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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four O'Clock Flower Blues | 6605A1 | William Brown, Willie Blackwell | 7-16-1942 | blues | guitar, vocal | Arkansas | at the home of Joe E. Banks, Sadie Beck's Plantation | Followed by Lomax interview with Blackwell about his compositions. | Audio drop-out at 2:58 (releases of this performance have edited out the compromised phrase). | |||||
| Interview about making music for a living | 6605A2 | Alan Lomax, Willie Blackwell | 7-16-1942 | spoken | vocal | Arkansas | at the home of Joe E. Banks, Sadie Beck's Plantation | |||||||
| Junior, A Jap Girl's Christmas for His Santa Claus | 6605B | Willie Blackwell | 7-16-1942 | blues | guitar, vocal | Arkansas | at the home of Joe E. Banks, Sadie Beck's Plantation | “Junior” transcribed as “Junion” on AFS card. This oft-mangled title, to quote Chris Smith, “result[s] from a misunderstanding of Blackwell’s lyric, which refers to sending Junior ‘a Jap’s skull’ [at] Christmas for his Santa Claus [gift].” | Performance followed by blank disc. |