Country Blues still doesn't pay, so it is time to make a little fund rasing effort. I realize these are not the best of economic times, but some help is needed to offset the costs of operating the site.
Since last fall we've added 1 gigabyte of host space in order to accomodate the continued uploading of mp3 and jpeg files. We are now close to being out of space again and each 500 megabytes of space is an addtional charge from our host. We consider the storage of these files as past to f the resource WeenieCampbell has become and don't want to delete any of them, even the very old ones. WeeniePedia was added about a year and a half ago - it takes up quite a bit of storage space as well.
In January we reconstituted Weenie Juke Radio. Our membership in audio host 'Loudcity' has allowed us to lower the overhead and the work involved in operating an internet radio station, but LoudCity does not give us the exposure to new contributing members we once enjoyed in the Juke's former incarnation. The Juke has become more of a website radio station, which is fine with us, Loudcity has provided near perfect service.
We do have new incentives and re-organized some old incentives. Phil Hawkins has generously didgintized another 2-CD set from his 78 collection, this time of Rare and Unusual Post War Blues. I will attach Phil's track listing and notes to this post. We also have a 'new' Weenie Juke case sticker some of you may have missed. The new incentive plan from the Donation Page: (the Weenie Fly Swatters are no more..)
--- Make any donation and I will send you a couple of coveted, hip and cool Weenie Case Stickers. Make a donation of $20 - $39 and you have a choice between two great 2-CD sets: pick either Rare and Unusual Pre War Country Blues OR Rare and Unusual Post War country blues. CD sets were generously donated by Phil Hawkins and digitized from his 78 record collection. A donation of $40 or more will bring you both sets, 4 CDs, 98 tracks in all! ---
Thank you all for your support and continued participation in WeenieCampbell!
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1)Baby Chile is from the second recording session of noted blues singer Jimmy "T99" Nelson. Recorded in Oakland, in 1949 on the rare Oakland, Olliet label.
2)I'm A Stranger Here, 3)I Used To Love A Woman, 4)Strangest Blues, are early Oakland recordings of blues vocalist Jimmy Wilson featuring Lafayette Thomas on guitar. Recorded in Oakland, 1948 (track 2), and 1954 (tracks 3 & 4)
5)Drove From Home Blues, 6)Good Road Blues, 7)Alley Special, are the complete issued sides of Texas bluesman, Wright Holmes. Recorded in Houston in 1947. An interesting link between prewar country bluesmen and postwar bluesmen like John Lee Hooker.
8 )Quinsella, although credited to Wright Holmes, is actually blues vocalist and harmonica player, Sonny Boy Johnson. Recorded in Los Angeles, 1947.
9)Soon One Morning, 10)Come On Baby, Now are from the first recording session of Rocky Fuller (real name, Iverson Minter), also known as Louisiana Red, although, raised in Pittsburgh.... I'm beginning to see a pattern here. Recorded in Chicago, 10/13/1952.
11)About To Lose My Mind, 12)Which One Do I Love, are by Chicago blues vocalist and guitarist, Arthur "Big Boy" Spires. Recorded in Chicago, 1/17/1953.
13)Please Mam Forgive Me, 14)Excuse Me Baby, are by vocalist, guitarist, Sunny James (real name, Jesse James) with Thunder Smith on piano. Recorded in Houston, 1948.
15)You Deceived Me, 16)Blunston's Boogie is by well known blues composer , singer, musician, Jimmy McCracklin (real name, James David Walker) with blues pianist David Blunston. Recorded in Los Angeles 1946. Track 16, is a solo work by David Blunston, probably recorded the same day. This is the only recording date I could find for David Blunston.
17)Hurry, Hurry, Baby, 18)Everything Is Wrong, by blues vocalist and harmonica player, Sidney Maiden. Recorded in Los Angeles, 6/28/55.
19)No One To Love Me, by Leroy "Country" Johnson. Recorded in Houston, 1949.
20)I'm Looking For A Woman, 21)Rough Treatment, are by vocalist, guitarist, Little Hudson (Hudson Showers). Recorded in Chicago, 1/31/1953.
22)Log House On The Hill, by Leroy "Country" Johnson. Recorded in Houston, 1949.
23)Sak-Relation Blues, 24)Ugly Woman Blues, are by vocalist, guitarist Sylvester Cotton, of which there seems to be nothing known, other than that he was in Detroit in 1948. Recorded in Detroit, 10/1/1948 for "Sak-Relation Blues" and, 9/30/1948, for "Ugly Woman Blues".
25)Between Midnight And Dawn is a post-war recording by well known pre-war, Mississippi, vocalist, guitarist, Johnnie Temple. Recorded in Chicago, 1950.
