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Gennett 6108-AThere is no photo of this artist known to exist

Big Boy Cleveland
date and location of birth unknown
may have lived in Tate or DeSoto County, Mississippi
date and location of death unknown

discography
Gennett 6108-B

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11927Big Boy Cleveland

- Goin' To Leave You Blues (12700--) #   @ youtube
- Quill Blues (12698-A) *   @ youtube

rec. April 12, 1927 in Chicago, IL or Richmond, IN; Big Boy Cleveland, # voc, g, * quill (syrinx) solo

"Quill Blues" is titled "Florida Blues" in the Gennett files


Gennett 6108

   

- Whotty Blues (12699-A)

rec. April 12, 1927 in Chicago, IL or Richmond, IN; Big Boy Cleveland, quill (syrinx) solo

Gennett unissued


EP / LP / CD compilations
21960the country blues: volume two

Big Boy Cleveland
- Going To Leave You
Willie Baker
- No No Blues

Teddy Darby
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues (Double M Blues)
Bayless Rose
- Black Dog Blues


7 inch EP 45 rpm
notes by Tony Standish

Heritage RE-105

Heritage Records discography

31968They Sang The Blues 1927 - 1934

Jelly Roll Anderson
- Free Women Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Nashville Stonewall Blues
- Police Sergeant Blues
- Alabama Blues
- Long Train Blues
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues


Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
- Quill Blues
Willie Baker
- Sweet Patunia
Furry Lewis
- Why Don't You Come Home
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Pinewood Tom (Joshua White)
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weather Blues



Historical ASC-22
= ASC-5829-22

Historical Records discography

4196810 Years In Memphis 1927-1937
George Torey
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
Gus Cannon
- Poor Boy
Allen Shaw
- Moanin' The Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Jail House Blues [Victor 23369]
- Falling Down Blues [Brunswick 7125]

Big Boy Cleveland
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
Furry Lewis
- Billy Lyons And Stack O 'Lee
- Big Chief Blues
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
- Jazzin' The Blues
Tom Dickson
- Happy Blues
- Death Bell Blues
Kansas Joe
- Pile Drivin' Blues

notes by Don Kent

Belzona L-1002

notes by Don Kent



= Yazoo L-1002


= Yazoo L-1002 (19??)

Yazoo Records discography

51970Country Blues Obscurities Vol. 1 (1926 - 1936)

Williams & Versey Smith
- When That Great Ship Went Down
'Big Boy' George Owens
- The Coon Crap Game
Smith And Harper
- Poor Girl
- Insurance Policy Blues

Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
John D. Fox & Sam Collins
- The Moanin' Blues
Johnnie Head
- Fare Thee Blues - pts. 1 & 2

"Bill" Wilber with Willie Lofton
- Greyhound Blues
Alfred Lewis
- Friday Moan Blues
Walter Rhodes
- Leaving Home Blues
Will Bennett
- Real Estate Blues
Whistlin' Rufus
- (Who's Gonna Do Your) Sweet Jelly Rollin'
Archie Lewis
- Miss Handy Hanks
Shreveport Home Wreckers with Ed Schaffer & Oscar Woods
- Fence Breakin' Blues



Roots RL-334

Roots Records discography

61978Folk Music In America   Vol. 14
Solo And Display Music


- Soft Steel Piston - Weaver and Beasley
- St. Louis Blues - Sam Bowles
- 6/88 Glide, and Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers - Lonnie Johnson
- The Fox Chase - Uncle Dave Macon
- Polka Ciacia Lala - Joe Davidenko
- Mandolin Twist - Buzz Busby
- Six-String Banjo Piece - Sylvester Weaver
- Ragtime Medley - Vess L. Ossman

- Hallay - Reuben Sarkisian
- Drunken Hiccoughs - Tommy Jarrell
- Medley - Harmonica Duet
- Two Step de Eunice - Amede Ardoin
- Pork and Beans - James P. Johnson
- Piano Solo - Montana Taylor
- Mainer's Jew's Harp - J. E. Mainer

- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland

notes by Dick Spottswood

Library of Congress LBC-14

71987Memphis Blues (1927 - 1937)

Ollie Rupert
- I Raised My Window ...
- Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog

Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
Walter Rhodes
- The Crowing Rooster [Columbia 14289-D]
- Leaving Home Blues [Columbia 14289-D]
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues (tk 1)
Tom Dickson
- Death Bell Blues
- Worry Blues

Tom Dickson
- Happy Blues
- Labor Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 2 (tk 1)
Sam Townsend
- I'm Missing That
- Lily Kimball Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
- Moanin' The Blues
George Torey
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues


HK Records HK 4002 (Austria 1987)

