Negro Blues and Hollers, AFS L59

Sung and played by Son House with guitar at Robinsonville, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn

Low Down, Dirty Dog Blues

Sung and played by Willie Blackwell and William Brown with guitar at Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones am John W. Work

Four O'Clock Blues

Sung by William Brown with guitar at Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University ot Nashville, Tenn

East St. Louis Blues

Sung by William Brown with guitar at Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lom.a:x:, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

Misissippi Blues

Special Rider Blues

Sung and played by Son House with guitar at Robinsonville, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

Depot Blues

Sung by William Brown, with guitar at Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn

Ragged And Dirty

Sung by David Edwards, with guitar at Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones and John W. Work for a study jointly sponsored by the Library of Congress and Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn.

Worried Life Blues

Sung by the congregation of Silent Grove Baptist Church with trombone and guitar at Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1942. Recorded by Alan Lomas, Lewis Jones and John W. Work

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Negro Blues and Hollers

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