----- Post War - Disk 2
1)God's Mighty Hand, 2)I Want Two Wings, are by the Guitar evangelist, Rev. Utah Smith. One of the first sacred singers to play electric guitar, Rev. Smith, after traveling around much of the country settled in New Orleans in the early 1950's. Recorded; NYC, June 1944.
3)Suffer, 4)I Can't Last Long, are by well known Florida bluesman and Harlem street singer Gabriel Brown. The bulk of his early recordings were done in the late forties for the independent Joe Davis label. However, this was recorded for the mainstream Coral label, 8/3/1949, NYC.
5)Good Boy, is from the first recording session of Virginia bluesman, Alec Seward and North Carolina bluesman, Louis Hayes, released under the pseudonym, "Blues King". Recorded; April, 1944, NYC.
6)Brown Skinned Woman, 7)Ain't Nothin But A Child, are by Mississippi born bluesman, Sunnyland Slim, real name, Albert Luandrew, with Robert Lockwood Jr. on guitar. Recorded; 12/9/1951, Chicago.
8 )Just Can't Say, 9)All By Yourself, Willie Nix vocal with an allstar group; Snooky Pryor, harmonica; Sunnyland Slim, Piano and Eddie Taylor on guitar. Recorded; 10/14/1953, Chicago.
10)Telephone Blues, 11)Blues In The Dark, are the first recordings of influential harmonica ace, "Little George" Smith. Recorded; August, 1955, Kansas City, Mo.
12)Cool Playing Blues, 13)Wrong Blues, are by veteran Texas vocalist, pianist, Curtis Jones. Recorded; 5/19/1953.
14)Nashville After Midnight, 15)Back Alley Boogie, are the first recordings by obscure Southern bluesman Sherman "Blues" Johnson. Recorded; 1951, Nashville.
16)Big Timing Woman, 17)Night Working Woman, are the only recordings of obscure bluesman, Ernest McClay. Recorded; 1948, Los Angeles.
18)Texas Blues, 19)Gonna Write You A Letter, Although born in Logansport, Louisiana; the younger brother of Ramblin' Thomas, both are primarily known as Texas bluesmen. Jesse Thomas studied music theory and sight reading and played as a pick-up jazz and R&B guitarist. But these sides are clearly dedicated to his roots as a country bluesman.
20)Rosalee, 21)Bull Dog Blues, And yet another obscure bluesman, Luther Huff probably from Mississippi. These are the only issued sides from the second session and only two other sides were issued form the first session. Both sessions are listed as Luther Huff, vocal/guitar with Percy Huff, guitar. recorded; 2/21/1951, Jackson, Ms.
22)Bad Hangover, 23)Fish Tail Blues, by Square Walton. An interesting line-up on these sides by another obscure bluesman, that at least, managed to record on a major label. The sidemen include, Sonny Terry on harmonica and Mickey Baker on guitar. Recorded; 8/27/53, NYC.
24)Come To Me Baby, 25)You Can't Make The Grade, Records by James "Beal Street" Clark, are not particularly scarce and are probably more interesting to R&B fans than blues fans, this one , however, features a young Muddy Waters; a good year before he made his first historic sides for Aristocrat records.
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1. Rev. P.W. WILLIAMS assisted by Samuel Alexander Sanctified Singers Testifying Meeting Pt. 1, Paramount 12742-A, 12/28 2. Rev. P.W. WILLIAMS assisted by Samuel Alexander Sanctified Singers Testifying Meeting Pt. 2, Paramount 12472-B, 12/28 3. MEMPHIS SANCTIFIED SINGERS (w/Bessie Johnson, Will Shade-guitar) He Got Better Things For You, Victor 38559-B, 10/1/29 4. MEMPHIS SANCTIFIED SINGERS (w/Bessie Johnson, Will Shade-guitar) The Great Reaping Day, Victor 38559-A, 10/1/29 5. REV. RICE'S SANCTIFIED SINGERS Tell It Over Again, Vocalion 1444, 11/23/29 6. REV. RICES SANCTIFIED SINGERS Sin Is To Blame, Vocalion 1444, 11/23/29 7. TWO