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| + | <table class="wikitable sortable" border=0 width=100% cellspacing=1 cellpadding=4> | ||
| + | <tr align="left"><th width="10%">Type</th><th width=10%>Artist</th><th width=15%>Song</th><th width="7%" align="center">Year</th><th width="10%">Location</th><th width="10%">Label</th><th class="unsortable">Lyric</th></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td>Big Bill's Blues</td><td align="center">1928</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Paramount</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td>Big Bill's Milk Cow No. 2</td><td align="center">1934</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Black Ace</td><td>Black Ace Blues</td><td align="center">1936</td><td>Ft Worth</td><td>ARC</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Bo Carter</td><td>Bo Carter Special</td><td align="center">1934</td><td>San Antonio</td><td>Bluebird</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Bo Carter</td><td>Bo Carter's Advice</td><td align="center">1935</td><td>New Orleans</td><td>Bluebird</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Eli Framer</td><td>Framer's Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Victor</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Jab Jones</td><td>Poor Jab Blues</td><td align="center">1932</td><td>Richmond</td><td>Champion</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Jazz Gillum</td><td>Gillum's Windy Blues</td><td align="center">1938</td><td>Aurora</td><td>Bluebird</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Little Hat Jones</td><td>Little Hat Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>San Antonio</td><td>Okeh</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Lonnie Johnson</td><td>Mr Johnson's Blues</td><td align="center">1925</td><td>St Louis</td><td>Okeh</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Scrapper Blackwell</td><td>Mr Scrapper's Blues</td><td align="center">1928</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Title refs artist</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Mr McTell's Got The Blues</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Victor</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Arthur Crudup</td><td>Death Valley Blues</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Victor</td><td>Wear your patent leather slippers, mama put on your mourning gown // You gonna follow poor Crudup down to his buryin' ground</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Barbecue Bob Hicks</td><td>Mississippi Heavy Water Blues</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>NYC</td><td>Columbia</td><td>The whole town's a wringin', Robert Hicks is singin'...</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td>When I Been Drinking</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Okeh</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Big Joe Williams</td><td>Highway 49 Blues</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Melvina my sweet woman, ooh well well, she don't pay Joe Williams no mind</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Big Joe Williams</td><td>Someday Baby</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Ain't but the one thing, Sonny Boy, gives Joe Williams the blues: I got on my last pair a shoes</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Black Ace</td><td>Black Ace Blues</td><td align="center">1936</td><td>Ft Worth</td><td>ARC</td><td>I am the Black Ace?</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Blind Boy Fuller</td><td>Untrue Blues</td><td align="center">1937</td><td>NYC</td><td>ARC</td><td>Now the way you treat Blind Boy Fuller, g' me bunch a lies</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Blind Boy Fuller</td><td>Worn Out Engine Blues</td><td align="center">1940</td><td>NYC</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Bo Carter</td><td>[song about broadcasting? Anyone?]</td><td align="center"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Brownie McGhee</td><td>Key To My Door</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Okeh</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Bukka White</td><td>Army Blues</td><td align="center">1964</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Sonet</td><td>Don't you women start to fussin' and fightin' over me, 'cause Uncle sam didn't leave but one but me behind. If I don't get around to you women in the daytime, old Bukka will be 'round 'fore the sun go down</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Charlie Patton</td><td>High Water Everywhere</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Grafton</td><td>Paramount</td><td>High water done rose at Sumner, drove poor Charlie down the line</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Curley Weaver</td><td>Ticket Agent - similar to McTell's Lord Send Me An Angel</td><td align="center">1949</td><td>NYC or Atlanta</td><td>Regal?</td><td>That new way of lovin', great God it must be best // 'cause these [?] women won't let Curley Weaver rest</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Dan Pickett</td><td>Chicago Blues</td><td align="center">1949</td><td></td><td></td><td>Play it, Pickett!</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Elmore James</td><td>Crossroad Blues</td><td align="center"></td><td></td><td></td><td>I believe, po' Elmo sinking down</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Frank Stokes</td><td>Bunker Hill Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>...that Papa Frank Stokes, he sure can burn it on</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Frank Stokes</td><td>Frank Stokes Dream</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>So you hear them Frank Stokes blues every where on earth you go</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Furry Lewis</td><td>Don't You Wish Your Mama</td><td align="center">1962</td><td>Memphis</td><td>George Mitchell</td><td>Don't you wish your mama had named you Furry Lewis?