Lake Cormorant – Alan Lomax | Mississippi Delta

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Listen Now	Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Alt Title	Genres	Instruments	Cities	Counties	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	Online Resources
	Levee Camp Blues (#1)	4780A2	Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown	9-3-1941		blues	fiddle, guitar, harmonica, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store		An archival source for both sides of this disc was unavailable at the time of cataloging (Spring 2018). The Library of Congress’ disc concordance states that no preservation reel was made when the rest of the collection was transferred (1968), which suggests the disc was either damaged or missing. However, the fact that the recordings have been commercially issued (see Biograph’s “The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942”) argues that the disc or at least a tape transfer does survive and is simply currently (still) missing. The audio in this catalog, then, is that issued on the Biograph CD.
	Government Fleet Blues	4780B1	Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown	9-3-1941		blues	fiddle, guitar, harmonica, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store		An archival source for both sides of this disc was unavailable at the time of cataloging (Spring 2018). The Library of Congress’ disc concordance states that no preservation reel was made when the rest of the collection was transferred (1968), which suggests the disc was either damaged or missing. However, the fact that the recordings have been commercially issued (see Biograph’s “The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942”) argues that the disc or at least a tape transfer does survive and is simply currently (still) missing. The audio in this catalog, then, is that issued on the Biograph CD.
	Walking Blues	4780B2	Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown	9-3-1941		blues	fiddle, guitar, harmonica, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store		An archival source for both sides of this disc was unavailable at the time of cataloging (Spring 2018). The Library of Congress’ disc concordance states that no preservation reel was made when the rest of the collection was transferred (1968), which suggests the disc was either damaged or missing. However, the fact that the recordings have been commercially issued (see Biograph’s “The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942”) argues that the disc or at least a tape transfer does survive and is simply currently (still) missing. The audio in this catalog, then, is that issued on the Biograph CD.
	Shetland Pony Blues	4781A1	Eddie (Son) House	9/3/1941		blues	guitar, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store
	Fo' Clock Blues	4781A2	Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown	9-3-1941		blues	guitar, mandolin, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store
	Make Me A Pallet On the Floor	4781A3	Willie Brown	9-3-1941		blues	guitar, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store
	Levee Camp Hollers	4781B1	Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown	9-3-1941		field holler	vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store
	Delta Blues	4781B2	Eddie (Son) House, Leroy Williams	9-3-1941		blues	guitar, harmonica, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store
	Going to Fishing	4781B3	Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown	9-3-1941		blues	guitar, harmonica, percussion, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store
	Uncle Sam Done Called (fragment)	4782A1	Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown	9-3-1941		blues, topical song	guitar, harmonica, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store	Identified as a microphone test in AFS catalog.
	Uncle Sam Done Called	4782A2	Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown	9-3-1941		blues, topical song	guitar, harmonica, vocal	Lake Cormorant	DeSoto	Mississippi	at the Clack Store		Remaining side is a brief instrumental by E.C. Ball (recorded in Virginia) followed by empty disc.

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