GOSPEL KEYS I Can't Tarry, Robin 106 8. TWO GOSPEL KEYS Every man's Got To Lay Down And Die, Robin 106 9. CLARENCE WHITE (Blind Street Singer), J. Butler-guitar Stand By Me, Jaxyson 5-B 10. CLARENCE WHITE (Blind Street Singer), J. Butler-guitar Well Done, Jaxyson 41-A 11. MISSISSPPI BRACEY I'll Overcome Some Day, Okeh 8904, 12/17/30 12. MISSISSIPPI BRACEY You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door, Okeh8904, 13. VOL STEVENS (Will Weldon-guitar) Vol Steven's Blues, Victor 21356-A, 10/20/27 14. VOL STEVENS (Will Weldon-guitar) Baby Got The Rickets, Victor 21356-B, 10/20/27 15. COLMAN AND HARPER, (Evans and McClain the Two Poor Boys) Old Hen Cackle, Romeo 5095-A, 5/20/31 16. COLMAN AND HARPER, (Evans and McClain the Two Poor Boys) Sourwood Mountain, Romeo 5095-B, 5/21/31 17. MISSISSIPPI MATILDA (Sonny Boy Nelson & poss. Willie Harris Jr.-guitars) Hard Working Woman, Bluebird 6812-A, 10/15/36 18. MISSISSIPPI MATILDA (Sonny Boy Nelson & poss. Willie Harris Jr.-guitars) Happey Home Blues, Bluebird 6812-B, 10/15/36 19. BLACK DIAMOND T. P. Railer, Jaxyson 50-A 20. BLACK DIAMOND Lonesome Blues, Jaxyson 50-B 21. JOE HILL LOUIS Boggie In The Park, Phillips 9002 22. JOE HILL LOUIS Gotta Let You Go, Phillips 9001 23. KING NAWAHI (Hawaiian Beach Combers) Honolulu Bound, Van Dyke 84297 (b) 24. KING NAWAHI'S HAWAIIANS Tickling The Strings, Columbia 2138-D, 1/30/30 ---
WEENIEOLOGY 2
1. R. GREEN & TURNER Los Angeles, Ca. 1948 Alla Blues, J & M Fulbright 123 2. R. GREEN & TURNER Los Angeles, Ca 1948 Central Ave. Blues, J & M Fulbright 123 3. BACK PORCH BOYS (Alec Seward, Louis Hayes) NYC, 1947? Big Hip Mama, Apollo 392 4. BACK PORCH BOYS (Alec Seward, Louis Hayes) NYC, 1947? King Kong Blues, Apolo 392 5. JACK KELLY and his SO. MEMPHIS JUG BAND NYC, 8/1/33 Ko Ko Mo Blues, Meletone M12812 6. JACK KELLY and his SO. MEMPHIS JUG BAND NYC, 8/1/33 Believe I'll Go Back Home, Meletone M12812 7. BO CARTER Alanta, Ga. 10/24/31 New Auto Blues, Columbia 14671 8. BO CARTER Alanta, Ga. 10/25/31 You Keep Spending My Change, Columbia 14671 9. PEARL DICKSON w/PET & CAN Memphis, Tenn. 12/12/27 Twelve Pound Daddy, Columbia 14286 10. OTIS HARRIS Dallas, Tex. 12/8/28 You'll Like My Loving, Columbia 14428 11. OTIS HARRIS Dallas, Tex. 128/28 Waking (sic) Blues, Columbia 14428 12. LILLIAN GLINN Atlanta, Ga. 4/9/29 Atlanta Blues, Columbia 14421 13. LOUSIANA JOE and SLIM Richmond, Ind. 6/10/29 Crossin' Beale Street, Champion 15774-A 14. KING MUTTand his TENNESSEE THUMPERS Richmond, Ind. 2/12/29 Good Time Mama, Gennett 6844-A 15. GEORGE EDGIN'S CORN DODGERS My Ozark Mountain Home, Columbia 15754 16. GEORGE EDGIN'S CORN DODGERS Corn Dodger No.1 Special, Columbia 15754 17. BESSIE SMITH New York City, 6/11/31 Shipwreck Blues, Columbia 14663 18. "BILL" WILBER (Joe McCoy/Willie Lofton) Chi, Il. 7/22/35 My Babe My Babe, Champion 50053 A 19. "BILL" WILBER (Joe McCoy/Willie Lofton) Chi, Il. 7/22/35 Greyhound Blues, Champion 50053 B 20. BROWNSVILLE "SON" BONDS w/HAMMIE NIXON Chi, Il. 9/6/34 Back And Side Blues, Champion 50064 A 21. BROWNSVILLE "SON" BONDS w/HAMMIE NIXON Chi, Il. 9/6/34 Weary Worried Blues, Champion 50064 B 22. CHARLIE WHITE Oakland, Ca. 1948 How Long?, Jaxyson 23A 23. GEORGE NOBLE Chi, Il. 3/20/35 If You Lose Your Good Gal-Don't Mess With Mine, Melotone 7-06-75 24. GEORGE NOBLE Chi, Il. 2/11/35 The Seminole Blues, Melotone 7-06-75
As one who makes constant use of the Juke by having it playing whilst I perform endless, mundane typing activities at the throne of the "one-eyed monster", I thought I?d just bring this back to our collective consciousness. A few bucks in support of the Juke seems like a bargain to me........
