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John Coffey Collection

I met John Coffey and his wife, Betsy Rutherford Coffey, sometime in the early to mid-1970s shortly after they moved to Baltimore from the Boston area. I was just getting into old-time music and John was the first fiddler I had ever met. He played left-handed on a reworked and restrung fiddle. He played with the fiddle against his chest and employed a very distinctive, often syncopated, bowing style. And he collected 78s. Betsy was from the Galax area and was kin to the Wards (Fields and Wade). Between them they knew everyone in the early revival scene.  

For someone who was new to the music (me), their arrival in Baltimore seemed like an act of providence. I soon began making music with them and my nascent banjo playing became more fully formed as I accompanied John’s fiddling. Their influence was seminal, and I would not be the musician I am today had they not landed in Baltimore when they did. They left Baltimore for Galax sometime in the late 70s or early 80s, if I’m remembering correctly. 

In 1993 John began sending recordings to friends every Christmas, first on cassette, then starting in 2001, on CD. These compilations were drawn from his 78s (with the occasional inclusion from someone else’s collection). Each was a diverse sampling of a broad range of traditional music, both familiar and obscure. They included old-time tunes and songs, blues, gospel, early bluegrass, and early jazz. Cajun, French-Canadian, and Irish music made occasional appearances as well. Each collection came with wonderful and informative notes on each selection. He sent these out every Christmas for 18 years, stopping in 2011, when health issues made it hard for him to continue. John passed away in 2016 after suffering several strokes. 

These recordings are an absolute treasure trove and are a testament to John’s vast knowledge and deep love of traditional music. I’m thrilled that Slippery-Hill is making these available and thereby keeping John’s legacy alive. - Bill Schmidt

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Tune View
Title Artist Label Catalog Number Track Order Sort descending
Carroll County Blues Byron Parker & His Mountaineers Bluebird B-8432 1993.01
Peddler And His Wife Appalachia Vagabond Vocalion 5450 1993.02
Big Leg Blues Mississippi John Hurt Okeh Unissued 1993.03
Nobody's Business Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers Brunswick 224 1993.04
In That Crowning Day L.V. Jones & His Virginia Singing Class Okeh 45187 1993.05
My Name Is John Johannah Kelly Harrell Victor 21520 1993.06
Brown Skin Blues Jarvis & Justice Brunswick 336 1993.07
Johnson Gal Leake County Revelers Columbia 15149 1993.08
Johnson Boy Grant Brothers Columbia 15460 1993.09
I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground Bascom Lunsford Brunswick 219 1993.10
Bristol Tennessee Blues Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Brunswick 104 1993.11
See That My Grave Is Kept Green Bela Lam & His Greene County Singers Okeh 45126 1993.12
Prisoner's Lament Herbert Sweet Supertone 9305 1993.13
Pick Poor Robin Clean Luke Jordan Victor 20957 1993.14
Ride That Mule Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Brunswick 186 1993.15
Triangle Blues Roanoke Jug Band Okeh 45393 1993.16
Cackling Hen J.D. Harris Okeh 45024 1993.17
Dixie Cowboy Marion Underwood & Sam Harris Herwin 75552 1993.18
Duval County Blues James Roberts With Asa Martin Romeo 5452 1993.19
Billy Grimes The Rover Shelor Family Victor 20865 1993.20
Underneath The Sugar Moon Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland Columbia 15582 1993.21
Jesus Gonna Shake My Righteous Hand Biddleville Quintette Paramount 12506 1993.22
Harvest Field, The Owen Brothers & Ellis Victor V-40309 1993.23
Sugar Hill Crockett Ward & His Boys Okeh 45179 1993.24
Otto Wood The Bandit Carolina Buddies Columbia 15652 1993.25
Get Hot Norfolk Jazz Quartette Okeh 8022 1993.26
I'll Be Ready When The Bridegroom Comes McVay & Johnson Columbia 15370 1993.27
Springdale Blues Cannon's Jug Stampers Victor 21351 1993.28
Weary Prodigal Son Carter Family Victor 23626 1993.29
Up Jumped The Devil Byron Parker & His Mountaineers Bluebird B-8432 1993.30
Home Town Blues Roane County Ramblers Columbia 15328 1994.01
Oh Molly Dear B.F. Shelton Victor 40107 1994.02
Alabama Girl, Ain't You Comin' Out Tonight Frank Hutchison Okeh 45313 1994.03
Don't You Want That Stone Birmingham Jubilee Singers Columbia 14252-D 1994.04
Girl Behind The Bar, The Stanley Brothers Rich-R-Tone 420 1994.05