</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Furry Lewis</td><td>Everybody's Blues</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>[unknown voice at end of verse 1:] Sing it Mr. Furry! // And.. I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?'</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Furry Lewis</td><td>Goin' To Kansas City</td><td align="center">1961</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Prestige/Bluesville</td><td>It takes a rockin' chair to rock, rubber ball to roll, a brownskin woman to satisfy Furry's soul</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Furry Lewis</td><td>Rock Island Blues</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?'</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Golden Gate Quartet</td><td>Everytime I Feel The Spirit</td><td align="center">1939</td><td>NYC</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>And if anybody asks you who's singin' so straight, just tell 'em it's a quartet called the Golden Gate</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Kid Cole</td><td>Sixth Street Moan</td><td align="center">1928</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>And I swear you gon' miss your Kid Cole, baby baby, when I'm gone</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Lightnin' Hopkins</td><td>[too many to list]</td><td align="center"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Little Hat Jones</td><td>Kentucky Blues</td><td align="center">1930</td><td>San Antonio</td><td>Okeh</td><td>please don't let them kill Mr. Little Hat dead</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Louis Lasky</td><td>Teasin' Brown Blues</td><td align="center">1935</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Memphis Minnie</td><td>Ma Rainey</td><td align="center">1940</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Okeh</td><td>little Minnie . .</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Peetie Wheatstraw</td><td>C And A Train Blues</td><td align="center">1931</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Lord when you haven't seen your girl in a long time, treat you like Peetie Wheatstraw...</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Pegleg Howell</td><td>Papa Stobb Blues</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Columbia</td><td>Anybody ask you who composed this song, tell 'em Pegleg Howell, I've been here and gone</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Robert (Tim) Wilkins</td><td>I Do Blues</td><td align="center">1928</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>...tell poor Timmy what you please</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Robert Johnson</td><td>Cross Roads Blues</td><td align="center">1936</td><td>San Antonio</td><td>ARC</td><td>save poor Bob if you please</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Robert Johnson</td><td>Kindhearted Woman Blues</td><td align="center">1936</td><td>San Antonio</td><td>ARC/Vocalion</td><td>?make Mr. Johnson drink</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Sam McGee</td><td>Franklin Blues</td><td align="center">1926</td><td>NYC</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Hello folks, this is Sam McGee from Tennessee, just 'a gettin' right(?). Let's go Sam</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Smokey Harrison</td><td>Iggly Oggly Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Grafton</td><td>Paramount</td><td>Sweet Papa Smoky, with all the right [sounds here] [ends song with:] Ta ta, Smokey's gone</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Smokey Harrison</td><td>St. Peter's Blues - Part 1</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Grafton</td><td>Paramount</td><td>This's old Sweet Papa Smoky once more [ends with:] Sweet Papa Smokey's gone</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Smokey Harrison</td><td>St. Peter's Blues - Part 2</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Grafton</td><td>Paramount</td><td>This's old Sweet Papa Smoky on this record. Thank you for [thinkin' o' me]</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Tommy Johnson</td><td>Lonesome Home Blues</td><td align="center">1928</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>I been good at you mama sure Lord killing Tommy</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Tommy McClennan</td><td>New Highway No. 51</td><td align="center">1940</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Come to little Tommy's cabin, it's down on Highway 51</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Troy Ferguson</td><td>College Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Columbia</td><td>This here's Troy, Cap'n, Troy Ferguson</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Broke Down Engine</td><td align="center">1933</td><td>NYC</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Lord Send Me An Angel #1</td><td align="center">1933</td><td>NYC</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Mr McTell's Got the Blues</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Victor</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Scarey Day Blues</td><td align="center">1931</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Okeh</td><td>My baby got a mojo, she try to keep it hid // But Georgia Bill got somethin' to find that mojo with</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs self</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Ticket Agent Blues</td><td align="center">1935</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Decca</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Reported speech</td><td>Bukka White</td><td>Single Man Blues</td><td align="center">1963</td><td>Berkeley</td><td>Arhoolie</td><td>I went to the employ' early this morning, find out . . they said "Yes Bukka, there're two or three here you oughta see"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Reported speech</td><td>Curley Weaver</td><td>Ticket Agent - similar to McTell's Lord Send Me An Angel</td><td align="center">1949</td><td>NYC or Atlanta</td><td>Regal?