I am glad to support WeenieCampbell and can't wait to hear the CDs! You Weenies out there, fork out $20 or more, support WeenieCampbell and you'll get to hear a lot of very cool music on those compilations. Some of it is stuff I've heard, but by no means all. If you have a Paypal account, it's super easy and if not, it's not difficult to put a check in the mail. Do it today, please! Suzy T.
And you need these CDs! I'm working my way through Post-War disk 2 for the first time as I type. I ain't heard none of this before...and it's good stuff! First couple of Disk 1 tracks make me wanna take-up the piano. Better not. If I start accumulating pianos the way I have guitars I'm gonna need a bigger closet. Next up on the ol' I-Pod; the 2 pre-war disks.......
representin'! i got my new shirt in the mail yesterday! this is a site i visit almost daily, & a few dollars i feel is more than worth it. best online music site/forum i've ever come across.
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I have one question though, about the post-war CD:s; would it by any chance be possible to list the song titles as well? The tiny librarian in me wants to know.
Thanks for the heads up Pan (sometimes I get in a hurry ) Song titles are now installed.
And thank you all for the plugging weeniecampbell and the support. Pan is right, the post war CD's are very good - Jimmy Nelson's singing on "Baby Chile" is almost worth the price of the set alone!
Am doing a little cleanup, finally importing the Weenieology discs. We seem to be missing the artist name for the following on Postwar Disc 2:
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22)Bad Hangover, 23)Fish Tail Blues, An interesting line-up on these sides by another obscure bluesman, that at least, managed to record on a major label. The sidemen include, Sonny Terry on harmonica and Mickey Baker on guitar. Recorded; 8/27/53, NYC.
V with Sonny Terry (h) Fletcher Smith (p) Mickey Baker (g) Johnny Williams (b) Marty Wilson (d). New York City, 27August 1953 E3VB 1911 Bad hangover Vic 20-5584 E3VB 1912 Gimme your bankroll Vic 20-5493 E3VB 1913 Fish tail blues Vic 20-5584 E3VB 1914 Pepper head woman Vic 20-5493
V with Al Williams (p) Mickey Baker (g) Johnny Williams (b) Marty Wilson (d) Leroy Kirkland (vb). New York City, 26 January 1954 E4HB 3492 Straight little woman unissued E4HB 3493 Square?s blues unissued E4HB 3494 Don?t go around there unissued E4HB 3495 You can take it or leave it unissued
It is that hat passing time of year again! Which, come to think of it, is one of the great things about WC - you only have to listen to me beg once a year.
The overhead is low and I do recoup a few costs through Amazon and an occasional banner, but it is not enough to cover annual costs. So I ask you once again to chip in a few bucks.... it does not take many feelings of guilt to cover the year.
The same incentive plan as last year is still in effect, which I'll copy below.
Thanks!
========================= Greetings Weenies and other Dignitaries,
Country Blues still doesn't pay, so it is time to make a little fund rasing effort. I realize these are not the best of economic times, but some help is needed to offset the costs of operating the site.
We do have new incentives and re-organized some old incentives. Phil Hawkins has generously didgintized another 2-CD set from his 78 collection, this time of Rare and Unusual Post War Blues. I will attach Phil's track listing and notes to this post. We also have a 'new' Weenie Juke case sticker some of you may have missed. The new incentive plan from the Donation Page: (the Weenie Fly Swatters are no more..)
--- Make any donation and I will send you a couple of coveted, hip and cool Weenie Juke Radio Stickers. Make a donation of $20 - $39 and you have a choice between two great 2-CD sets: pick either Rare and Unusual Pre War Country Blues OR Rare and Unusual Post War country blues. CD sets were generously donated by Phil Hawkins and digitized from his 78 record collection. A donation of $40 or more will bring you both sets, 4 CDs, 98 tracks in all! ---
Thank you all for your support and continued participation in WeenieCampbell!
My apologies to a number of you who have sent in donations. I just discovered that Paypal has not been sending me email notifications of the donations, which I depend on in order to reply to you in a timely manner! (damn computers!) So, apologies - I'll get caught up on my thank-you's and weenie paraphernalia mailings in the next few days!
I just donated via Paypal, I hope you receive the notification in timely fashion. Should it fail to arrive, I have the receipt number etc. and will send this information on request. This is a great forum, it challenges both the mind and the pickin' fingers. Becoming a "kind of active" member has been very rewarding for me.
The CD sets are no longer available. Sorry. We did a number of promotions mostly to support Weenie Juke, which was our major expense at the time. We do occasionally, maybe every few years, do a little fund raiser to help offset the hosting costs, but those are quite reasonable so it's not a big deal. But you can keep an eye out, as that would be the time to pitch in a few bucks. Thanks for your support and contributions!