Holler – Alan Lomax | Mississippi Delta

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Listen Now	Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Alt Title	Genres	Instruments	Cities	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	Online Resources	subject_hfilter	instrument_hfilter	city_hfilter	state_hfilter	setting_hfilter
	You Got To Roll (I)	6610B2	David (Honeyboy) Edwards	7-20-1942		blues, holler	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi		Identified by Lomax as a “chain gang song.”			honeyboy	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	You Got To Roll (II)	6610B3	David (Honeyboy) Edwards	7-20-1942		blues, holler	guitar, vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi		Followed by discussion of song’s origins and some of the lyrics, including Lomax asking Edwards why he changed the lyrics for the recording from “white folks” to “baby.” Also about his musician father and his repertoire.			honeyboy	guitar vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	Cornfield holler (#1)	6629A6	Charles Berry	7-24-1942		holler	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi					berry	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	Cornfield holler (#2)	6629B4	Charles Berry	7-24-1942		holler	vocal	Stovall	Mississippi		Followed by discussion about song, which he learned from his brother. End is compromised by disc noise.			berry	vocal	stovall	mississippi
	Levee camp song (#1)	6631B1	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		holler	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation				asa	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi	buck hopson
	Levee camp song (#2)	6631B4	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		holler	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation				asa	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi	buck hopson
	Levee camp song (#3)	6631B5	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		holler	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation				asa	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi	buck hopson
	Levee camp holler (#2)	6646A3	Lewis (Belly) Bell	8-4-1942		holler	vocal	Sherard	Mississippi		Identified on AFS card with first line: “Got Me ‘Cused of ‘Forgin’.” Followed by interview with Lewis Jones about song, which he first heard in a levee camp in Arkansas.			belly	vocal	sherard	mississippi
	Levee camp (muleskinner) holler	6646A4	Lewis (Belly) Bell	8-4-1942		holler	vocal	Sherard	Mississippi			Marred by skips.		belly	vocal	sherard	mississippi
	T.P. Running, Smokestack Drag the Ground	6646B4	Lewis (Belly) Bell	8-4-1942		holler	vocal	Sherard	Mississippi					belly	vocal	sherard	mississippi
	Unidentified holler	6646B5	Lewis (Belly) Bell	8-4-1942		holler	vocal	Sherard	Mississippi					belly	vocal	sherard	mississippi
	Hey, Hey Captain (Levee camp holler) (part 1)	6646B6	William Henderson	8-4-1942		holler	vocal	Sherard	Mississippi				Y/	willhenderson	vocal	sherard	mississippi
	Hey, Hey Captain (Levee camp holler) (part 2)	6646B7	William Henderson	8-4-1942		holler	vocal	Sherard	Mississippi					willhenderson	vocal	sherard	mississippi
	Levee camp holler (#2)	6647A1	Lewis (Belly) Bell	8-4-1942		holler	vocal	Sherard	Mississippi			Followed by extended stretch of blank disc.		belly	vocal	sherard	mississippi
	Interview about Georgia Skin and gambling / Jack O' Diamonds	6649B	Alan Lomax, Houston Bacon, Lewis Jones	8-8-1942		holler, spoken	guitar, vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	Delta Tourist Camp	Discussion of gambling and hustling cards interspersed with singing of “Jack O’ Diamonds” and assorted floating verses. Band begins with idle guitar picking. Band ends with a woman’s voice: “I wouldn’t let those boys sit on the bed.” Identified by Lomax as the Delta Tourist Camp (suggested by Chris Smith to be the Delta Tourist Courts • 1600 N. State St. in Clarksdale)			lomax bacon lewis	guitar vocal	clarksdale	mississippi	tourist
	Levee Camp Blues (#1)	6667A2	Charles Berry	7-30-1942		blues, holler	vocal	Coahoma	Mississippi	Coahoma County Agricultural High School			http://Source audio from LWO/	berry	vocal	coahoma	mississippi	aggie
	Interview about Levee Camp Blues (#1)	6667A3	Alan Lomax, Charles Berry	7-30-1942		blues, holler	vocal	Coahoma	Mississippi	Coahoma County Agricultural High School				lomax berry	vocal	coahoma	mississippi	aggie
	Levee Camp Blues (#2)	6667B1	Charles Berry	7-30-1942		blues, holler	vocal	Coahoma	Mississippi	Coahoma County Agricultural High School	Followed by Lomax interview about Forrest Jones’ levee camp in Arkansas.			berry	vocal	coahoma	mississippi	aggie

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