Fort Valley Blues: Library of Congress Recordings from Georgia sound recording

Object Details

Notes: Recorded in: Georgia, United States.
Track information: 101 Mama You Goin' Quit Me as Good As I Been to You / Allison Mathis. Guitar; 102 Bottle Up and Go / Allison Mathis, Jessie Stroller. Guitar; 103 Boll Weevil / Buster Buzz Ezell. Guitar; 104 Fort Valley Blues / Smith Band. Guitar,Mandolin,Banjo; 105 War Song / Buster Brown. Harmonica; 106 Milk Cow Blues / Gus Gibson. Guitar; 107 My Big Fat Hipted Mama / Charles Ellis. Piano; 108 Roosevelt and Hitler (part 1) / Buster Buzz Ezell. Guitar; 201 Roosevelt and Hitler (part 2) / Buster Buzz Ezell. Guitar; 202 Poor Boy Long Ways from Home / Sonny Chestian. Guitar; 203 I'm Gonna Make You Happy / Buster Brown. Harmonica; 204 Railroad Song / Gus Gibson. Guitar; 205 Salt Water Blues / Buster Buzz Ezell. Guitar; 206 Southern Rag / Alvin Sanders, J.F. Duffy, James Sneed. Guitar,Washboard band music; 207 John Henry / Allison Mathis, Jessie Stroller. Guitar,Harmonica; 208 When Saints Come to Town / Jessie Stroller. Harmonica
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu

producer: Cowley, John
performer: Mathis, Allison; Stroller, Jessie; Ezell, Buster Buzz; Brown, Buster; Gibson, Gus; Ellis, Charles; Chestian, Sonny; Sanders, Alvin; Duffy, J.F; Sneed, James; Smith Band
Subject: Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945

Restrictions & Rights: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only

See more items in: Ralph Rinzler papers and audiorecordings, 1950-1994 292071

Topic: Blues (Music); String band; Guitar; Mandolin; Banjo; Harmonica; Piano; Washboard band music; World War, 1939-1945