</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Reported speech</td><td>John Estes</td><td>Lawyer Clark Blues</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>He said "If I just stay out the grave, oh John I'll see you don't go to the pen"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Reported speech</td><td>Teddy Darby, as Blind "Blues" Darby</td><td>Heart Trouble</td><td align="center">1937</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Decca</td><td>And they says, "Darby, we'll carry you to hospital #2"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Reported speech</td><td>Teddy Darby, as Blind "Blues" Darby</td><td>The Girl I left Behind</td><td align="center">1937</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Decca</td><td>I heard Roosevelt Sykes say, "Darby, you are Chicago bound"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Reported speech</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Atlanta Strut</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Columbia</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Reported speech</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Lord Send Me An Angel</td><td align="center">1933</td><td>NYC</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td>Jivin' Mr. Fuller's Blues</td><td align="center">1940</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>I'm going to Durham, North Carolina, Mr Fuller's the man I want to see</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Bill Gaither</td><td>Life of Leroy Carr</td><td align="center">1940</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Okeh</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Blind Boy Fuller</td><td>Jivin' Big Bill Blues</td><td align="center">1939</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Booker T. Washington</td><td>Death of Bessie Smith</td><td align="center">1939</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Brownie McGhee</td><td>A Letter To lightnin' Hopkins</td><td align="center">1951</td><td>NYC</td><td>Jax</td><td>I'm Goin' to Houston, Texas, Lightnin' Hopkins's the man I want to see</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Brownie McGhee</td><td>Best Of Friends</td><td align="center">1957</td><td></td><td>Verve/Folkways</td><td>[about Lead Belly]</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Brownie McGhee</td><td>Gone But Not Forgotten</td><td align="center">1958</td><td></td><td>Folkways</td><td>[about Big Bill Broonzy]</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Brownie McGhee</td><td>The Death of Blind Boy Fuller #1 & #2</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Okeh</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Bumble Bee Slim</td><td>Death of Leroy Carr</td><td align="center">1935</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Decca</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Bumble Bee Slim</td><td>Last Respects (Dedicated To The Memory of Leroy Carr)</td><td align="center">1935</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Decca</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Champion Jack Dupree</td><td>Death of Big Bill Broonzy</td><td align="center">1959</td><td>London</td><td>Storyville</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>King Soloman Hill</td><td>My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon</td><td align="center">1932</td><td>Grafton</td><td>Paramount</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Lead Belly</td><td>Blind Lemon Blues</td><td align="center">1934</td><td>Angola</td><td>LoC</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Lead Belly</td><td>Blind Lemon Memorial Record</td><td align="center">1944</td><td>NYC</td><td>Stinson</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Lead Belly</td><td>Silver City Bound</td><td align="center">1948</td><td>NYC</td><td>Folkways</td><td>[about Lemon]</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Memphis Minnie</td><td>Ma Rainey</td><td align="center">1940</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Okeh</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Rev. Emmett Dickinson</td><td>Death of Blind Lemon</td><td align="center">1930</td><td>Grafton</td><td>Paramount</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Scrapper Blackwell</td><td>My Old Pal Blues</td><td align="center">1935</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Champion</td><td>Dedicated to Leroy Carr</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Song about artist</td><td>Washboard Walter: Walter Taylor, John Byrd</td><td>Wasn't It Sad About Lemon</td><td align="center">1930</td><td>Grafton</td><td>Paramount</td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Arthur Crudup</td><td>Just Like A Spider</td><td align="center">1947</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Victor</td><td>Yeah Mr Ransom, play da blues for me...</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Arthur Crudup</td><td>Lonesome World To Me</td><td align="center">1947</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Victor</td><td>Yeah play it Mr Ransom, play it...</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Arthur Crudup</td><td>My Baby Left Me</td><td align="center">1950</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Victor</td><td>Yeah Mr Ransom play it for me</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Arthur Crudup</td><td>Never No More Blues</td><td align="center">1951</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Victor</td><td>Yeah, play it Mr Ransom</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Beale Street Sheiks</td><td>Jazzin' the Blues</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Paramount</td><td>Frank Stokes speaks to "Sane"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Big Joe Williams</td><td>Highway 49 Blues</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Big Joe Williams</td><td>Someday Baby</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Ain't but the one thing, Sonny Boy, gives Joe Williams the blues: I got on my last pair a shoes</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Bill Gaither</td><td>Do