Willie Doss at Newport Folk Festival 1964 source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen.- New York 1967, p. 86 photographer: Ann Charters
Willie Doss b. "reportedly about 1899" [January 28, 1900?] in Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi in the 1960s lived in Ashford, Alabama, where he was "discovered" by Ralph Rinzler d. "after 1964" [January 6, 1994?], "presumably in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama" discography
Gaile Welker found the following SSN (Social Security Number) entry:
Name: Willie Doss
SSN: 425-74-6724
Last Residence: 36312 Ashford, Houston, Alabama, United States of America
Born: 28 Jan 1900
Died: 6 Jan 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: Mississippi (1955)
source: Record Research 63 (9/1964) photographer: Len Kunstadt
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year of release
title
1
7/1965
Blues at Newport 1964 - Part 2 Vanguard VSD 79181 track sequence: Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Bye And Bye I Will See Jesus
- Talking Casey Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23)
- Cherry Ball Blues
- Sick Bed Blues
- Cypress Grove Blues Rev. Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train
- Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie Willie Doss
- Coal Black Mare #
- I Had A Woman ##
- Hobo Blues # King/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 / Vanguard CD 662247 track sequence: CD 1 - Part 1: Fred McDowell
- Lord, I'm Going Down South (3:11)
- Highway 61 (3:36)
- If The River Was Wiskey (2:39) Sleepy John Estes
- Sleepy John's Twist (2:47)
- Mailman Blues (2:44)
- Drop Down Mama (2:43)
- Clean Up At Home (3:01) Doc Reese
- Oh Hannah (4:10)
- Hey Rattler (2:19)
- Oh My Lord (1:08) Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues (5:26)
- On My Way From Texas (3:48)
- Midnight Boogie (3:36) CD 2 - Part 2: Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta (3:34)
- Bye And Bye I Will See Jesus (3:09)
- Talking Casey (4:08) Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:34)
- Cherry Ball Blues (3:07)
- Sick Bed Blues (2:03)
- Cypress Grove Blues (4:24) Robert Wilkins
- The Prodigal Son (9:40) Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train (3:08)
- Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie (1:57) Willie Doss
- Coal Black Mare (2:42) #
- I Had A Woman (2:28) ##
- Hobo Blues (2:22) #
rec. July 23-26, 1964 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI
# rec. July 25, 1964 (Saturday afternoon, 1:30 p.m. at St. Michael's School); Willie Doss, voc, g; ## hca
compiled and programmed with the assistance of Samuel Charters
photography by David Gahr
artist's name spelled "Willy Doss" on front cover
notes by Samuel Charters Vanguard VRS-9181 (mono) (US 7/1965)
notes by Samuel Charters = Vanguard VSD-79181 (stereo) (US 7/1965)
2 CD set (=) King/Vanguard KICP 2118/9 (Jp 1991) "The Blues at Newport 1964 part 1 & 2"
2 CD set (=) Vanguard CD 662247 (Fr 1993) "The Blues at Newport 1964 - Complete edition"
Traditional Music at Newport 1964 - Part 1 Hobart Smith
- Coo-Coo Bird
- Railroad Bill
- Jack Of Diamonds Moving Star Hall Singers
- Mother Is Gone
- See God's Ark Sarah Gunning
- Girl Of Constant Sorrow Cajun Band
- Les flammes d'enfer
- La valse du musician Willie Doss
- Catfish Blues # @ youtube Ken and Neriah Benfield
- Caty Cline
- Ella's Grave Joe Patterson
- Fox Chase
- Shear Them Sheep Even
- Casey Jones Sacred Harp Singers
- Calvary
- Rocky Road Chet Parker & Elgia Hickok
- Temperance Reel
- Golden Slippers Bill Thatcher
- The Job I Left Behind Doc Watson (with Gaither Carlton & Arnold Watson)
- Muskrat
- Cripple Creep Fred McDowell
- Fred's Rambling Blues @ youtube
- Shake 'Em Down @ youtube
rec. July 23-26, 1964 live at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI
# rec. July 24, 1964 (Friday afternoon, 1:30 p.m. at St. Michael's School); Willie Doss, voc, g
compiled and programmed by Ralph Rinzler with the assistance of Jack Lothrop
photography by David Gahr
artist's name spelled "Willy Doss" on front and back cover
notes by Ralph Rinzler Vanguard VRS-9182 (mono) (US 1965)
notes by Ralph Rinzler = Vanguard VSD-79182 (stereo) (US 1965)
notes by Ralph Rinzler = Fontana TFL 6049 (UK 19??)