HK Records discography

81991The Songster Tradition

Papa Harvey Hull & 'Long Cleve' Reed
- Gang Of Brown Skin Women
- Hey! Lawdy Mama - The France Blues
- Two Little Tommies Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Mama You Don't Know How
- Original Stack O'Lee Blue

Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
William & Versey Smith
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
- When That Great Ship Went Down
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home
- Sinner You'll Need King Jesus
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues ("unissued")
- Church Bells Blues
- Pick Poor Robin Clean ("unissued")
- Pick Poor Robin Clean
- Cocaine Blues
- Travelin' Coon
- My Gal's Done Quit Me
- Won't You Be Kind
Eli Framer
- Framer's Blues
- God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man
Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done
- Teasin' Brown Blues
- Caroline


notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD 5045 (Austria 1991)

91998The Secret Museum of Mankind   Vol. 5
Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48

Unknown Artist - French Guinea: Kahira
Master Vyas - India: Jala-Tarang
Stavros Petrides - Pontus: To Nufoparman
Estanislao Medina - Peru: Adios, Puebla De Ayacucho
Ncubes, The & Chuma - S. Rhodesia: Amanxila
Orchestre Du Bal Antillais - Martinique: Nana Du Gros Zozo
Ardino Marras - Sardinia: A Su Duce Italianu
Unknown Artist - Raiatea: Himene Tarava
A. Kevorkian - Armenia: Shivari
Anna & Amalia Hatzidakis - Agean Islands: Mes Tou Aigaiou Ta Nezia
Khan Shushinsky - Transcaucasia: Shikestei Fars
Ukrainska Orchestra - Ukraine: Hutzulka W Semereczni
Aliwal North Sesuto Choir - Lesotho: Setsepise Ngoanan
Andres Chazarreta - Argentina: Gato Cordobes
Don Tre Pa-Yam "Rabbit" - Siam: Plaing Si'am Gai Nyo
Ulla Kantajavuori - Finland: Karelsk Vagguisa
Rosina Xiberres - Malta: Ix-Xieh U Ix-Xieha
Agrupacion Folklorica - Mallorcas: Parado De Valldemdosa
Francis Saloman & Ensemble - Mauritius: Boire Comma Mo Boire
Youssef Harb - Syria: Ya Albi Keef Ja Fak
Jack Armstrong - Northumbria: Chevy Chase; The Cott
Private Lassimon & Regiment - Malawi: Marching Songs

Big Boy Cleveland - Mississippi, USA: Quill Blues
Girls Of Bunana - B.S.I.P.: Untitled

series ed. by Pat Conte


Yazoo CD 7014 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

101999Broke, Black And Blue
An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

disc 1:
Up Country Blues
- Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews
- Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney
- Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band

- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
- Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed
- Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob
- Bo Lita - Kid Brown
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
- Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley
- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black
- Midnight Blues - Bill Moore
- Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head
- My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson
- What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes
- School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- TC Johnson Blues - T.C. Johnson


disc 2:
Broke & Hungry Blues
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey
- No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey
- Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell
- Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins
- Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Walking Blues - Son House
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery


disc 3:
Good Whiskey Blues
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams
- Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd
- Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold
- Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
- That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson
- Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
- Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis
- It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner
- Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum
- Prisoner Blues - George Clarke
- Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam
- Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle
- Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan


disc 4:
Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame
- East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Low Land Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Blues - Lee Brown
- Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon
- Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon
- Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon
- I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon
- Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple
- Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple
- My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon
- It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon
- That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple
- Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple
- Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple
- Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple
- Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple
- New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown


4 CD set
40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser

Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)

112005Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
Blues, Ballads, Rags and Gospel in the Songster Tradition

disc 1:
Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
- James Alley
- Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
- I'm Not Jealous
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- Sinking Of The Titanic
Papa Harvey Hull
- Gang Of Brown Skin Women
- Hey! Lawdy Mama (The France Blues)
- Two Little Tommie Blues
- Don't You Leave Me Here

Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
Long "Cleve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
- Original Stack O' Lee Blues
William Smith
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
- When That Great Ship Went Down
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home
- Sinner, You'll Need King Jesus
Luke Jordan
- Church Bells Blues (tk 1)
- Church Bells Blues (tk 2)
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (tk 1)
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (tk 2)
- Cocaine Blues
- Traveling Coon
- My Gal's Done Quit Me
- Won't You Be Kind?