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed Joshua White Perfect 0258 1994.07
I'll Lead A Christian Life Golden P. Harris Melotone M-12178 1994.08
Everyday Dirt David McCarn Victor V-40274 1994.09
Train On The Island J.P. Nester Victor 21070 1994.10
The Man That Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright Columbia 15236 1994.11
Walkin' In My Sleep Dixie Reelers Bluebird B-6831 1994.12
Pearls, The Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers Victor 20948 1994.13
Christian Soldier Denson Quartet Columbia 15526 1994.14
Down In Baltimore Southern Melody Boys Bluebird B-7057 1994.15
John Henry Blues Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers Okeh 45101 1994.16
Coo Coo Bird, The Clarence Ashley Columbia 15489 1994.17
Burial Of Wild Bill, The Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers Conqueror 7270 1994.18
She Ain't Built That Way Asa Martin Supertone 9388 1994.19
Charleston Number 1 Asa Martin Perfect 12895 1994.20
Little Maggie Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris Bluebird B-7201 1994.21
Flyin' Airplane Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vocalion 04557 1994.22
Le Loup Garou Pierre Girard Starr 16842 1994.23
Hog Eye Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers Victor 21295 1994.24
Worrying Blues Eddie "Macon Ed" Anthony Okeh 8676 1994.25
Sunny Tennessee Floyd County Ramblers Victor V-40307 1994.26
Standing On The Promises Rev. M. L. Thrasher And His Gospel Singers Columbia 15607 1994.27
Battleship Of Maine Red Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers Victor 20936 1994.28
Give Me Roses While I Live Carter Family Victor 23821 1994.29
Fourteen Days In Georgia Walter Couch & Wilkes Ramblers Bluebird B-7252 1994.30
Rain Crow Breakdown Burk Barbour Private Recording 1995.01
Little Birdie John Hammond Supertone 9249 1995.02
I've Been Married Three Times Chris Bouchillon Columbia 15289 1995.03
Rambling Pitchfork Edward Mullaney Victor 79003 1995.04
Dying Gambler Bright Moon Quartet Montgomery Ward M-7048 1995.05
Brownie Blues Steven Tarter Victor V-38017 1995.06
John Hardy Blues Roy Harvey Champion 16281 1995.07
Take Them For A Ride David McCarn Victor 23506 1995.08
Lineman's Serenade H.M Barnes & His Blue Ridge Ramblers Brunswick 327 1995.09
Jesus Will Make It All Right Rev. Edward W. Clayborn Vocalion 1093 1995.10
Wild Horse North Carolina Ramblers Columbia 15279 1995.11
Charlotte Hot Step Fletcher & Foster Victor V-40232 1995.12
Side Line Blues Gwen Foster Montgomery Ward M-7859 1995.13
Cuba Alabama Sacred Harp Singers Columbia 15349 1995.14
Sittin' In The Circle With The Saints Silver Leaf Quartet Of Norfolk Okeh 8803 1995.15
Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Vocalion 5153 1995.16
Sammie Where Have You Been So Long Dock Boggs Brunswick 131 1995.17
Candy Girl Uncle Bunt Stephens Columbia 15085 1995.18
Short Dress Gal Sam Morgan's Jazz Band Columbia 14351-D 1995.19
I Want My Life To Testify Hendersonville Double Quartet Columbia 15443 1995.20
Wheels Of The World, Rakish Paddy James Morrison Columbia 33422-F 1995.21
Old Dog Blue Jim Jackson Victor 21387 1995.22
Sporting Cowboy Watts & Wilson Paramount 3006 1995.23
Pay Day Fight Cliff Carlisle Montgomery Ward M-7181 1995.24
Way Down In Alabama Smyth County Ramblers Victor V-40144 1995.25
Righteous Blues Blind Blake Paramount 13035 1995.26
Home Sweet Home Frank Jenkins Supertone 9167 1995.27
Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers Victor V-40048 1995.28
River Of Jordan Carter Family Victor 21434 1995.29
Jug Rag Blue Ridge Ramblers Vocalion 02999 1995.30
Red Hot Breakdown Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers Okeh 45209 1996.01
Roving Cowboy Buell Kazee Brunswick 156 1996.02
Worn Out Engine Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vocalion 05575 1996.03
My First Bicycle Ride Eck Dunford Victor 21131 1996.04
Rock My Soul Heavenly Gospel Singers Bluebird B-7177 1996.05
Sally Goodwin Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers Edison 52350 1996.06
Get On Board, Aunt Susan Jimmie Davis Bluebird B-5319 1996.07
I'm Bound For Home North Canton Quartet Columbia 15643 1996.08
Bow Legged Irishman Ted Gossett Superior 2731 1996.09
Chimes Blues Charlie Davenport Champion 15726 1996.10
Baltimore Fire Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers Columbia 15509 1996.11
Christian's Flight Lee Wells & His Jasper Alabama Sacred Harp Singers Oriole 8011 1996.12
Grey Eagle Cauley Family Banner 6-04-54 1996.13