2 CD set King/Vanguard KICP 2116/7 (Jp 1991) "Traditional Music at Newport 1964 part 1 & 2"
Great Bluesmen Newport Robert Pete Williams
- Midnight Boogie (3:13) >[Vanguard VRS 9180] @ youtube
- Levee Camp Blues (5:16) [Vanguard VRS 9180] Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door John Lee Hooker with Bill Lee on bass
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues Son House
- Son's Blues (6:18) [aka "Preaching Blues"] [Vanguard VSD 79225]
- Death Letter Blues (2:50) °° [Vanguard VSD 79225]
- Pony Blues (2:30) [previously unissued] (with Mance Lipscomb, 2nd g) Sleepy John Estes
- Mailman Blues [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180]
- Clean Up At Home [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180] Doc Reese
- Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord [Vanguard VRS 9180 / VSD 79180] Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145]
- Trouble, I've Had It All My Day [Vanguard VRS-9145 / VSD-79145] Skip James
- Hard Times Killing Floor Blues [previously unissued]
- Cherry Ball Blues °° [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181]
- Illinois Blues [previously unissued] The Reverend Gary Davis
- Death Don't Have No Mercy [Vanguard SRV-73008] Willie Doss
- Catfish Blues [Vanguard VRS-9182 / VSD-79182] @ youtube
- I Had A Woman [Vanguard VRS-9181 / VSD-79181] Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Lord, I'm Going Down South
- If The River Was Whiskey Lightnin' Hopkins with Samuel Lay
- Cotten Fields Blues
- Shake That Thing
front cover drawing by Eric Von Schmidt
°° note on CD 77/78: "due to compact disc time restrictions some songs on the original album are not included in this package"
gatefold DLP notes by Maynard Solomon Vanguard VSD-77/78 (US 1976)
notes (December 1988) by Samuel Charters (=) Vanguard CD 77/78 (US 1989) (2 LPs on 1 CD) °° "Great Bluesmen At Newport 1959-1965"
4
1978
Golden Hour presents The Great Bluesmen Vol. II
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Highway 61
Son House - Death Letter Blues
Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Doo Willie Doss - I Had A Woman [Vanguard VRS 9181 / VSD 79181]
Skip James - Sporting Life Blues
John Lee Hooker - Bus Station Blues
Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home
Lightning Hopkins - Shake That Thing
Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy
The James Cotton Blues Quartet - Cotton Crop
Otis Spann's Southside Piano - Burning Fire
Buddy Guy - Poison Ivy
The Otis Rush Blues Band - I Can't Quit You Baby
The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - Messing With The Kid
Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - I Got Mine In Time
J.B. Hutto and his Hawks - Please Help
Homesick James and his Dusters - Set A Date
The Johnny Shines Blues Band - Dynaflow Blues
Jimmy Rushing - Everyday
compiled by Alan Balfour & Jed Kearse
PYE Golden Hour GH 879 (UK 1978)
Further information appreciated !!!
Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen.- New York 1967 (p. 86)
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 187
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 133
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 163
- Len Kunstadt: Review of the Newport Folk Festival 1964 concert featuring Willie Doss.- Record Research 63 (September 1964) (evidently part of a four-page spread including photos)
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 360
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour for further info / scans
Willie Doss at Newport Folk Festival 1964 source: Back cover of Vanguard VRS-9182 / Vanguard VSD-79182 photographer: David Gahr
Newport Folk Festival 1964 program
"Willie" or "Willy" Doss ? Newport Folk Festival identification badge on which someone (Willie / Willy Doss ?) has written "Willy Doss" partial enlargement of Ann Charters' photo of 'Willie' Doss
Len Kunstadt review of Newport Folk Festival, saturday afternoon July 25, 1964 source: Record Research 63 (9/1964)