Vaudeville Blues

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Annotation

Compiled and Annotated by Max Haymes

Tracklist

1▶CD: I Need‐A‐Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan
2▶CD: The Mule Laid Down and Died
3▶CD: A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time
4▼CD: How Come You Do Me Like You Do
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1Haven’t Seen No Whiskey
“Jackson” Joe Williams3:27
2Mean Old Master Blues
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1929-10-17)
guitar:
Jesse “Babyface” Thomas (on 1929-10-17)
piano:
K.D. Johnson (on 1929-10-17)
lead vocals:
Bessie Tucker (on 1929-10-17)
Bessie Tucker3:06
3Stingaree Blues (A Down Home Blues)
Esther Bigeou3:04
4Waco Texas Blues
Mary H. Bradford2:48
5Hey Lawdy Mama – The France Blues
recording of:
Hey Lawdy Mama
composer:
Long “Cleve” Reed (in 1927)
Papa Harvey Hull3:02
6Find Me at the Greasy Spoon
Grant & Wilson3:00
7Scoop It
Grant & Wilson2:45
8Mama Let Me Scoop for You
Blind Willie McTell3:09
9Bow Legged Papa
Butterbeans & Susie3:09
10How Can I Miss You When I’ve Got Dead Aim
Ida Cox with Lovie Austin & Her Blue Serenaders2:43
11Railroad Bill
recording of:
Railroad Bill
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music
Will Bennett2:59
12Hard Headed Mama
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1927-02-03)
piano:
Phil Worde (on 1927-02-03)
violin:
Bert Howell (on 1927-02-03)
lead vocals:
Martha Copeland (on 1927-02-03) and Sidney Easton (on 1927-02-03)
Martha Copeland3:07
13‘Git’ Going
Viola McCoy2:40
14He May Be Your Man (but He Comes to See Me Sometimes)
Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators3:11
15Devil in the Lion’s Den
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1927-04-25)
guitar:
Sam Collins (on 1927-04-25)
vocals:
Sam Collins (on 1927-04-25)
Sam Collins2:44
16Uncle Sam Blues
Edna Hicks2:58
17Everybody Mess Around
Alberta Hunter3:20
18Twistin’ Your Stuff
guitar:
Barbecue Bob (on 1930-04-18)
vocals:
Barbecue Bob (on 1930-04-18)
recording of:
Twistin' Your Stuff (on 1930-04-18)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Hicks
Barbecue Bob3:13
19Don’t Shake It Nomore
Trixie Smith3:03
20Fourth Street Mess Around
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-21)
guitar:
Will Shade (on 1930-05-21)
jug:
Hambone Lewis (on 1930-05-21)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (on 1930-05-21)
mandolin:
Charlie Burse (on 1930-05-21)
lead vocals:
Charlie Nickerson (on 1930-05-21)
vocals:
Charlie Burse (on 1930-05-21), Charlie Nickerson (on 1930-05-21) and Will Shade (on 1930-05-21)
Memphis Jug Band3:19
21How Come You Do Me Like You Do
recording of:
How Come You Do Me Like You Do (Do, Do) (in 1924)
writer:
Gene Austin (in 1924) and Roy Bergere (in 1924)
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited and EMI Mills Music Inc.
Rosa Henderson3:18
22Beat Your Doing It
guitar:
Clifford Gibson (in 1929-06)
vocals:
Clifford Gibson (in 1929-06)
Clifford Gibson3:11
23Slow Up Papa
Viola McCoy2:27
24Honey You’re Going Too Fast
Barbecue Bob3:03
25Penitentiary Bound Blues
Rosa Henderson2:59
26Death Cell Blues
guitar:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-19) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-19)
vocals:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1933-09-19)
Blind Willie McTell3:09