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Booneville Stomp

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Year
1929
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Catalog Number
5414
Matrix Number
C-5021
Track Order
2000.14
  • Booneville Stomp

    Anyone who thinks Mississippi music was as segregated as Mississippi society should check out this example of white blues playing. Whitehead and Coleman were from Booneville in the northeast corner of the state, just north of Tupelo.

    Red Whitehead, harmonica; Dutch Coleman, guitar,

    Chicago IL 12/13/29 Vocalion 5414

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