Like I Want To Do</td><td align="center">1938</td><td>NYC</td><td>Decca</td><td>During the first instrumental break Gaither says "That's Mr. Honey Hill on the piano"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Blind Blake</td><td>Hastings Street</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Richmond</td><td>Paramount</td><td>Ah Spand, you ain't never been to Detroit in your life</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Bumble Bee Slim</td><td>Bricks In My Pillow</td><td align="center">1935</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Names Myrtle Jenkins, the pianist on the recording, several times. At the start of the recording, over the piano intro: "This is Myrtle Jenkins at the piano, goin' play these blues for me. Play it Myrtle, 'til I sweat." And later during an instrumental break: "Play it a long time, Myrtle. Get off my back, blues"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Cannon's Jug Stompers</td><td>Pretty Mama Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>Play it boy! "Aw, Mister Lewis"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Cannon's Jug Stompers</td><td>The Rooster's Crowing Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>Sing it Mr Woods, sing it! - Gus urging on Hosea Woods</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Casey Bill Weldon</td><td>Big Bill's Blues</td><td align="center">1936</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Good bye Casey Bill I'll see you in another town</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Charlie Patton</td><td>Poor Me</td><td align="center">1934</td><td>NYC</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Bertha Lee</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Daddy Stovepipe</td><td>Greenville Strut</td><td align="center">1931</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Blow that jug Mississippi Sarah, do it like a dog</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Dr. Clayton</td><td>Ain't Gonna Drink No More</td><td align="center">194-</td><td></td><td></td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Dr. Clayton</td><td>Black Snake Blues</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Okeh</td><td>The Dr. calls out to "John" (Blind John Davis) to take a piano solo</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Dr. Clayton</td><td>My Own Blues</td><td align="center">1942</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Toot your horn Mister Ransom, to Ransom Knowling</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Ed Bell</td><td>Shouting Baby Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>NYC</td><td>QRS</td><td>Play that thing, Mr. Clifford! Y' know we're a long way from home--got to play it or walk back home</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Geeshie Wiley</td><td>Pick Poor Robin Clean</td><td align="center">1931</td><td>Grafton</td><td>Paramount</td><td>Hello there, Geeshie. "Hello there, Slack." "What are you doing down here?" - w/Elvie Thomas</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Hokum Boys (Broonzy, CBW)</td><td>Keep Your Mind On It</td><td align="center">1936</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Hey, Casey Bill. "Hey, Bill." "Keep your mind on it."</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Memphis Jug Band</td><td>He's In The Jailhouse Now</td><td align="center">1930</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>Son was walking down the street, a little chick he chanced to meet, Son being Son Brimmer, aka Will Shade</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Memphis Jug Band</td><td>He's In The Jailhouse Now</td><td align="center">1930</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Memphis Minnie</td><td>Three Times Seven Blues</td><td align="center">1947</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Columbia</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Memphis Minnie</td><td>What's The Matter With The Mill</td><td align="center">1930</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Hello Minnie. "Hello Kansas Joe"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Sonny Boy Williamson</td><td>Ground Hog Blues</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Yes John, you know what I mean? (to Blind John Davis)</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Sonny Boy Williamson</td><td>Shake Your Boogie</td><td align="center"></td><td></td><td></td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp. & vice versa</td><td>Tampa Red</td><td>She Wants To Sell My Monkey</td><td align="center">1942</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Thomas "Barrelhouse Buck" McFarland</td><td>I Got To Go Blues</td><td align="center">1934</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Decca</td><td>As he goes into the instrumental break Buck shouts "Come on, Peter" to the otherwise unknown violinist accompanying Buck's piano and vocals</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Thomas "Barrelhouse Buck" McFarland</td><td>Lamp Post Blues</td><td align="center">1934</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Decca</td><td>As he goes into the instrumental break Buck shouts "Come on, Peter" to the otherwise unknown violinist accompanying Buck's piano and vocals</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Walter Davis</td><td>If You Ever Get Lonesome</td><td align="center">1938</td><td>Aurora</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Come on up here, Yank Rachell, with that guitar</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs accomp.</td><td>Willie McTell</td><td>Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo</td><td align="center">1933</td><td>NYC</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Curley Weaver, Weaver's girlfriend and his own wife</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Accomp. refs artist</td><td>Big Bill Broonzy</td><td>Saturday Night Rub</td><td align="center">1930</td><td>NYC</td><td>Banner</td><td>[Music starts, then Frank Brasswell says:] "Hello, Bill!"