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Fiddlin' John Carson Okeh 45096 1996.14
He Is A Saviour For Me Rev. F.W. McGee Victor 20858 1996.15
New Lost Train Blues J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers Montgomery Ward M-7003 1996.16
Take Me Back To The Sweet Sunny South Jackson Young Challenge 333 1996.17
Struttin' With Some Barbecue Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five Okeh 8566 1996.18
Intoxicated Rat Dixon Brothers Bluebird B-6327 1996.19
Jesus Walks With Me Fa Sol La Singers Columbia 14656-D 1996.20
Gigue A Ti-Zoune Isidore Soucy Starr 16119 1996.21
Tell It Again Bela Lam & His Greene County Singers Okeh 45456 1996.22
I Love Thy Church O Lord Primitive Baptist Choir Of North Carolina Jewel 20001 1996.23
Going Back To Jericho Dock Walsh Columbia 15094 1996.24
Cotton Mill Blues Daddy John Love Bluebird B-6491 1996.25
Sit Down Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca 8538 1996.26
Last Gold Dollar Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands Columbia 15564 1996.27
Seven Sipter Blues Tenderfoot Edwards Paramount 12873 1996.28
Church In The Wildwood Carter Family Montgomery Ward M-4225 1996.29
Leather Breeches Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers Okeh 45209 1996.30
Barnyard Frolic Carolina Ramblers String Band Perfect 12820 1997.01
Death Bell Blues Tom Dickson Okeh 8590 1997.02
Roll On John Buell Kazee Brunswick 144 1997.03
Don't Drink It In Here Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band Brunswick 7067 1997.04
Muscle Shoal Blues DeFord Bailey Brunswick 147 1997.05
Wild Women Blues Pine Mountain Boys Victor 23592 1997.06
Ease It To Me Blues Barbecue Bob Columbia 14614-D 1997.07
It's None Of Your Business Lake Howard Perfect 13151 1997.08
I Have A Friend Thrasher Family Columbia 15717 1997.09
All That I've Got's Done Gone Doc Roberts Champion 16208 1997.10
Church Bells Blues Luke Jordan Victor 21076 1997.11
Sugar In The Gourd Tweedy Brothers Gennett 6483 1997.12
New Lovin' Blues Buddy Moss Conqueror 8578 1997.13
Penick OKeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers Okeh 45323 1997.14
Sweet Feet Memphis Night Hawks Vocalion 1736 1997.15
Rabbit In The Pea Patch Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Vocalion 5146 1997.16
Walk, Tom Wilson, Walk Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Vocalion 5154 1997.17
Sun Didn't Shine Heavenly Gospel Singers Montgomery Ward M-4840 1997.18
T Baby Blues Bo Carter Bluebird B-6529 1997.19
Rocky Mountain Goat Cliff & Ray Conqueror 9753 1997.20
Texas Sand Leroy Johnson Bluebird B-8075 1997.21
John Henry The Steel Drivin' Man Earl McCoy, Alfred Meng & Clem Garner Columbia 15622 1997.22
Mean Old Bedbug Blues Furry Lewis Vocalion 1134 1997.23
Honeysuckle Charlie Poole & Roy Harvey Columbia 15615 1997.24
Down On Me Eddie Head & His Family Columbia 14548-D 1997.25
Kansas City Rag Prairie Ramblers Conqueror 9755 1997.26
When The Ransomed Get Home Blue Sky Boys Montgomery Ward M-7160 1997.27
Bumble Bee Blues Memphis Jug Band Bluebird V-38599 1997.28
Keep On The Firing Line Carter Family Bluebird B-9026 1997.29
Ramblers' Rag, The Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers Bluebird B-5740 1997.30
Old Joe Dr Humphrey Bates & His Possum Hunters Brunswick 271 1998.01
Darling Cora B.F. Shelton Victor 35838 1998.02
Railroad Blues Sam McGee Decca 5348 1998.03
Moving Up The King's Highway Heavenly Gospel Singers Montgomery Ward M-7084 1998.04
Coal Valley Stripling Brothers Decca 5547 1998.05
Rocking On The Waves Propes Quartet Bluebird B-5612 1998.06
Pickin' And Playin' Fiddling Doc Roberts ARC 6-03-52 1998.07
I'm A Rolling The Deal Family Columbia 15147 1998.08
John Brown's Dream Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters Silvertone 5183 1998.09
Going To Germany Cannon's Jug Stampers Bluebird B-5413 1998.10
Sweet Locust Blossoms Southern Melody Boys Montgomery Ward M-7224 1998.11
Golden Harp, The Allison's Sacred Harp Singers Gennett 6499 1998.12
Little Maggie Stanley Brothers Rich-R-Tone 423 1998.13
Out On The Lone Star Cow Trail Dick Devall Timely Tunes C-1563 1998.14
When I Stopped Running I Was At Home Dixieland Jug Blowers Victor 20770 1998.15
Paddy Won't You Drink Some Cider Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen Columbia 15358 1998.16
You Ain't No Good Gabriel Brown & His Guitar Gennett 5003 1998.17
Sally Gooden Eck Robertson Victor 18956 1998.18
Bull Fiddle Blues Johnny Dodd's Washboard Band HJCA HC-59 1998.19
Henpecked Man, The Kelly Harrell Victor 23689 1998.20
