John, FWIW, here's what Tony Russell said about the Jack Gowdlock coupling when he included it on the compilation East Coast Blues (Blues Collection BLUCD 84, 1996). [The compilation contents can be viewed at Stefan's Luke Jordan page].
"Gowdlock was a blues-singer and guitarist from the small town of Cross Keys, South Carolina, between Union and Laurens. He played with the blind gospel singer Gussie Nesbitt, bom in 1910, and was probably of a similar age. The two men were scouted by a local store-owner for a Victor session in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 29 May 1931 and recorded four numbers - two sacred duets which were never issued and two solo blues by Gowdlock which were - but the record sold so poorly that 65 years later not even the most assiduous collectors had ever seen or heard it. Fortunately a copy has survived and Gowdlock's blues can be heard at last.
'Poor Jane Blues' is a version of the hugely widespread eight-bar blues usually known as 'Crow Jane', sometimes as 'Red River Blues', in other regions as 'Sliding Delta'. Gowdlock alludes to the first two titles in his opening and closing verses. Julius Daniels recorded a version of the theme in 1927 and the Virginia singer Carl Martin did it in 1935. More recently it has been recorded by Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt."