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Accomp. refs artist</td><td>Cannon's Jug Stompers</td><td>Jonestown Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Memphis</td><td>Victor</td><td>Aw, play it Mr. Lewis - Hosea Woods urging on Noah Lewis</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Accomp. refs artist</td><td>Furry Lewis</td><td>Everybody's Blues</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>[unknown voice at end of verse 1:] Sing it Mr. Furry! // And.. I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?'</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Accomp. refs artist</td><td>Henry Brown</td><td>Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Brunswick</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Accomp. refs artist</td><td>Jazz Gillum</td><td>Gillum's Windy Blues</td><td align="center">1938</td><td>Aurora</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Blow that thing, Gillum, blow it - Broonzy(?)</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Accomp. refs artist</td><td>Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell</td><td>Depression Blues</td><td align="center">1932</td><td>NYC</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>Hello Leroy!, "Hello Scrapp!"</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Accomp. refs artist</td><td>Scrapper Blackwell</td><td>Trouble Blues Part 2</td><td align="center">1928</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>[Leroy Carr interjects during Scrapper's first instrumental break:] Say, Mr. Scrapper, that's too tight. Why, you ought to quit it</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Accomp. refs artist</td><td>Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee</td><td>[too many to list]</td><td align="center"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs other artist</td><td>Bill Gaither</td><td>Life of Leroy Carr</td><td align="center">1940</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Okeh</td><td>Bumble Bee Slim has told you about the death of his closest friend // but I'm going to tell you from the beginning to the end</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs other artist</td><td>Dan Pickett</td><td>Chicago Blues</td><td align="center">1949</td><td></td><td></td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs other artist</td><td>Louis Lasky</td><td>Teasin' Brown Blues</td><td align="center">1935</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Vocalion</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs other artist</td><td>Louisiana Red</td><td>Red's Dream</td><td align="center">1962</td><td></td><td>Roulette</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs other artist</td><td>Robert Johnson</td><td>Cross Roads Blues</td><td align="center">1936</td><td>San Antonio</td><td>ARC</td><td>...my friend boy, Willie Brown</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs other artist</td><td>Sonny Boy Williamson</td><td>Ground Hog Blues</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Now I wanna hear some swingin' music, I wanna hear a Fats Waller song</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs other artist</td><td>Sonny Boy Williamson</td><td>You Can Lead Me</td><td align="center">1938</td><td>Aurora</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>3rd party refs artist</td><td>Little Hat Jones</td><td>Corpus Blues</td><td align="center">1929</td><td>San Antonio</td><td>Okeh</td><td>[unknown woman:] Aw, play that thing, Little Hat, that's the talk of the town</td><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs 3rd party</td><td>Barbecue Bob Hicks</td><td>Brown-Skin Gal</td><td align="center">1927</td><td>NYC</td><td>Columbia</td><td>[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><td></tr> | ||
| + | <tr valign="top"><td>Artist refs 3rd party</td><td>Memphis Slim</td><td>Old Taylor</td><td align="center">1941</td><td>Chicago</td><td>Bluebird</td><td>Well, you see Mr. Melrose standing in the floor // He's gonna give us a little drink now just before he goes</td><td></tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:48, 25 November 2011
| References to artists in song titles, lyrics and callouts. Ghostrider started it, weenies added to it. Heard something we've missed? You can post more to the original forum topic and they will be added to the list. Clicking on an arrow on a column heading will sort the table, click it again to get a descending sequence. |
| Type | Artist | Song | Year | Location | Label | Lyric | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title refs artist | Big Bill Broonzy | Big Bill's Blues | 1928 | Chicago | Paramount | ||
| Title refs artist | Big Bill Broonzy | Big Bill's Milk Cow No. 2 | 1934 | Chicago | Bluebird | ||
| Title refs artist | Black Ace | Black Ace Blues | 1936 | Ft Worth | ARC | ||
| Title refs artist | Bo Carter | Bo Carter Special | 1934 | San Antonio | Bluebird | ||
| Title refs artist | Bo Carter | Bo Carter's Advice | 1935 | New Orleans | Bluebird | ||
| Title refs artist | Eli Framer | Framer's Blues | 1929 | Atlanta | Victor | ||
| Title refs artist | Jab Jones | Poor Jab Blues | 1932 | Richmond | Champion | ||
| Title refs artist | Jazz Gillum | Gillum's Windy Blues | 1938 | Aurora | Bluebird | ||
| Title refs artist | Little Hat Jones | Little Hat Blues | 1929 | San Antonio | Okeh | ||
| Title refs artist | Lonnie Johnson | Mr Johnson's Blues | 1925 | St Louis | Okeh | ||
| Title refs artist | Scrapper Blackwell | Mr Scrapper's Blues | 1928 | Chicago | Vocalion | ||
| Title refs artist | Willie McTell | Mr McTell's Got The Blues | 1927 | Atlanta | Victor | ||
| Artist refs self | Arthur Crudup | Death Valley Blues | 1941 | Chicago | Victor | Wear your patent leather slippers, mama put on your mourning gown // You gonna follow poor Crudup down to his buryin' ground | |
| Artist refs self | Barbecue Bob Hicks | Mississippi Heavy Water Blues | 1927 | NYC | Columbia | The whole town's a wringin', Robert Hicks is singin'... | |
| Artist refs self | Big Bill Broonzy | When I Been Drinking | 1941 | Chicago | Okeh | 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 | |
