Music and Agriculture in the Piedmont Region

James “Thunderbird” Davis – Instrumental #4 [Fat Possum Records, George Mitchell Collection; recorded in Henderson GA in late 1970s; Ulysses & Delma Davis on drums]

Marie Manning – Hard Luck and Trouble [Music Maker 1294, Came So Far (1995); Bishop Dready Manning on guitar]

Frank Edwards – Alcatraz Blues [Trix, Done Some Travelin’ (1972); recorded by Pete Lowery in Atlanta]

John Jackson – Going Down to Georgia on a Horn [Arhoolie 378, Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down; recorded by Chris Strachwitz in Fairfax VA, 1965]

Pig Iron – Dimestore Rag [GAT CS 33, Down in Florida]

Peg Leg Sam– Mr. Ditty Wa Ditty [Tomato Records, Joshua; Louisiana Red on guitar, first release 1975]

Speckled Red – Welfare Blues [Bluebird 069, Robert Lee McCoy on guitar, Willy Hatcher on mandolin, recorded in December 1938 in Aurora IL]

Speckled Red – The Right String But the Wrong Yo Yo [Brunswick 7151; recorded in 1930 in Chicago]

Farm Report – Benefits of Gardening

Curley Weaver – She Don’t Treat Me Good No More [Document Records BDCD 6014; recorded in Atlanta in August 1949, previously unreleased]

Curley Weaver and Blind Willie McTell – Wee Midnight Hours [Document Records BDCD 6014; recorded in Atlanta in August 1949, previously unreleased]

Bayless Rose – Black Dog Blues [Yazoo 1013, East Coast Blues 1926-1935; recorded for Gennett in 1930]

Carl Martin – Old Time Blues [Yazoo 1013, East Coast Blues 1926-1935; recorded in 1935; born in Big Stone Gap VA in 1906]

Blind Willie Walker – South Carolina Rag, Take 2 [Yazoo 1013, East Coast Blues 1926-1935; recorded in Atlanta for Columbia Records in 1930]

Brownie McGhee with Sonny Terry and Bennie Foster – I Don’t Know the Reason [Bluesville 1042; Brownie’s Blues]

Jerry ‘Boogie’ McCain – My New Next Door Neighbor [Music Maker 195, Ardie Dean Blues Drummer]

Cool John Ferguson – Song for Brenda [Music Maker 195, Ardie Dean Blues Drummer]

Sweet Betty – Old Fashioned Love [Music Maker 195, Ardie Dean Blues Drummer]