These Memphis cops call me a vagrant, but I'm a musician. I'm a recording artist for the Vict'ry company. Known all over the world. But these southern laws don't recognize a man by his talents. - Willie Blackwell to Alan Lomax
I just heard Eugene Rhodes on the Juke Radio. Seems there is nowhere the record can be bought. Do any of you have any idea where I might find this record or at least the track Jelly-Jelly?
Rhodes was recorded by Bruce Jackson at Indiana State Penn in March and July 1962. I once owned this LP but in 1972 sold it when offered a ridiculously large sum of money by a German friend. I did however take the precaution of making a cassette and photocopying the back sleeve. I'll see if I can find the photocopy and OCR the notes.
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Hi all, I still have the LP of Eugene Rhodes that Bunker Hill alludes to, and it is just as he says, a very nice album. Eugene Rhodes, in addition to being a good player and singer, spoke beautifully, and as I recall, there are a couple of tracks where he talks about the Blues and his likes and dislikes in that realm. He particularly admired the work of Buddy Moss. Sandy Paton, who founded Folk Legacy Records, passed away in the past month, and I don't know if the Eugene Rhodes album survived into the CD era--in a way I would be surprised if it did, since it was an odd man out in the Folk Legacy catalog which focused primarily on Folk Music from New England and the British Isles. They may have some relic copies of the album laying around though, you never know. It's certainly worth checking if you admire Eugene Rhodes' music. All best, Johnm
I wonder if there is any way that we can listen to this album. I do not want to purchase a used LP for 95 dollars, and the cassette is no longer being manufactured.
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"There ain't no Heaven, ain't no burning Hell. Where I go when I die, can't nobody tell."
V/g. Indiana State Penitentiary, 20-25 & 29/31 March & 1-3 July 1962
If you see my Saviour Blues leaping from Texas Don?t talk me to death Talkin? about my time Working on the levee Step it up and go Talk I keep wondering Jelly, jelly Dough rolling papa Who went out the back See that my grave is kept clean I?m gonna find me a woman If she?s your woman Fast life Whosoever will, let him come
I have found the cassette I made of the LP (see earlier post). I will attempt to individually mp3 each song.