I'll Live On Monroe Brothers Bluebird B-7007 1998.21
All Gone Now Clyde Evans Band Columbia 15597 1998.22
Chased Old Satan Through The Door Woodie Brothers Victor 23579 1998.23
Cocaine Habit Blues Memphis Jug Band Victor V-38620 1998.24
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Byron Parker & His Hillbillies DeLuxe 5017 1998.25
I Am Born To Preach The Gospel Washington Phillips Columbia 14448-D 1998.26
Old Rachel Frank Hutchison Okeh 45093 1998.27
Bill Morgan And His Gal Buster Carter & Preston Young Columbia 15758 1998.28
Little Moses Carter Family Victor V-40110 1998.29
Arkansas Traveller Paul Miles & The Red Fox Chasers Supertone 9163 1998.30
Ned Went A Fishin' Walker's Corbin Ramblers Vocalion 02667 1999.01
Leather Breeches W.A. Hinton Victor 23555 1999.02
Do What The Lord Say Do Dunham Jubilee Singers Supertone 9532 1999.03
Little Boy Working On The Road J.W. Day Victor V-40025 1999.04
Little Mamie Kentucky Ramblers Paramount 3285 1999.05
Ain't Going To Lay My Armor Down McVay & Johnson Columbia 15370 1999.06
Bay Rum Blues Ashley & Foster Vocalion 02611 1999.07
Won't You Be Kind Luke Jordan Victor V-38564 1999.08
Jake Leg Blues Narmour & Smith Okeh 45469 1999.09
Jesus Leads, I'll Follow On Buffalo Ragged Five Champion 45111 1999.10
Greenback Dollar Weems String Band Columbia 15300 1999.11
Soar Away Denson Quartet Denson 503 1999.12
New Orleans Stomp Johnny Dodds Black Bottom Stampers Vocalion V.1008 1999.13
Under The Pale Moonlight Rutherford & Burnett Gennett 6688 1999.14
Rukus Juice And Chittlin' Memphis Jug Band Biltmore 1101 1999.15
Been To The East Been To The West Leake County Revelers Columbia 15318 1999.16
Black Dog Blues Bayless Rose Varsity 6056 1999.17
Sally Johnson Lowe Stokes & Riley Puckett Columbia 15620 1999.18
Smokey Blues Ellis Williams Columbia 14482-D 1999.19
Railroadin' And Gamblin' Uncle Dave Macon Bluebird B-8325 1999.20
That Lonesome Train That Took My Baby Away Charlie McCoy Okeh 8863 1999.21
Dis Train S.E. Mullis Blue Diamond Quartette Champion 16424 1999.22
A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett Okeh 8543 1999.23
Waltz That Carried Me To My Grave, The Joseph F. Falcon Columbia 15275 1999.24
Reel Saint Emile Jos Bouchard Bluebird B-1168 1999.25
I Ain't Got Time James & Martha Carson White Church 1189 1999.26
Dallas Blues South Street Trio Victor 21135 1999.27
Rattlin' Daddy Bill Carlisle Montgomery Ward M-7035 1999.28
Beautiful Home Carter Family Conqueror 9568 1999.29
Stone Rag Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers Victor V-40009 1999.30
Callahan Rag Roane County Ramblers Columbia 15570 2000.01
My Mother's Gone To Glory Mitchell's Christian Singers Conqueror 9081 2000.02
Terrell Texas Blues Oscar & Doc Harper Okeh 45420 2000.03
Little Birdie Stanley Brothers Rich-R-Tone 1056 2000.04
If It Looks Like Jelly, Shakes Like Jelly, It Must Be Gelatine Charlie Lincoln Bluebird 14322-D 2000.05
Satisfied Tennessee Ramblers Brunswick 257 2000.06
You Got To Go Down Blind Gary Davis Conqueror 8561 2000.07
You'll Miss Me Blind Alfred & Orville Reed Victor 23650 2000.08
Easy Rider Sam McGee Vocalion 5254 2000.09
Ozark Waltz Morrison Twin Brothers String Band Victor V-40323 2000.10
What Would The Profit Be Harry West Country Church C-5004 2000.11
A Morning In July Frank Quinn Columbia 34004-F 2000.12
Easy Creeping Mama Willie “Scarecrow” Owens Champion 16014 2000.13
Booneville Stomp Red Whitehead Vocalion 5414 2000.14
I Know That Jesus Set Me Free Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers Victor V-40106 2000.15
Rubber Neck Blues Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners RCA Victor 20-2204 2000.16
Cowboy Trail Buell Kazee Brunswick 481 2000.17
Bells Of Love Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1 Okeh 8883 2000.18
Magnolia One Step Nations Brothers Vocalion 03118 2000.19
We'll Drop Our Anchor Rev. M. L. Thrasher And His Gospel Singers Columbia 15361 2000.20
Tatter Jack Welch Joe Flanagan Columbia 33067-F 2000.21
Never Be As Fast As I Have Been Grayson & Whitter Victor 23565 2000.22
Don't You Love Your Daddy No More Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter Bluebird B-8550 2000.23
Cluck Old Hen Fiddlin' Powers & Family Edison 52083 2000.24
Sugar Cane Mama Carlisle Brothers Bluebird B-8996 2000.25
Freakish Jelly Roll Morton Victor V-38527 2000.26
Protection Denson's Sacred Harp Singers of Arley, Alabama Brunswick 302 2000.27
Yo Yo Blues Walter Taylor Varsity 6036 2000.28
Motherless Children Carter Family Victor 23641 2000.29
Alabama Trot Roane County Ramblers Columbia 15570 2000.30
