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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 | subject_hfilter | genre_hfilter | instrument_hfilter | city_hfilter | county_hfilter | state_hfilter |
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Three Suitors Who Were Fast Men | 6630A1 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
The Foolish Boy and the Preachers | 6630A2 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Greensnake | 6630A3 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Interview about storytelling, his biography, Bud Doggett, and tough guys | 6630A4 | Alan Lomax, Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Discussion of learning the preceding story from a Walter Hutton, storytelling style, his own biography, the late plantation manager Bud Doggett, tough guys (including a Jack Devil). | lomax asa | spoken | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
[Blank] | 6631A1 | N/A | 7-25-1942 | N/A | N/A | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | The LC Recording Lab identifies four separate bands before the music begins on this disc side. They are here condensed into one for the purposes of this catalog. | n-a | n-a | n-a | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit (#1) | 6631A2 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit (#2) | 6631A3 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Followed by discussion of animal stories. | asa | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
Three Sons Look for Their Fortune | 6631A4 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
The Woman Who Never Had No Man | 6631A5 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | 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 | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | lyric-song reel | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
Get Up In the Morning Soon | 6631A7 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | lyric song, reel | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | lyric-song reel | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Casey Jones | 6631A8 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | lyric song, reel | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | lyric-song reel | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Levee camp song (#1) | 6631B1 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | holler | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | holler | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Toast on Mr. Chatmon and Bud Doggett | 6631B2 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | spoken, toast | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Identified as “Toast on Bud Doggett,” but the toast – which Starks attributes to Howard Spann – has more to do with a Mr. Chatmon’s breaking up moonshining operations. | willstarks | spoken toast | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
The Preacher and the Deacon's Wife | 6631B3 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Levee camp song (#2) | 6631B4 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | holler | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | holler | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Levee camp song (#3) | 6631B5 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | holler | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | holler | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
The Devil Counts Souls In the Graveyard | 6631B6 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | asa | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
[Blank] | 6632A1 | N/A | 7-25-1942 | N/A | N/A | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | n-a | n-a | n-a | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Man Runs Away from the Gunshot | 6632A2 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | asa | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
The Lawyer, the Bookkeeper, and the Tramp Go to Mary | 6632A3 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | asa | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
The Chicken Stealin' Man | 6632A4 | Asa Ware | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | asa | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
[Blank] | 6632A5 | N/A | 7-25-1942 | N/A | N/A | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | n-a | n-a | n-a | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
[Blank] | 6632A6 | N/A | 7-25-1942 | N/A | N/A | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | n-a | n-a | n-a | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
The Queen of Africa (#1) | 6632A7 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Possibly so entitled to obscure the bawdy content – there is no mention of Africa in the story. | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||
Shine and the Titanic (#1) | 6632A8 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
[Blank] | 6632A9 | N/A | 7-25-1942 | N/A | N/A | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | The LC Recording Lab identifies three separate bands concluding this disc side. They are here condensed into one for the purposes of this catalog. | n-a | n-a | n-a | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
The Queen of Africa (#2) | 6632B1 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Possibly so entitled to obscure the bawdy content – there is no mention of Africa in the story. | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||
Shine and the Titanic (#2) | 6632B2 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Following the recitation, King gives his age as 28 and says he lives nearby. | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||
[Blank] | 6632B3 | N/A | 7-25-1942 | N/A | N/A | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | n-a | n-a | n-a | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||||
Toast about preachers | 6632B4 | O.C. King | 7-25-1942 | spoken, toast | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Identified on AFS card as “Preacher and the Lady.” | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | king | spoken toast | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||
The Railroad Men Go to Town | 6632B5 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | willstarks | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
The Animals Have A Convention | 6632B6 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | willstarks | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
The Lady Washing at the Spring | 6632B7 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | joke, spoken, story | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | willstarks | joke spoken story | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||||
Stewball | 6632B8 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | Skewball | ballad | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Lomax volunteers verses that Starks doesn’t know. Followed by discussion of his father singing and fiddling the song; Lomax fishes for “Barbara Allen” and “Frankie and Albert.” | SC to -0.75 / 95.9% | willstarks | ballad | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | ||
Frankie and Albert (#1) | 6633A1 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | ballad | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | Starks says he learned this on a sawmill job in 1910. | SC to -0.76 / 95.6% | willstarks | ballad | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi | |||
Frankie and Albert (#2) | 6633A2 | Will Starks | 7-25-1942 | ballad | vocal | Clarksdale | Coahoma | Mississippi | at the home of "Buck Asa" (Ulisses Jefferson), Hopson Plantation | willstarks | ballad | vocal | clarksdale | coahoma | mississippi |