| Artist refs self | Big Joe Williams | Highway 49 Blues | 1941 | Chicago | Bluebird | Melvina my sweet woman, ooh well well, she don't pay Joe Williams no mind | |
| Artist refs self | Big Joe Williams | Someday Baby | 1941 | Chicago | Bluebird | Ain't but the one thing, Sonny Boy, gives Joe Williams the blues: I got on my last pair a shoes | |
| Artist refs self | Black Ace | Black Ace Blues | 1936 | Ft Worth | ARC | I am the Black Ace? | |
| Artist refs self | Blind Boy Fuller | Untrue Blues | 1937 | NYC | ARC | Now the way you treat Blind Boy Fuller, g' me bunch a lies | |
| Artist refs self | Blind Boy Fuller | Worn Out Engine Blues | 1940 | NYC | Vocalion | 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 | |
| Artist refs self | Bo Carter | [song about broadcasting? Anyone?] | |||||
| Artist refs self | Brownie McGhee | Key To My Door | 1941 | Chicago | Okeh | 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" | |
| Artist refs self | Bukka White | Army Blues | 1964 | Memphis | Sonet | Don't you women start to fussin' and fightin' over me, 'cause Uncle sam didn't leave but one but me behind. If I don't get around to you women in the daytime, old Bukka will be 'round 'fore the sun go down | |
| Artist refs self | Charlie Patton | High Water Everywhere | 1929 | Grafton | Paramount | High water done rose at Sumner, drove poor Charlie down the line | |
| Artist refs self | Curley Weaver | Ticket Agent - similar to McTell's Lord Send Me An Angel | 1949 | NYC or Atlanta | Regal? | That new way of lovin', great God it must be best // 'cause these [?] women won't let Curley Weaver rest | |
| Artist refs self | Dan Pickett | Chicago Blues | 1949 | Play it, Pickett! | |||
| Artist refs self | Elmore James | Crossroad Blues | I believe, po' Elmo sinking down | ||||
| Artist refs self | Frank Stokes | Bunker Hill Blues | 1929 | Memphis | Victor | ...that Papa Frank Stokes, he sure can burn it on | |
| Artist refs self | Frank Stokes | Frank Stokes Dream | 1929 | Memphis | Victor | So you hear them Frank Stokes blues every where on earth you go | |
| Artist refs self | Furry Lewis | Don't You Wish Your Mama | 1962 | Memphis | George Mitchell | Don't you wish your mama had named you Furry Lewis? | |
| Artist refs self | Furry Lewis | Everybody's Blues | 1927 | Chicago | Vocalion | [unknown voice at end of verse 1:] Sing it Mr. Furry! // And.. I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?' | |
| Artist refs self | Furry Lewis | Goin' To Kansas City | 1961 | Memphis | Prestige/Bluesville | It takes a rockin' chair to rock, rubber ball to roll, a brownskin woman to satisfy Furry's soul | |
| Artist refs self | Furry Lewis | Rock Island Blues | 1927 | Chicago | Vocalion | I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?' | |
| Artist refs self | Golden Gate Quartet | Everytime I Feel The Spirit | 1939 | NYC | Bluebird | And if anybody asks you who's singin' so straight, just tell 'em it's a quartet called the Golden Gate | |
| Artist refs self | Kid Cole | Sixth Street Moan | 1928 | Chicago | Vocalion | And I swear you gon' miss your Kid Cole, baby baby, when I'm gone | |
| Artist refs self | Lightnin' Hopkins | [too many to list] | |||||
| Artist refs self | Little Hat Jones | Kentucky Blues | 1930 | San Antonio | Okeh | please don't let them kill Mr. Little Hat dead | |
| Artist refs self | Louis Lasky | Teasin' Brown Blues | 1935 | Chicago | Vocalion | 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 | |
| Artist refs self | Memphis Minnie | Ma Rainey | 1940 | Chicago | Okeh | little Minnie . . | |
| Artist refs self | Peetie Wheatstraw | C And A Train Blues | 1931 | Chicago | Vocalion | Lord when you haven't seen your girl in a long time, treat you like Peetie Wheatstraw... | |
| Artist refs self | Pegleg Howell | Papa Stobb Blues | 1927 | Atlanta | Columbia | Anybody ask you who composed this song, tell 'em Pegleg Howell, I've been here and gone | |
| Artist refs self | Robert (Tim) Wilkins | I Do Blues | 1928 | Memphis | Victor | ...tell poor Timmy what you please | |
| Artist refs self | Robert Johnson | Cross Roads Blues | 1936 | San Antonio | ARC | save poor Bob if you please | |
| Artist refs self | Robert Johnson | Kindhearted Woman Blues | 1936 | San Antonio | ARC/Vocalion | ?make Mr. Johnson drink | |
| Artist refs self | Sam McGee | Franklin Blues | 1926 | NYC | Vocalion | Hello folks, this is Sam McGee from Tennessee, just 'a gettin' right(?). Let's go Sam | |
| Artist refs self | Smokey Harrison | Iggly Oggly Blues | 1929 | Grafton | Paramount | Sweet Papa Smoky, with all the right [sounds here] [ends song with:] Ta ta, Smokey's gone | |
| Artist refs self | Smokey Harrison | St. Peter's Blues - Part 1 | 1929 | Grafton | Paramount | This's old Sweet Papa Smoky once more [ends with:] Sweet Papa Smokey's gone | |
| Artist refs self | Smokey Harrison | St. Peter's Blues - Part 2 | 1929 | Grafton | Paramount | This's old Sweet Papa Smoky on this record. Thank you for [thinkin' o' me] | |
| Artist refs self | Tommy Johnson | Lonesome Home Blues | 1928 | Memphis | Victor | I been good at you mama sure Lord killing Tommy | |
| Artist refs self | Tommy McClennan | New Highway No. 51 | 1940 | Chicago | Bluebird | Come to little Tommy's cabin, it's down on Highway 51 | |
| Artist refs self | Troy Ferguson | College Blues | 1929 | Atlanta | Columbia | This here's Troy, Cap'n, Troy Ferguson | |
| Artist refs self | Willie McTell | Broke Down Engine | 1933 | NYC | Vocalion | 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 | |
| Artist refs self | Willie McTell | Lord Send Me An Angel #1 | 1933 | NYC | Vocalion | 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 | |
| Artist refs self | Willie McTell | Mr McTell's Got the Blues | 1927 | Atlanta | Victor | ||
| Artist refs self | Willie McTell | Scarey Day Blues | 1931 | Atlanta | Okeh | My baby got a mojo, she try to keep it hid // But Georgia Bill got somethin' to find that mojo with | |
| Artist refs self | Willie McTell | Ticket Agent Blues | 1935 | Chicago | Decca | ||