Flop Eared Mule Highlanders Paramount 3171 2001.01
Pretty Polly B.F. Shelton Victor 35838 2001.02
Do You Call That Religion Birmingham Jubilee Singers Columbia 14163-D 2001.03
Texas Quickstep Red Headed Fiddlers Brunswick 285 2001.04
Sally Johnson Lewis Brothers Columbia V-40172 2001.05
Rough Alley Blues Mary Willis Okeh 8921 2001.06
Tell It To Me Grant Brothers And Their Music Columbia 15322 2001.07
Just Over In The Glory Land J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers Bluebird B-7730 2001.08
Love Somebody Uncle Dave Macon & Sid Harkreader Vocalion 14887 2001.09
Odem Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet Bluebird B-8582 2001.10
Miss Brown Carter Brothers & Son Vocalion 5297 2001.11
Darktown Strutters' Ball, The Miff Mole's Molers Vocalion 3041 2001.12
Green Backed Dollar Bill Dr Humphrey Bates & His Possum Hunters Brunswick 275 2001.13
How You Want It Done Big Bill Broonzy Perfect 0207 2001.14
Paddy In London Flanagan Brothers Victor 79096 2001.15
Jesus ls The Light Laurel Firemen's Quartet Victor 45426 2001.16
Poor Boy Long Way From Home Buell Kazee Brunswick 217 2001.17
Bear's Gap Norman Phelps' Virginia Rounders Decca 5307 2001.18
I Walk With Jesus Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1 Okeh 8860 2001.19
Frankie Dykes Magic City Trio Vocalion 5143 2001.20
Viola Lee Blues Cannon's Jug Stampers Bluebird B-5030 2001.21
Jockey Thro The Fair Michael C. Hanafin Columbia 33190-F 2001.22
George Washington Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers Victor 21469 2001.23
You've Been A Friend To Me Carter Family Decca 5283 2001.24
Just Let Me Fall Larry Richardson Blue Ridge 306 2001.25
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers Columbia 15709 2002.01
House Carpenter Clarence Ashley Columbia 15654 2002.02
Sign Of Judgement, The Golden Crown Quartet Okeh 8739 2002.03
Horse Shoe Bend Stripling Brothers Vocalion 5395 2002.04
Train Carry My Girl Back Home Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris Montgomery Ward M-7129 2002.05
Sandy River Belle Dad Blackard's Moonshiners Victor 21130 2002.06
Labor Blues Tom Dickson Okeh 8570 2002.07
Old Joe Bone Carter Brothers & Son Okeh 45289 2002.08
He's Had No Lovin' For A Long Long Time Original New Orleans Jazz Band Gennett 4508 2002.09
Cottonfield Blues Henry Thomas Vocalion 1094 2002.10
Fillmore Denson-Parris Sacred Harp Singers Bluebird B-5597 2002.11
Babtist Shout Frank Jenkins Of Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters Gennett 6287 2002.12
Smith's Rag Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners Bluebird B-8662 2002.13
Tricks Ain't Walkin No More Kid Coley Bluebird B-5248 2002.14
Rejoicing On The Way Avondale Mills Quartet Victor V-40211 2002.15
Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone Fiddling Doc Roberts Supertone 9670 2002.16
Damfino Stump Sylvester Weaver Okeh 8480 2002.17
South Street Blues Martin & Robert Vocalion 1127 2002.18
Roll On Buddy Charlie Bowman & His Brothers Columbia 15357 2002.19
Motherless Children Joshua White Perfect 0258 2002.20
Salty Dog Blues McGee Brothers Vocalion 5150 2002.21
Green Groves Of Erin Sullivan's Shamrock Band Columbia 33190-F 2002.22
Black Eyed Susie J.P. Nester Victor 21007 2002.23
I'll Never Forsake You Carter Family Conqueror 9569 2002.24
Pilot Mountain Rag Dee Stone & His Melody Hillbillies Blue Ridge 203 2002.25
Going To Jail Buddy Young's Kentuckians Superior 2519 2003.01
Little Sadie Clarence Ashley Columbia 15522 2003.02
Let That Liar Alone Silver Leaf Quartet Of Norfolk Velvet Tone 7078-V 2003.03
Cat's Got The Measles And The Dog's Got Whoopin' Cough Jerry Jordon Supertone 9407 2003.04
John Henry Was A Little Boy J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers Bluebird B-6629 2003.05
Answer To Big Rock Candy Mountain Fisher Hendley Vocalion 02543 2003.06
Forty Drops Andrew Baxter Victor V-38002 2003.07
I Am Bound For The Promised Land Alfred G. Karnes Victor 20840 2003.08
Chicago Breakdown Big Maceo Bluebird 34-0743 2003.09
We Shall Rise Byron Parker & His Mountaineers Bluebird B-8551 2003.10
Please Ma'am Peg Leg Howell Columbia 14356-D 2003.11
Shan Van Vough, The Frank Quinn Victor 97007 2003.12
Boston Skuffle Jabbo Smith & His Rhythm Aces Bluebird B-7101 2003.13
Four Cent Cotton Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers Columbia 15746 2003.14
Ice Water Blues DeFord Bailey Victor V-38014 2003.15
They All Got A Wife But Me Branch & Coleman Okeh 45556 2003.16
Bottle Neck Blues Weaver & Beasley Okeh 8530 2003.17
