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———, “Working Man’s Blues,” 78 rpm, RCA Victor/Bluebird, 1941; Sleepy John Estes, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2, 2 August 1937 to 24 September 1941, CD, Document, 1994.
Gil Evans, “Ella Speed,” Gil Evans and Ten, LP, Prestige, 1957; CD, JVC Japan, 1999.
The Everly Brothers, “Roving Gambler,” Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, LP, Cadence, 1959; CD, Rhino, 1990.
Jimmie Gordon, “Dehlia,” 78 rpm, Decca, 1939; Jimmie Gordon, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 3, 1939–1946, CD, Document, 2000.
Stefan Grossman, “All My Friends Are Gone,” Shake That Thing: Fingerpicking Country Blues, CD, Shanachie, 1998.
Merle Haggard, “Workin’ Man’s Blues,” A Portrait of Merle Haggard, LP, Capitol, 1969; CD, Beat Goes On, 2005.
Blake Alphonso Higgs (Blind Blake), “Delia Gone,” A Third Album of Bahamian Songs by Blind Blake and the Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso Orchestra, LP, Art, 1952.
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra, “Having Myself a Time,” recorded in 1938; The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 6 (1938), CD, Sony, 1990.
Holy Modal Rounders, “Statesboro Blues,” The Holy Modal Rounders 2, LP, Prestige, 1964; CD, Fantasy, 1999.
Mississippi John Hurt, “Frankie [and Albert],” 78 rpm, OKeh, 1928; Mississippi John Hurt, Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings, CD, Columbia/Sony, 1996.
Papa Charlie Jackson, “Bad Luck Woman Blues,” 78 rpm, Paramount, 1926; “Long Gone Lost John,” 78 rpm, Paramount, 1928; and “Look Out Papa Don’t Tear Your Pants,” 78 rpm, Paramount, 1927, all on Papa Charlie Jackson, Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2, February 1926 to September 1928, CD, Document, 1991.
Lonnie Johnson, “Lonesome Road,” 78 rpm, Bluebird, 1942; Lonnie Johnson, Complete Recorded Works, 1937 to June 1947, Volume 2, 22 May 1940 to 13 February 1942, CD, Document, 1996.
Robert Johnson, “Hell Hound on My Trail,” 78 rpm, Vocalion, 1937, and “32-20 Blues,” 78 rpm, Vocalion, 1937; both on Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings, CD, Sony, 1996.
Colonel Jubilation B. Johnston [Bob Johnston], Moldy Goldies: Colonel Jubilation B. Johnston and His Mystic Knights Band and Street Singers Attack the Hits, LP, Columbia, 1966.
Nic Jones, “Canadee-i-o,” Penguin Eggs, LP, Topic, 1980; CD, 1995.
Koerner, Ray, and Glover, Lots More Blues, Rags, and Hollers, LP, Elektra, 1964; CD, Red House, 1999.
Huddie Ledbetter (“Leadbelly”), “Midnight Special,” recorded in 1933, and “Ella Speed,” recorded in 1933; both on Midnight Special: The Library of Congress Recordings, 3 LPs, Elektra, 1966; CD, Rounder, 1991.
Alan Lomax, comp., “Delia Gone” (1935), Deep River of Song: Bahamas 1935, Volume 2, Ring Games and Round Dances, CD, Rounder, 2002.
Taj Mahal, “Statesboro Blues,” Taj Mahal, LP, Columbia, 1968; CD, Columbia/Legacy, 2000.
Tommy McClennan, “New Highway 51,” 78 rpm, RCA Victor/Bluebird, 1940; The Rural Blues: A Study of the Vocal and Instrumental Resources, LP, RBF Records, 1960; Tommy McClennan, Whiskey Head Woman: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1, 1939–1940, CD, Document, 2002.
Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie, “When the Levee Breaks,” 78 rpm, Columbia, 1929; Memphis Minnie, Queen of the Blues, CD, Sony, 1997.
Blind Willie McTell, Atlanta Twelve String, LP, Atlantic Records, 1972.
———, King of the Georgia Blues, 6 CDs, Snapper, 2007. This excellent collection includes all of the important McTell recordings released before 1949, including the 1940 Library of Congress session with John and Ruby Lomax.
———, Last Session, LP, Bluesville, 1960; CD, Fantasy, 1992.
———, The Regal Country Blues, 2 CDs, Acrobat, 2005.
Blind Willie McTell and Curley Weaver, The Post War Years, 1949–1950, CD, Document, remastered edition, 2008.
Memphis Minnie, “Ma Rainey,” 78 rpm, OKeh, 1940; Memphis Minnie, Hoodoo Lady, 2 CDs, Proper Pairs, 2003.
Mississippi Sheiks, “Stop and Listen Blues,” 78 rpm, OKeh, 1930; Mississippi Sheiks, Stop and Listen, CD, Yazoo, 1992.
The Chad Mitchell Trio, “The John Birch Society,” The Chad Mitchell Trio at the Bitter End, LP, Kapp, 1962; CD, Folk Era Records, 1997.
Geoff Muldaur, “Wild Ox Moan,” The Secret Handshake, CD, Hightone, 1998.
Napoleon XIV [Jerry Samuels], “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” 45 rpm, Warner Brothers, 1966; Napoleon XIV, The Second Coming, CD, Rhino, 1996.
The New Lost City Ramblers, “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down,” The New Lost City Ramblers, LP, Folkways, 1958; The New Lost City Ramblers, The Early Years, 1958–1962, CD, Smithsonian Folkways, 1992.
