The Jailhouse Now</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1930</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"Son was walking down the street, a little chick he chanced to meet," Son being Son Brimmer, aka Will Shade</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Memphis Jug Band</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>He's In The Jailhouse Now</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1930</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Until he played it with Benny's wife (Benny Ramey?) // And Benny cut him in the face (I say) // Now it's a disgrace (That's all for Benny) // But now he's graveyard bound (How'd Benny do that thing?)</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Memphis Minnie</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Three Times Seven Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1947</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Columbia</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Calls on Ernest Lawlers for a guitar break: "All right, Son Joe." And during the break, to Ransom Knowling: "Don't try to kill me, Mr Ransom. [pause] I'm looking at you." Then to Blind John Davis: "All right, John, baby. Please don't holler so loud. I'm sitting here.</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Memphis Minnie</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>What's The Matter With The Mill</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1930</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"Hello Minnie". "Hello Kansas Joe"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Sonny Boy Williamson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ground Hog Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Yes John, you know what I mean� (to Blind John Davis)</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Sonny Boy Williamson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Shake Your Boogie</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top>"All right, John" before a piano break, and "Now John, I got it this time myself" before a harp break, addressing Blind John Davis</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp. & vice versa</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Tampa Red</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>She Wants To Sell My Monkey</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1942</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Spoken: "Play it Tampa." "Yeah man." "Where'n that monkey you had up there in the cage?" "What man, my gal want to sell it. I'll tell you all about it though." Sings: "Me and my baby keep a fallin' out. But let me tell you Maceo, yes what it's all about. She want to sell my monkey"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Thomas "Barrelhouse Buck" McFarland</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>I Got To Go Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1934</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Decca</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>As he goes into the instrumental break Buck shouts "Come on, Peter" to the otherwise unknown violinist accompanying Buck's piano and vocals</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Thomas "Barrelhouse Buck" McFarland</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Lamp Post Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1934</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Decca</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>As he goes into the instrumental break Buck shouts "Come on, Peter" to the otherwise unknown violinist accompanying Buck's piano and vocals</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Walter Davis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>If You Ever Get Lonesome</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1938</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Aurora</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Come on up here, Yank Rachell, with that guitar</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs accomp.</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Willie McTell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1933</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Curley Weaver, Weaver's girlfriend and his own wife</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Accomp. refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Saturday Night Rub</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1930</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Banner</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[Music starts, then Frank Brasswell says:] "Hello, Bill!"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Accomp. refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Cannon's Jug Stompers</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Jonestown Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Memphis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Victor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Aw, play it Mr. Lewis - Hosea Woods urging on Noah Lewis</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Accomp. refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Furry Lewis</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Everybody's Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[unknown voice at end of verse 1:] Sing it Mr. Furry! // And.. I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?'</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Accomp. refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Henry Brown</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Brunswick</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Wait a minute, wait a minute, Ike, get up offa that piano stool. Let Henry Brown play, you know you can't play anything. You won't get up, huh? Well, wait a minute, I'll see if you can't be moved. Come here Mr. Ramrod, come here, come here. Can't you get Ike Rodgers up offa that piano stool? I want Henry Brown to play Stomp It On Down To The Bricks. // Now boot that thing, Henry Brown. That's what I mean. Boot it now. Ah, do it for your Papa Egg Shell now. This is old Reverend Egg Shell himself and it really do sound good to me // Now Old Egg Shell gonna pick his guitar some</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Accomp. refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Jazz Gillum</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Gillum's Windy Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1938</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Aurora</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Blow that thing, Gillum, blow it - Broonzy(?)</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Accomp. refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Depression Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1932</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top> "Hello Leroy!", "Hello Scrapp!"</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Accomp. refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Scrapper Blackwell</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Trouble Blues Part 2</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1928</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[Leroy Carr interjects during Scrapper's first instrumental break:] Say, Mr. Scrapper, that's too tight. Why, you ought to quit it</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Accomp. refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>[too many to list]</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs other artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Dan Pickett</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Chicago Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1949</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Don't push your women on down to Memphis, Jim Jackson'll take away from you. And: Well, hello again. say, here's old Tampa Red out here with that gold guitar. Come on out here, boy, let me hear you play that thing some. Yes!</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs other artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Louis Lasky</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Teasin' Brown Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1935</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Vocalion</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>She's got hair like Gloria Swanson and she walks just like Priscilla Dean // 'Cause she's the prettiest woman old Louis has ever seen</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs other artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Louisiana Red</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Red's Dream</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1962</td><td class=windowbg valign=top></td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Roulette</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>I said, "You can run the country, I'm gon' run the Senate // I'm gonna make a few changes, put a few soul brothers in it // Ray Charles and Lightnin' Hopkins, and a guy like Jimmy Reed // Bo Diddley and Big Maybelle, all I need" // It was a dream...</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs other artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Robert Johnson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Cross Roads Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1936</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>San Antonio</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>ARC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>...my friend boy, Willie Brown</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs other artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Sonny Boy Williamson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Ground Hog Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Now I wanna hear some swingin' music, I wanna hear a Fats Waller song</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs other artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Sonny Boy Williamson</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>You Can Lead Me</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1938</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Aurora</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Wanna talk to Mister Walter Davis, I want him to do me a favor // Make me 'quainted with some pretty little girl (note Davis was not on this session)</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>3rd party refs artist</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Little Hat Jones</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Corpus Blues</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1929</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>San Antonio</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Okeh</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[unknown woman:] Aw, play that thing, Little Hat, that's the talk of the town</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs 3rd party</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Barbecue Bob Hicks</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Brown-Skin Gal</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1927</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>NYC</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Columbia</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>[Lilllian Glinn:] jus' like Miss Lillian, I mean Miss Glinn you see; she says 'A brown-skin man is just all right with me'</td></tr> <tr><td class=windowbg valign=top width=12%>Artist refs 3rd party</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Memphis Slim</td><td class=windowbg valign=top width=15%>Old Taylor</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>1941</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Chicago</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Bluebird</td><td class=windowbg valign=top>Well, you see Mr. Melrose standing in the floor // He's gonna give us a little drink now just before he goes</td></tr> </table> </table>