Reel – 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
	Stagolee	6610B4	David (Honeyboy) Edwards	7-20-1942		blues, dance tune, reel	guitar, vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi		A song (and in a style) learned from his father.			honeyboy	guitar vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	Stagolee	6610B4	David (Honeyboy) Edwards	7-20-1942		blues, dance tune, reel	guitar, vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi		A song (and in a style) learned from his father.			honeyboy	guitar vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	Just A Spoonful	6610B5	David (Honeyboy) Edwards	7-20-1942		blues, dance tune, reel	guitar, vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi		A song (and in a style) learned from his father.			honeyboy	guitar vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	Get Up In the Morning Soon (fragment)	6631A6	Asa Ware	7-25-1942	Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy	lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation				asa	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi	buck hopson
	Get Up In the Morning Soon	6631A7	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation				asa	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi	buck hopson
	Casey Jones	6631A8	Asa Ware	7-25-1942		lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi	at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation				asa	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi	buck hopson
	I'll Keep My Skillet Greasy If I Can / Old Dog Blue / Sally Goodin	6654A1	Will Starks	8-9-1942	Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy	lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi		Followed by discussion of various songs, including “Old Dog Blue” and “Sally Goodin” of which he sings fragments.			willstarks	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	The Dummy Line	6654A2	Will Starks	8-9-1942		lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi		Identified on AFS card simply as “The Dummy.” Lomax prompts him with extra verses.			willstarks	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	Didn't He Ramble	6654A3	Will Starks	8-9-1942	The Derby Ram; The Darby Ram	lyric song, reel	vocal	Clarksdale	Mississippi					willstarks	vocal	clarksdale	mississippi
	The Eighth of January	6670A1	Alan Lomax, Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942		dance tune, reel	banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives	Preceded by introduction by Alan Lomax. The setting given is that which Lomax announces; he later (in his “The Land Where the Blues Began” [1993]) referred to it as “The Funky Fives,” where a picnic was underway. His other reference in that book to “Po’ Whore’s Kingdom” remains unclear.	Corrected to +0.595 / 103.5%		lomax askew lucius hemphill willhead	banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives
	Arkansas Traveler	6671B1	Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942		dance tune, lyric song, reel	banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives	Followed by solo demonstrations of each instruments’ part and their tunings . (Smith’s kazoo only comes in here.)	Corrected to +0.234 / 101.36%		askew lucius hemphill willhead	banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives
	Leather Britches	6672B1	Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942	Leather Breeches	fiddle tune, reel	banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives				askew lucius hemphill willhead	banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives
	Rye Straw	6672B2	Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942		fiddle tune, reel	banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives	Identified on AFS card as “Rice Straw” (which is what Hemphill, at the end of the preceding band, might refer to it as).			askew lucius hemphill willhead	banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives
	Old Blues	6672B4	Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942		lyric song, reel	banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, kazoo, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives	Identified on AFS card as “Old Blue,” but it is not a version of the song about the dog by that name.	Seriously marred by speed fluctuation.		askew lucius hemphill willhead	banjo bass drum fiddle guitar kazoo vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives
	Jesse James	6673A1	Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942		lyric song, reel	bass, drum, fife, snare drum, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives				askew lucius hemphill willhead	bass drum fife snare-drum vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives
	John Henry	6673A5	Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942		dance tune, lyric song, reel	banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives				askew lucius hemphill willhead	banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives
	Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy	6673B1	Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942		dance tune, lyric song, reel	banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives				askew lucius hemphill willhead	banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives
	Soon In the Morning	6673B3	Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head	8-15-1942		lyric song, reel	banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal	Sledge	Mississippi	The Fives				lucius hemphill willhead	banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal	sledge	mississippi	fives

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