Randy Newman, “Louisiana 1927,” Good Old Boys, LP, Reprise, 1974; CD remastered, Rhino, 2003. Newman has rereleased this song in various versions, but his most moving performance of it came during a live, nationally televised joint-network telethon for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on September 9, 2005. Although Dylan did not attend, his presence was felt: the evening’s entertainment was entitled “Shelter from the Storm,” after the song on Dylan’s album Blood on the Tracks. Unintentionally, the event was a poignant contrast to the unkempt, directionless telethon that had formed one of the backdrops to Masked and Anonymous.
Phil Ochs, “Davey Moore,” recorded in 1964; The Early Years, CD, Vanguard, 2000.
The Pacifics, “Hopped-Up Mustang,” Hot Rods and Custom Classics, 4 CDs, Rhino, 1999.
Dolly Parton, “Jolene,” Jolene, RCA Victor, 1974; CD, Sony, 2007.
Charley Patton, “High Water Everywhere, Parts 1 and 2,” 78 rpm, Paramount, 1930, and “Down the Dirt Road Blues,” 78 rpm, Paramount, 1930; both on “Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues”: The Worlds of Charley Patton, 7 CDs, Revenant, 2001.
Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers, “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down Blues,” 78 rpm, Columbia, 1925; Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music, 3 CDs, Sony/Legacy, 2005.
Elvis Presley, Elvis’ Christmas Album, LP, RCA Victor, 1957; CD, RCA, 1990.
———, “Tomorrow Night,” originally recorded in 1954, released with over-dubs on Elvis for Everyone, LP, RCA Victor, 1965; CD, BMG International, 1995.
Paul Robeson, “Lonesome Road,” 78 rpm, Paramount, 1929; Paul Robeson, A Man and His Beliefs, CD, Legacy International, 2001.
Jimmie Rodgers, “Waiting for a Train,” 78 rpm, Victor, 1928; The Essential Jimmie Rodgers, CD, RCA, 1995.
Tom Rush, “Statesboro Blues,” Take a Little Walk with Me, LP, Elektra, 1966; CD, Collectors’ Choice, 2001.
Sacred Harp Singers, “The Lone Pilgrim,” New Year’s Eve at the Iveys’ 1972, CD, Squirrel Hill, 2005.
Frank Sinatra, “Lonesome Road,” A Swingin’ Affair, LP, Capitol, 1957; CD, 1998.
Hank Snow, “I’m Movin’ On,” 45 rpm, RCA, 1950, and “Ninety Nine Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street),” 45 rpm, RCA, 1963; both on The Essential Hank Snow, CD, RCA, 1997.
Sons of the Pioneers, “Gentle Nettie Moore,” 33 rpm, Master, 1934; Sons of the Pioneers, Songs of the Prairie, 4 CDs, Bear Family, 1998.
Victoria Spivey, “Dope Head Blues,” 78 rpm, OKeh, 1927; Victoria Spivey, Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1, 11 May 1926 to 31 October 1927, CD, Document, 2000.
Victoria Spivey with Roosevelt Sykes, Big Joe Williams, and Lonnie Johnson, Three Kings and the Queen, recorded in 1962; LP, Spivey Records, 1964.
The Stanley Brothers, “Highway of Regret,” 45 rpm, Starday, 1959; The Stanley Brothers, Early Starday-King Years, 1958–1961, CD, King, 1995.
William Hamilton Stepp, “Bonaparte’s Retreat,” recorded in 1937; The Music of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics, 1927–37, CD, Yazoo, 1995.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, “The Lonesome Road,” 78 rpm, Decca, 1938; Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1, 1938 to 1941, CD, Document, 1996.
The Three Peppers (Sally Gooding, voc.), “It Must Be Love,” 78 rpm, Variety Records, 1937; The Three Peppers, 1937–1940, CD, Classics France/Trad Alive
, 2002.
The Traveling Wilburys, The Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1, LP, Warner Brothers, 1988.
———, The Traveling Wilburys, Volume 3, LP, Warner Brothers, 1990; released together with Volume 1 as The Traveling Wilburys Collection, CD, Rhino, 2007.
Dave Van Ronk, “Cocaine Blues,” Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger, LP, Prestige, 1963; released with Inside Dave Van Ronk as Inside Dave Van Ronk, CD, Fantasy, 1991.
———, “Statesboro Blues,” No Dirty Names, LP, Verve/Forecast, 1966; no CD is available, but a strong rendering appears on Dave Van Ronk, Live at Sir George Williams University, Just a Memory, 1997.
Muddy Waters, “Rollin’ and Tumblin’, Parts 1 and 2,” 78 rpm, Parkway, 1950, “Blow, Wind, Blow,” 78 rpm, Chess, 1953, and “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” 78 rpm, Chess, 1954; all on The Chess Box: Muddy Waters, 3 LPs, 3 CDs, Chess, 1989.
Doc Watson, “The Lone Pilgrim,” The Watson Family, LP, Folkways, 1963; CD, Smithsonian Folkways, 1993.
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera, trans. Marc Blitzstein, LP, Decca, 1954; CD, Decca Broadway, 2000.
Bukka White, “Fixin’ to Die Blues,” 78 rpm, Vocalion, 1940; The Country Blues, LP, RBF Records, 1959; The Complete Bukka White, 1937–1940, CD, Columbia/Legacy, 1994.
Hank Williams, “Love Sick Blues,” 78 rpm, MGM, 1949, and “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive,” 78 rpm and 45 rpm, MGM, 1952; both on The Complete Hank Williams, 10 CDs, Mercury Nashville, 1998.
Sonny Boy Williamson, “Your Funeral and My Trial,” 78 rpm and 45 rpm, Checker, 1958; Sonny Boy Williamson, His Best, CD, Chess, 1997, reissued on Universal Japan, 2008.
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