| Reported speech | Bukka White | Single Man Blues | 1963 | Berkeley | Arhoolie | I went to the employ' early this morning, find out . . they said "Yes Bukka, there're two or three here you oughta see" | |
| Reported speech | Curley Weaver | Ticket Agent - similar to McTell's Lord Send Me An Angel | 1949 | NYC or Atlanta | Regal? | 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" | |
| Reported speech | John Estes | Lawyer Clark Blues | 1941 | Chicago | Bluebird | He said "If I just stay out the grave, oh John I'll see you don't go to the pen" | |
| Reported speech | Teddy Darby, as Blind "Blues" Darby | Heart Trouble | 1937 | Chicago | Decca | And they says, "Darby, we'll carry you to hospital #2" | |
| Reported speech | Teddy Darby, as Blind "Blues" Darby | The Girl I left Behind | 1937 | Chicago | Decca | I heard Roosevelt Sykes say, "Darby, you are Chicago bound" | |
| Reported speech | Willie McTell | Atlanta Strut | 1929 | Atlanta | Columbia | 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. | |
| Reported speech | Willie McTell | Lord Send Me An Angel | 1933 | NYC | Vocalion | 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" | |
| Song about artist | Big Bill Broonzy | Jivin' Mr. Fuller's Blues | 1940 | Chicago | Vocalion | I'm going to Durham, North Carolina, Mr Fuller's the man I want to see | |
| Song about artist | Bill Gaither | Life of Leroy Carr | 1940 | Chicago | Okeh | ||
| Song about artist | Blind Boy Fuller | Jivin' Big Bill Blues | 1939 | Memphis | Vocalion | 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 | |
| Song about artist | Booker T. Washington | Death of Bessie Smith | 1939 | Chicago | Bluebird | ||
| Song about artist | Brownie McGhee | A Letter To lightnin' Hopkins | 1951 | NYC | Jax | I'm Goin' to Houston, Texas, Lightnin' Hopkins's the man I want to see | |
| Song about artist | Brownie McGhee | Best Of Friends | 1957 | Verve/Folkways | [about Lead Belly] | ||
| Song about artist | Brownie McGhee | Gone But Not Forgotten | 1958 | Folkways | [about Big Bill Broonzy] | ||
| Song about artist | Brownie McGhee | The Death of Blind Boy Fuller #1 & #2 | 1941 | Chicago | Okeh | ||
| Song about artist | Bumble Bee Slim | Death of Leroy Carr | 1935 | Chicago | Decca | ||
| Song about artist | Bumble Bee Slim | Last Respects (Dedicated To The Memory of Leroy Carr) | 1935 | Chicago | Decca | ||
| Song about artist | Champion Jack Dupree | Death of Big Bill Broonzy | 1959 | London | Storyville | ||
| Song about artist | King Soloman Hill | My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon | 1932 | Grafton | Paramount | ||
| Song about artist | Lead Belly | Blind Lemon Blues | 1934 | Angola | LoC | ||
| Song about artist | Lead Belly | Blind Lemon Memorial Record | 1944 | NYC | Stinson | ||
| Song about artist | Lead Belly | Silver City Bound | 1948 | NYC | Folkways | [about Lemon] | |
| Song about artist | Memphis Minnie | Ma Rainey | 1940 | Chicago | Okeh | ||
| Song about artist | Rev. Emmett Dickinson | Death of Blind Lemon | 1930 | Grafton | Paramount | ||
| Song about artist | Scrapper Blackwell | My Old Pal Blues | 1935 | Chicago | Champion | Dedicated to Leroy Carr | |
| Song about artist | Washboard Walter: Walter Taylor, John Byrd | Wasn't It Sad About Lemon | 1930 | Grafton | Paramount | ||
| Artist refs accomp. | Arthur Crudup | Just Like A Spider | 1947 | Chicago | Victor | Yeah Mr Ransom, play da blues for me... | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Arthur Crudup | Lonesome World To Me | 1947 | Chicago | Victor | Yeah play it Mr Ransom, play it... | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Arthur Crudup | My Baby Left Me | 1950 | Chicago | Victor | Yeah Mr Ransom play it for me | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Arthur Crudup | Never No More Blues | 1951 | Chicago | Victor | Yeah, play it Mr Ransom | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Beale Street Sheiks | Jazzin' the Blues | 1927 | Chicago | Paramount | Frank Stokes speaks to "Sane" | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Big Joe Williams | Highway 49 Blues | 1941 | Chicago | Bluebird | 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 | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Big Joe Williams | Someday Baby | 1941 | Chicago | Bluebird | Ain't but the one thing, Sonny Boy, gives Joe Williams the blues: I got on my last pair a shoes | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Bill Gaither | Do Like I Want To Do | 1938 | NYC | Decca | During the first instrumental break Gaither says "That's Mr. Honey Hill on the piano" | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Blind Blake | Hastings Street | 1929 | Richmond | Paramount | Ah Spand, you ain't never been to Detroit in your life | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Bumble Bee Slim | Bricks In My Pillow | 1935 | Chicago | Vocalion | Names Myrtle Jenkins, the pianist on the recording, several times. At the start of the recording, over the piano intro: "This is Myrtle Jenkins at the piano, goin' play these blues for me. Play it Myrtle, 'til I sweat." And later during an instrumental break: "Play it a long time, Myrtle. Get off my back, blues" | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Cannon's Jug Stompers | Pretty Mama Blues | 1929 | Memphis | Victor | Play it boy! "Aw, Mister Lewis" | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Cannon's Jug Stompers | The Rooster's Crowing Blues | 1929 | Memphis | Victor | Sing it Mr Woods, sing it! - Gus urging on Hosea Woods | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Casey Bill Weldon | Big Bill's Blues | 1936 | Chicago | Vocalion | Good bye Casey Bill I'll see you in another town | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Charlie Patton | Poor Me | 1934 | NYC | Vocalion | Bertha Lee | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Daddy Stovepipe | Greenville Strut | 1931 | Chicago | Vocalion | Blow that jug Mississippi Sarah, do it like a dog | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Dr. Clayton | Ain't Gonna Drink No More | 194- | 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 | |||