You Must Unload The Deal Family Columbia 15412 2003.18
Honey Dripper Sam Montgomery Melotone 6-08-55 2003.19
Sleepy Hollow Jig A.J. Boulay Victor 216565 2003.20
Loved Ones, The Allison's Sacred Harp Singers Gennett 6584 2003.21
Sitting On Top Of The World No. 2 Mississippi Sheiks Okeh 8854 2003.22
Whoa Mule Kentucky Ramblers Paramount Unissued 2003.23
Amber Tresses Carter Family Victor 23701 2003.24
Fire On The Mountain Tommy Whitmer's Band Superior 2519 2003.25
Acorn Stomp East Texas Serenaders Brunswick 282 2004.01
Daniel Saw The Stone Silver Leaf Quartet Of Norfolk Okeh 8914 2004.02
Kidder Cole Bascom Lunsford Brunswick 230 2004.03
Baby All Night Long Clarence Ashley Vocalion 02780 2004.04
Warfield Williamson Brothers & Curry Okeh 45127 2004.05
I'm Living The Right Life Now J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers Bluebird B-7412 2004.06
Good Feeling Blues Blind Boy Fuller Okeh 06231 2004.07
Walking In The Parlor Hill Billies Vocalion 5024 2004.08
K.C. Blues Frank Hutchison Okeh 45452 2004.09
Sunny Home In Dixie Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers Gennett 7034 2004.10
Montgomery Sacred Harp Singing Group Led By Delilah Denson Posey Library Of Congress AAFS 52 2004.11
Fatal Wedding, The Red Headed Fiddlers Brunswick 460 2004.12
Since I Met My Mother In Law Steve Ledford & The Mountaineers Bluebird B-7742 2004.13
Match Box Blues Larry Hensley Vocalion 02678 2004.14
My Business Ain't Right Memphis Jug Band Wax Shop 102 2004.15
Daniel In The Den Of Lions North Carolina Cooper Boys Okeh 45174 2004.16
Barrel House Stomp State Street Ramblers Champion 40007 2004.17
Remember Me Cap, Andy & Flip Fireside Melodies Unnumbered 2004.18
Turn On The Heat Fats Waller Victor V-38568 2004.19
Davy Weems String Band Columbia 15300 2004.20
I'll Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Buster Carter & Preston Young Columbia 15690 2004.21
Rocks Of Dawn Frank Quinn Columbia 33128-F 2004.22
Governor Al Smith Uncle Dave Macon Brunswick 263 2004.23
When The Roses Come Again Carter Family Victor Unissued 2004.24
Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over Fiddlin' John Carson Okeh 45273 2004.25
Saddle Up The Gray Carter Brothers & Son Okeh 45202 2005.01
I Want To Go Home To See My Lord Bessemer Sunset Four Vocalion 1650 2005.02
Hard For To Love Appalachia Vagabond Vocalion 5450 2005.03
When Lulu's Gone Bang Boys Vocalion 83372 2005.04
Sweet Allalee Blue Sky Boys Bluebird B-6854 2005.05
Cuba Alabama Sacred Harp Singers Columbia 15349 2005.06
Going Down The Lee Highway Grayson & Whitter Victor 23565 2005.07
Bogalusa Strut Sam Morgan's Jazz Band Columbia 14251-D 2005.08
Sales Tax On The Women Dixon Brothers Bluebird B-6327 2005.09
Old Joe Clark Jackson Young Challenge 333 2005.10
Doggone My Good Luck Soul Hattie Hudson Bluebird 14279-D 2005.11
Dark Eyes Roy Harvey & Posey Rorer Columbia 15714 2005.12
Cold Momin' Shout South Street Trio Victor 21249 2005.13
Farish Street Jive Little Brother Montgomery Bluebird B-10177 2005.14
I've Got To Go And Leave My Sweet Daddy Behind Sara Martin Okeh 8104 2005.15
Sullivan's Hollow Freeny's Barn Dance Band Okeh 45508 2005.16
Walking With My King Middle Georgia Singing Convention No 1 Okeh 8883 2005.17
Southern Rag Blind Blake Paramount 12565 2005.18
Devilish Mary Bob Cranford Gennett 6945 2005.19
Cincinnati Breakdown Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers Romeo 5134 2005.20
Prisoner Boy Fiddlin' Jim Pate Bluebird V-40170 2005.21
Shake It Daddy Mae Glover Superior 2642 2005.22
Woman's Been After Man Ever Since Blind Alfred Reed Victor V-40196 2005.23
Single Girl, Married Girl Carter Family Victor 20937 2005.24
Texas Wagoner A.C. Eck Robertson & Family Victor V-40145 2005.25
Lazy Kate Leake County Revelers Columbia 15767 2006.01
Lady Gay Buell Kazee Brunswick 212 2006.02
Dry Bones Four Gospel Singers Bluebird B-5311 2006.03
Tug Boat Kessinger Brothers Brunswick 315 2006.04
A Good Man Is Hard To Find Victoria Spivey Okeh 8565 2006.05
Gray Eagle Taylor's Kentucky Boys Gennett 5130 2006.06
Happy Land Allison's Sacred Harp Singers Gennett 6691 2006.07
Bugle Call Rag Leon's Lone Star Cowboys Champion 45169 2006.08
From Now On Barefoot Bill From Alabama Columbia 14481-D 2006.09
I Tickled Her Under The Chin Asa Martin Perfect 12819 2006.10
Jockey Stomp Memphis Night Hawks Vocalion 1736 2006.11
Take Me Home, Poor Julia Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Vocalion 5157 2006.12
Wheels Of The World, Rakish Paddy James Morrison Columbia 33472-F 2006.13
Something Wrong With My Gal Cranford & Thompson Supertone 9182 2006.14
