There's a new Smithsonian Folkways release coming out called Classic African American Songsters and it features a Pink Anderson recording I hadn't heard before called Talking Blues.
https://soundcloud.com/smithsonian-folkways/talking-blues-performed-by-pink-anderson
Anyone know if this song has been released before? It's not on any of the Bluesville records and not in Stefan's discography. There are apparently 5 previously unreleased tracks on this CD but this one is not marked as one of those. Here's tracklist, including some Bill Williams tracks marked as previously unreleased.
**Previously Unreleased
1. Warner Williams with Jay Summerour ? ?Bring It On Down to My House?
2. Pink Anderson ? ?Talking Blues?
3. John Jackson ? ?Nobody?s Business (If I Do)?
4. Little Brother Montgomery ? ?Alabama Bound?
5. Brownie McGhee ? ?Pallet on the Floor?
6. Bill Williams ? ?Chicken, You Can?t Roost Too High for Me?**
7. Lead Belly ? ?My Hula Love?
8. Reverend Gary Davis ? ?Candy Man?
9. John Cephas and Phil Wiggins ? ?Going Down the Road Feeling Bad?
10. Peg Leg Sam ? ?Froggy Went A-Courting?**
11. Mississippi John Hurt ? ?Monday Morning Blues?
12. Pink Anderson ? ?The Boys of Your Uncle Sam?
13. Brownie McGhee ? ?Raise a Ruckus Tonight?
14. Marvin Fodrell ? ?Reno Factory?
15. John Jackson ? ?Don?t Let Your Deal Go Down?
16. Warner Williams with Jay Summerour ? ?Honeysuckle Rose?
17. Big Bill Broonzy ? ?Bill Bailey?
18. Bill Williams ? ?When the Roses Bloom Again?**
19. Peg Leg Sam ? ?Straighten Up and Fly Right?**
20. Snooks Eaglin ? ?Careless Love?
21. Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong ? ?They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree?**
https://soundcloud.com/smithsonian-folkways/talking-blues-performed-by-pink-anderson
Anyone know if this song has been released before? It's not on any of the Bluesville records and not in Stefan's discography. There are apparently 5 previously unreleased tracks on this CD but this one is not marked as one of those. Here's tracklist, including some Bill Williams tracks marked as previously unreleased.
**Previously Unreleased
1. Warner Williams with Jay Summerour ? ?Bring It On Down to My House?
2. Pink Anderson ? ?Talking Blues?
3. John Jackson ? ?Nobody?s Business (If I Do)?
4. Little Brother Montgomery ? ?Alabama Bound?
5. Brownie McGhee ? ?Pallet on the Floor?
6. Bill Williams ? ?Chicken, You Can?t Roost Too High for Me?**
7. Lead Belly ? ?My Hula Love?
8. Reverend Gary Davis ? ?Candy Man?
9. John Cephas and Phil Wiggins ? ?Going Down the Road Feeling Bad?
10. Peg Leg Sam ? ?Froggy Went A-Courting?**
11. Mississippi John Hurt ? ?Monday Morning Blues?
12. Pink Anderson ? ?The Boys of Your Uncle Sam?
13. Brownie McGhee ? ?Raise a Ruckus Tonight?
14. Marvin Fodrell ? ?Reno Factory?
15. John Jackson ? ?Don?t Let Your Deal Go Down?
16. Warner Williams with Jay Summerour ? ?Honeysuckle Rose?
17. Big Bill Broonzy ? ?Bill Bailey?
18. Bill Williams ? ?When the Roses Bloom Again?**
19. Peg Leg Sam ? ?Straighten Up and Fly Right?**
20. Snooks Eaglin ? ?Careless Love?
21. Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong ? ?They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree?**