disc 2:
Luke Jordan
- If I Call You Mama
- Tom Brown Sits In His Prison Cell
Mississippi John Hurt
- Frankie
- Nobody's Dirty Business
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Louis Collins
- Avalon Blues
- Big Leg Blues
- Stack O' Lee Blues
- Candy Man Blues
- Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
- Blessed Be The Name
- Praying On The Old Camp Ground
- Blue Harvest Blues
- Spike Driver Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle-Oo
- Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
- Shelby County Workhouse
- Way Down In Arkansas
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy Eyed Woman's Blues
- Roll And Tumble Blues
Eli Framer
- Framer's Blues
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man
Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done
- Teasin' Brown Blues
- Caroline


disc 3:
Cedar Creek Sheik
- Ford V-8
- Watch The Fords Go By
- Mary Had A Little Lamb
- She's Totin' Something Good
- What A Pity
- I Believe Somebody's Ridin' My Mule
- Don't Use That Stuff
- Buy It From The Poultry Man
- Don't Credit My Stuff
- Jimmy Shut His Store Doors
Robert Hill
- I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years
- Tell Me What's Wrong With You
- You Gonna Look Like A Monkey When You Get Old
- G Blues
- Just Smilin'
- Pal, How I Miss You Tonight
- Lumber-Yard Blues
- I'm Going To Write And Tell My Mother
- It Is So Good
- Hill's Hot Sauce
Virgil Childers
- Dago Blues
- Red River Blues
- Who's That Knockin' At My Door
- Somebody Stole My Jane
- Travelin' Man
- Preacher And The Bear


notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD-5678 (UK 2005)

122007A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music 1923 - 1942

disc 1:
- Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay - Ed Andrews
- Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe
- Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown

- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull/Long "Cleve" Reed
- A Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around - Stovepipe No-1/David Crockett
- Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Middlin' Blues - George "Bullet" Williams
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay


disc 2:
- Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - Old Southern Jug Band
- String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
- Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers

- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Jug Band Special, The - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio
- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- Easy Winner - The Blue Boys
- G- Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson/Nelson/Porkchop
- I Got a Gal - James Cole's String Band
. Jazz Fiddler, The - Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Carter
- Knox Couty Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Blue/Ted Bogan
- Dusting the Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Arkansas Traveller - Nashville Washboard Band


disc 3:
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - "Long Cleve" Reed/Little Harvey Hull
- Tuxedo Blues - Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Back Door Blues - Emery Glen
- Spanish Blues - Lewis Black
- Helena Blues - Mooch Richardson
- I Heard the Voice Of a Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Rising River Blues - George Carter
- She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Weak Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Showers Of Rain Blues - Edward Thompson
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan
- Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Beans - El Morrow/Beans Hambone
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues - George Carter


disc 4:
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed
- Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter
- Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Wild About My Loving - Lonnie Coleman
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Diamond Ring Blues - Jim Jam (Walter Taylor)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- 'Toby' Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- Farewell To You Baby - Carl Martin
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Dago Blues - Virgil Childers


compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD box
booklet by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7798 (UK 2007)

132007I Don't Feel At Home In This World

Marika Papagika - Zmirneikos Balos
Wilmoth Houdini - Blow Wind Blow
Cleoma Falcon - Prends Done Courage
Mme. Riviere's Hawaiians - E Mama Ea
Caresser, The - Edward The VIII
Two Gospel Keys - I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore
Sexteto Bolona - Te Prohibido El Cabaret

Jacob Hoffman & Kandal's Orchestra - Diona & Hora
Blind Uncle Gaspard & Dela Lachney - Baoille
Mike Hanapi's Ilima Islanders - Hilo Hula
Lydia Mendoza - Palida Luna
Blue Sky Boys - Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
Unknown Artist - Sorban Palid

Big Boy Cleveland - Quill Blues

wrong catalog number ("MR-013") printed on sleeve!


Mississippi MR-014 (US 2007)

= Mississippi MR-014 (US 2014)

142009Country Blues Outlaws

- Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Leadbelly
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Paddlin' Madeline Home - Gitfiddle Jim

- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Rising River Blues - George Carter
- Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe
- Dusting The Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio
- The Jug Band Special - Whistler & His Jug Band
- The Jazz Fiddler- Lonnie Carter & Walter Jacobs
- Easy Winner - Blue Boys
- Arkansas Traveler - Nashville Washboard Band
- Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Knox County Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Stone Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- Big Fat Woman - Leadbelly
- Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimburgh
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Mississippi Blues - Alfred Lewis
- Sobbin' Womans Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
- Beans - Beans Hambone & El Morrow
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis
- A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter
- The Gallis Pole - Leadbelly
- Cold Morning Shout - South Side Trio
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Little Harvey Hill & "Long Cleve" Reed
- Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Violin Blues - The Johnson Boys
- Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay
- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop - Bogus Ben Covington

- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- I Got A Gal - James Cole's String Band
- Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown



Goldenlane CD (2009)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 165
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 260
- Fritz Marschall: Big Boy Cleveland.- Blues World 18 (January 1968), pp. 19-20
- Tony Russell : Quills, Reeds and Things.- Jazz & Blues I (Aug.-Sept. 1971), p. 25
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

 

 

 

 

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