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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 | Quitman | 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% | dance-tune reel | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | |||
Interview about his father, influences, and the Carrier Line | 6670A2 | Alan Lomax, Sid Hemphill | 8-15-1942 | spoken | vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | Hemphill discusses his father, musical influences, and instruments and repertoire, then the story behind “The Carrier Line,” which he wrote in 1903, concerning lumber magnate John Carrier and his engineers Dave Cowart and Mr. Bailey, and the wreck on the road at Malone’s Trestle. The song was commissioned by Mr. Woolard, the section foreman. | spoken | vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | ||||
The Roguish Man (part 2) | 6670A3 | Alan Lomax, Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | ballad | banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | Followed by discussion of Jack Castle, the subject of the ballad. The discs were accessioned in the wrong order, putting the second part of the song before the first. | ballad | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | ||||
The Carrier Line | 6670B1 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | The Carrier Railroad | ballad | banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | ballad | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | ||||
The Roguish Man (part 1) | 6670B2 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | ballad | banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, kazoo, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | ballad | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar kazoo vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | |||||
The Strayhorn Mob | 6671A1 | Alan Lomax, Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | ballad | banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, kazoo, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | Followed by a discussion of the ballad, concerning a lynching in Strayhorn, Miss. | ballad | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar kazoo vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | ||||
Boll Weevil | 6671A2 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | ballad | banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | Followed by discussion of composing the ballad, which Smith suggests Hemphill wrote in 1905. | ballad | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | 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 | Quitman | 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% | dance-tune lyric-song reel | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | |||
Tunings | 6671B2 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | Instrumental | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | instrumental | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | |||||||
Quills tuning / Come On Boys, Let's Go to the Ball (#2) | 6672A2 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Sid Hemphill | Instrumental | four-hole quills, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | After the tune, Hemphill encourages Askew to play “Emmaline, Take Your Time.” Askew claims to not remember it and nudges Sid to do it. Sid replies, “I’m too old to blow quills.” | instrumental | four-hole-quills vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | |||||
Emmaline, Take Your Time | 6672A3 | Alan Lomax, Sid Hemphill | 8-15-1942 | Instrumental | ten-hole quills, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | Followed by interview with Hemphill about learning to play the quills, which he had from a Jeems Lomax. “Must be kin to me,” says Alan. Sid is playing ten-hole quills and blows each note for demonstration. | instrumental | ten-hole-quills vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | ||||
The Devil's Dream | 6672A4 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | Instrumental | bass, drum, snare drum, ten-hole quills, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | instrumental | bass drum snare-drum ten-hole-quills vocal | sledge | quitman | 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 | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | fiddle-tune reel | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | 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 | Quitman | 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). | fiddle-tune reel | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | ||||
So Soon I'll Be At Home | 6672B3 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | sacred song | banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | Audio file culled from AFS reel due to inferior direct-from-disc transfer. | sacred-song | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | 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 | Quitman | 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. | lyric-song reel | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar kazoo vocal | sledge | quitman | 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 | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | lyric-song reel | bass drum fife snare-drum vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | ||||
After the Ball Is Over | 6673A2 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | dance tune, popular song | bass, drum, fife, snare drum | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | dance-tune popular-song | bass drum fife snare-drum | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | |||||
The Sidewalks of New York | 6673A3 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | dance tune, popular song | bass, drum, fife, snare drum | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | dance-tune popular-song | bass drum fife snare-drum | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | |||||
The Death March | 6673A4 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | dance tune | bass, drum, fife, snare drum | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | It is assumed Smith and Askew are playing the snare drums. | dance-tune | bass drum fife snare-drum | sledge | quitman | 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 | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | dance-tune lyric-song reel | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | 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 | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | dance-tune lyric-song reel | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives | |||||
Hog Hunt | 6673B2 | Alec (Turpentine) Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill, Will Head | 8-15-1942 | Instrumental | banjo, bass, drum, fiddle, guitar, vocal | Sledge | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | Slightly less distorted transfer on AFC’s LWO 1832100-2-2 (MAVIS ID). | instrumental | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | 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 | Quitman | Mississippi | The Fives | lyric-song reel | banjo bass drum fiddle guitar vocal | sledge | quitman | mississippi | fives |