| Artist refs accomp. | Dr. Clayton | Black Snake Blues | 1941 | Chicago | Okeh | The Dr. calls out to "John" (Blind John Davis) to take a piano solo | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Dr. Clayton | My Own Blues | 1942 | Chicago | Bluebird | Toot your horn Mister Ransom, to Ransom Knowling | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Ed Bell | Shouting Baby Blues | 1929 | NYC | QRS | Play that thing, Mr. Clifford! Y' know we're a long way from home--got to play it or walk back home | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Geeshie Wiley | Pick Poor Robin Clean | 1931 | Grafton | Paramount | Hello there, Geeshie. "Hello there, Slack." "What are you doing down here?" - w/Elvie Thomas | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Hokum Boys (Broonzy, CBW) | Keep Your Mind On It | 1936 | Chicago | Vocalion | Hey, Casey Bill. "Hey, Bill." "Keep your mind on it." | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Memphis Jug Band | He's In The Jailhouse Now | 1930 | Memphis | Victor | Son was walking down the street, a little chick he chanced to meet, Son being Son Brimmer, aka Will Shade | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Memphis Jug Band | He's In The Jailhouse Now | 1930 | Memphis | Victor | 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?) | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Memphis Minnie | Three Times Seven Blues | 1947 | Chicago | Columbia | 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. | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Memphis Minnie | What's The Matter With The Mill | 1930 | Chicago | Vocalion | Hello Minnie. "Hello Kansas Joe" | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Sonny Boy Williamson | Ground Hog Blues | 1941 | Chicago | Bluebird | Yes John, you know what I mean? (to Blind John Davis) | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Sonny Boy Williamson | Shake Your Boogie | All right, John before a piano break, and "Now John, I got it this time myself" before a harp break, addressing Blind John Davis | ||||
| Artist refs accomp. & vice versa | Tampa Red | She Wants To Sell My Monkey | 1942 | Chicago | Bluebird | 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" | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Thomas "Barrelhouse Buck" McFarland | I Got To Go Blues | 1934 | Chicago | Decca | As he goes into the instrumental break Buck shouts "Come on, Peter" to the otherwise unknown violinist accompanying Buck's piano and vocals | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Thomas "Barrelhouse Buck" McFarland | Lamp Post Blues | 1934 | Chicago | Decca | As he goes into the instrumental break Buck shouts "Come on, Peter" to the otherwise unknown violinist accompanying Buck's piano and vocals | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Walter Davis | If You Ever Get Lonesome | 1938 | Aurora | Bluebird | Come on up here, Yank Rachell, with that guitar | |
| Artist refs accomp. | Willie McTell | Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo | 1933 | NYC | Vocalion | Curley Weaver, Weaver's girlfriend and his own wife | |
| Accomp. refs artist | Big Bill Broonzy | Saturday Night Rub | 1930 | NYC | Banner | [Music starts, then Frank Brasswell says:] "Hello, Bill!" | |
| Accomp. refs artist | Cannon's Jug Stompers | Jonestown Blues | 1929 | Memphis | Victor | Aw, play it Mr. Lewis - Hosea Woods urging on Noah Lewis | |
| Accomp. refs artist | Furry Lewis | Everybody's Blues | 1927 | Chicago | Vocalion | [unknown voice at end of verse 1:] Sing it Mr. Furry! // And.. I ain't got nobody to say, 'Furry, where you been?' | |
| Accomp. refs artist | Henry Brown | Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks | 1929 | Chicago | Brunswick | 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 | |
| Accomp. refs artist | Jazz Gillum | Gillum's Windy Blues | 1938 | Aurora | Bluebird | Blow that thing, Gillum, blow it - Broonzy(?) | |
| Accomp. refs artist | Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell | Depression Blues | 1932 | NYC | Vocalion | Hello Leroy!, "Hello Scrapp!" | |
| Accomp. refs artist | Scrapper Blackwell | Trouble Blues Part 2 | 1928 | Chicago | Vocalion | [Leroy Carr interjects during Scrapper's first instrumental break:] Say, Mr. Scrapper, that's too tight. Why, you ought to quit it | |
| Accomp. refs artist | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | [too many to list] | |||||
| Artist refs other artist | Bill Gaither | Life of Leroy Carr | 1940 | Chicago | Okeh | Bumble Bee Slim has told you about the death of his closest friend // but I'm going to tell you from the beginning to the end | |
| Artist refs other artist | Dan Pickett | Chicago Blues | 1949 | 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! | |||
| Artist refs other artist | Louis Lasky | Teasin' Brown Blues | 1935 | Chicago | Vocalion | 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 | |
| Artist refs other artist | Louisiana Red | Red's Dream | 1962 | Roulette | 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... | ||
| Artist refs other artist | Robert Johnson | Cross Roads Blues | 1936 | San Antonio | ARC | ...my friend boy, Willie Brown | |
| Artist refs other artist | Sonny Boy Williamson | Ground Hog Blues | 1941 | Chicago | Bluebird | Now I wanna hear some swingin' music, I wanna hear a Fats Waller song | |
| Artist refs other artist | Sonny Boy Williamson | You Can Lead Me | 1938 | Aurora | Bluebird | 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) | |
| 3rd party refs artist | Little Hat Jones | Corpus Blues | 1929 | San Antonio | Okeh | [unknown woman:] Aw, play that thing, Little Hat, that's the talk of the town | |
| Artist refs 3rd party | Barbecue Bob Hicks | Brown-Skin Gal | 1927 | NYC | Columbia | [Lilllian Glinn:] jus' like Miss Lillian, I mean Miss Glinn you see; she says 'A brown-skin man is just all right with me' | |
| Artist refs 3rd party | Memphis Slim | Old Taylor | 1941 | Chicago | Bluebird | Well, you see Mr. Melrose standing in the floor // He's gonna give us a little drink now just before he goes |