Piccolo Blues Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band Vocalion 1504 2006.15
Nobody's Dirty Business Mississippi John Hurt Okeh 8560 2006.16
Searcy County Rag Ashley's Melody Men Victor V-40158 2006.18
Mellow Queen Roosevelt Sykes Bluebird 34-0721 2006.19
Just Over In The Glory Land Rev. M. L. Thrasher And His Gospel Singers Columbia 15626 2006.20
There's No Hell In Georgia Luke Hignight's Ozark Strutters Vocalion 5325 2006.20
Sing 'Em for Mama, Play' Em For Me Katie Crippen Black Swan 2003 2006.21
They Are Wild Over Me Wesley Long Bluebird B-6891 2006.22
Walking Cane Stomp Phillip's Louisville Jug Band Vocalion 1564 2006.23
Girl On The Greenbrier Shore Carter Family Bluebird B-8947 2006.24
Molly Put the Kettle On Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers Columbia 15746 2006.25
Snow Bird On The Ash Bank Salem Highballers Okeh 45455 2007.01
John Wrote The Revelation Heavenly Gospel Singers Bluebird B-6708 2007.02
Northeast Texas Milner & Curtis Vocalion 5426 2007.03
Barnyard Serenade Grayson & Whitter Victor V-40038 2007.03
Willie Poor Boy Roy Harvey & Posey Rorer Columbia 15714 2007.04
Feet Don't Fail Me Bill Carlisle Bluebird B-7153 2007.05
Court Street Blues Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett Okeh 8514 2007.06
Bed Bugs Makin' Their Last Go Round Byrd Moore Conqueror 7259 2007.07
Old Ship Of Zion Allison's Sacred Harp Singers Gennett 6583 2007.08
Old Miller's Will, The Carson Brothers & Sprinkle Okeh 45398 2007.09
I'm Bound For Home Buffalo Ragged Five Champion 16673 2007.10
Buffalo Gal's Medley Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers Montgomery Ward M-3026 2007.11
Twelfth Street Rag Richard M Jones Gennett 5174 2007.12
Texas And Pacific Blues Frenchy's String Band Columbia 14387-D 2007.14
Insane Crazy Blues Memphis Jug Band Okeh 8959 2007.15
Jack Of Diamonds Ben Jarrell Herwin 75561 2007.16
Rye Straw Fiddling Doc Roberts Champion 16026 2007.17
Hokum Blues Dallas String Band With Coley Jones Columbia 14389-D 2007.18
Milk Cow Blues Big Bill Broonzy Bluebird B-5478 2007.19
Hell Among The Yearlings Ted Sharp Melotone M-45012 2007.20
Choctaw County Rag Ray Brothers Victor V-40313 2007.21
Train Song, The Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers Bluebird B-5945 2007.22
Henry Clay Beattie Kelly Harrell Victor 20797 2007.23
Hello Stranger Carter Family Decca 5479 2007.24
Raccoon On A Rail Home Town Boys Columbia 15762 2007.25
Mississippi Sawyer Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Bluebird B-5433 2008.01
Do You Want To Be A Lover Of The Lord Davis Bible Singers Columbia 14525-D 2008.02
Callahan's Reel Dykes Magic City Trio Vocalion 5181 2008.03
Little Bessie Blue Sky Boys Montgomery Ward Ward M-7470 2008.04
Mixed Up Rag Will Ezell Paramount 12688 2008.05
Roving Cowboy Frank Jenkins Of Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters Gennett 6223 2008.06
Little Woman You're So Sweet Blind Boy Fuller Columbia 37230 2008.07
Wild Goose Chase Kessinger Brothers Brunswick 331 2008.08
Cousin Sally Brown Virginia Mountain Boomers Gennett 6687 2008.09
Weeping Pilgrim Allison's Sacred Harp Singers Gennett 6583 2008.10
Tiger Rag Jungle Band Brunswick 3958 2008.11
Lonesome Road Blues Price Goodson Gennett 6154 2008.12
Dallas Rag Dallas String Band Columbia 14290-D 2008.13
Vas-Y Carrement Breaux Family Columbia 40510-F 2008.14
Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail Riley Puckett Montgomery Ward M-4981 2008.15
See That My Grave Is Kept Green Bela Lam & His Greene County Singers Okeh 45126 2008.16
Liza Jane Carter Brothers & Son Okeh 45202 2008.17
To Love And Be Loved Carlisle Brothers Decca Unissued 2008.18
Bread Line Blues Slim Smith Victor 23526 2008.19
Old Joe Sid Harkreader & Grady Moore Broadway 8114 2008.20
My Wife She Has Gone And Left Me Kelly Harrell Victor 21520 2008.21
Shortenin' Bread Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers Okeh 45112 2008.22
Sourwood Mountain Taylor's Kentucky Boys Supertone 9165 2008.23
You've Got To Righten That Wrong Carter Family Okeh 05982 2008.24
Goin' Crazy Shores Southern Trio Champion 15768 2008.25
Ozark Rag East Texas Serenaders Brunswick 538 2009.01
When Was Jesus Born Heavenly Gospel Singers Bluebird B-8907 2009.02
A Dollar's All I Crave Carlisle Brothers Decca 5913 2009.03
On The Sea Of Life E.R. Nance Singers Oriole 8018 2009.04
Railroad Blues Roy Harvey Champion 16255 2009.05
Red Rocking Chair Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners RCA Victor 21-0145 2009.06
Little Green Slippers Memphis Jug Band Okeh 8966 2009.07
He Went In Like A Lion Carolina Buddies Columbia 15663 2009.08
Carroll County No 3 Narmour & Smith Okeh 45459 2009.09
Hock My Shoes Robert Cooksey Brunswick 7007 2009.10
Hot Sausage Mama Asa Martin Vocalion 04827 2009.11
Glory Bye And Bye Bela Lam & His Greene County Singers Okeh 45407 2009.12
Done Gone Clayton McMichen & Riley Puckett Columbia 15594 2009.13
Will The Weaver Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright Columbia 15694 2009.14
Old Voile Blue Ridge Mountaineers Gennett 6870 2009.15
Operatic Rag Joseph Moskowitz Victor 17978 2009.16
Weeping Mary Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet Bluebird B-8562 2009.17
Unfinished Business Buddy Moss Okeh 06473 2009.18
Unlucky Road To Washington Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers Edison 52299 2009.19
Heifer Dust Will Ezell Signature 910 2009.20
Billy On The Low Ground Oscar & Doc Harper Okeh 45397 2009.21
Potato Head Blues Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven Columbia 35660 2009.22
What Made The Wild Cat Wild Humphries Brothers Okeh 45501 2009.23
Wonderful City, The Jimmie Rodgers & Sara Carter Bluebird B-6810 2009.24
Plow Boy Hop Grinnell Giggers Victor 23675 2009.25
Where's My Other Foot Ted Sharp, Hinman & Sharp Champion 45182 2010.01
Danville Girl Dock Boggs Brunswick 132 2010.02
Walk With Me Heavenly Gospel Singers Bluebird B-7537 2010.03
Big At The Little, Bottom At The Top Bill Carlisle's Kentucky Home Boys Decca 5562 2010.04
Ida Red Fiddlin' Powers & Family Edison 51662 2010.05
Leather Breeches Carter Brothers & Son Vocalion 5295 2010.06
He Is My Friend And Guide Byron Parker & His Mountaineers Bluebird B-8771 2010.07
Rufus Blossom McGee Brothers Vocalion 5170 2010.08
Exhilaration Gennett 6550 2010.09
Jab's Blues Jabbo Williams Jazz Collector L07 2010.10
Maxwell Girl Marion Underwood & Aulton Ray Supertone 9250 2010.11
You're Laughing Now Blind Boy Fuller Vocalion 04557 2010.12
White Mule Floyd Ming & His Pep Steppers Victor 21534 2010.13
Forth Of July At A Country Fair Georgia Yellow Hammers Victor 20549 2010.14
Sing On Sam Morgan's Jazz Band Jazz Classics 540 2010.15
I Saw A Man At The Close Of The Day Grayson & Whitter Victor V-40324 2010.16
Memphis Shakedown Memphis Jug Band Okeh 8960 2010.17
When I Had But Fifty Cents Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers Victor V-40129 2010.18
Moore Girl, The Andrew Baxter Victor 21475 2010.19
Weave Room Blues Dixon Brothers Bluebird B-6441 2010.20
Sweet Mama Blues Dallas String Band Columbia 14290-D 2010.21
Shippin' Sport Doc Roberts Gennett 6689 2010.22
There Ain't No Flies On Auntie Akins Birmingham Boys Columbia 15348 2010.23
It'll Aggravate Your Soul Carter Family Montgomery Ward M-4541 2010.24
Georgia Wagner Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers Columbia 15612 2010.25
Rattler Tree'd A 'Possum Reeves White County Ramblers Vocalion 5260 2011.01
Wade In The Water Empire Jubilee Quartet Victor 23340 2011.02
More Like Your Dad Every Day Uncle Dave Macon Vocalion 5172 2011.03
Maple On The Hill, The Dixie Sacred Singers Vocalion 5158 2011.04
Wild Bill Jones Wade Mainer & His Little Smilin' Rangers Bluebird B-7249 2011.05
Traveling Pilgrim Allison's Sacred Harp Singers Gennett 6622 2011.06
Maid In the Cherry Tree Edward Mullaney & Patrick Stack Victor 79003 2011.07
Lynchburg Town Highlanders Paramount 3171 2011.08
Gideon's Band Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Brunswick 295 2011.09
Old Home Brew Dixon Brothers Bluebird B-7802 2011.10
Fresno Blues Johnny & Albert Crockett Brunswick 372 2011.11
Lost Train Blues Price Goodson Gennett 6187 2011.12
Someone's Last Day Blue Sky Boys Bluebird B-8356 2011.13
In The Garden Where The Irish Potatoes Grow Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers Victor 21711 2011.14
Money Craving Folks Blind Alfred Reed Victor V-40236 2011.15
Once I Had A Fortune Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers Edison 51935 2011.16
A Woman Gets Tired Of One Man All The Time Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett Okeh 8514 2011.17
McCarroll's Breakdown Roane County Ramblers Columbia 15438 2011.18
Southern Jack Carolina Twins Victor V-40310 2011.19
Just Over In The Glory Land Rev. M. L. Thrasher And His Gospel Singers Columbia 15626-D 2011.20
Alabama Jubilee Bill Helms & His Upson County Band Victor V-40079 2011.21
Cotton Baggin' Gid Tanner And His Skillet Lickers Columbia 15404 2011.22

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