My Babe: Document Shortcuts, Vol. 3

by My Babe: Some Of The Very Best In American / Var

Overview

Document Records has released some 900 titles over the years, giving the label the world's largest in print catalog of vintage American roots music, and its archival reach encompasses rare 78s and field recordings from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in all avenues of music, including blues, jazz, country, and gospel, as well as several hybrids that defy classification. As a historical source, no label, not even Smithsonian Folkways, has done a more thorough job of tracing the early roots and branches of American vernacular music and making it available in affordable editions. Which is why the label's new Shortcuts sampler series is such a great idea, since it allows listeners a budget-minded peak into Document's vast backlist. My Babe is the third in this series, and it yields several neglected gems, including Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's proto-rock & roll rave-up "Where Did You Stay Last Night?," recorded in 1951, and the Norfolk Jazz Quartet's assured and unaccompanied "Stand By the Bedside of a Neighbor," recorded in North Carolina in 1938. The eerie, primal sound of One String Sam playing what used to be called a diddley bow on "My Baby Ooo," recorded in Detroit in 1956, is another highlight, as is the equally bizarre "Blaze Face Cow" by Jazzbo Tommy & His Lowlanders, recorded in Arkansas in 1937. Jazzbo Tommy, in this case, was Tommy Settlers, and his kazoo playing simply defies both gravity and reason. It may be true, as some say, that it has all been said, sung, and shouted a thousand times over, but the kinds of 78s that Document assembles in its collections prove that, no matter what, you haven't heard it all. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	03/08/2005
Label:	Document
UPC:	0714298900323

Tracks

1. Where Did You Stay Last Night?  - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
2. I Got What My Daddy Likes  - Marylin Scott
3. Mellow Chick Swing  - Sonny Boy Williamson
4. My Baby Ooo  -  One String Sam
5. Stand By the Bedside of a Neighbor  -  Norfolk Jazz Quartet
6. Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand  -  Traditional  -  Williamson Brothers
7. Jambooger Blues  -  Barbecue Bob  - Robert Hicks
8. Black Snake Blues  - Peter J. Clayton  - Peter Cleighton
9. Everybody Talkin' 'Bout Heaven Ain't Goin' There  -  Professor Hull's Anthems Of Joy
10. Hamfat Swing  -  Harlem Hamfats  - Herb Morand
11. Blaze Face Cow  -  Jazzbo Tommy's Lowlanders
12. Kind-Hearted Blues  - Andrew "Smokey" Hogg
13. Harmonica & Washboard Breakdown  - Sonny Terry
14. Ground Hog Blues  - Henry Thomas  - Ramblin' Thomas
15. How You Want It Done?  - Big Bill Broonzy
16. New Talking Blues  - Herschel Brown
17. Wild Man Stomp  -  Memphis Nighthawks
18. Hard Times Blues  - Ida Cox
19. Chicago Blues  -  Four Blazes
20. So Glad I Found You  - Johnny Shines

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Professor Hull's Anthems Of Joy   Primary Artist
Marylin Scott   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Spoken Word
Norfolk Jazz Quartet   Primary Artist
Sonny Terry   Primary Artist,Vocals,Harmonica
Johnny Shines   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Ida Cox   Primary Artist,Vocals
Barbecue Bob   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (12 String)
Ramblin' Thomas   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Harlem Hamfats   Primary Artist
The Four Blazes   Primary Artist
Sonny Boy Williamson I   Primary Artist
Jazzbo Tommy's Lowlanders   Primary Artist
Peter Cleighton   Primary Artist,Vocals
Memphis Nighthawks   Primary Artist
One String Sam   Primary Artist,Vocals
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Herschel Brown   Primary Artist
The Williamson Brothers   Primary Artist
Andrew "Smokey" Hogg   Primary Artist
Big Bill Broonzy   Primary Artist,Guitar
Tommy Settlers   Vocals,Kazoo
Jimmy Bertrand   Drums,Washboard
Professor Hull   Vocals
Horace Malcolm   Piano
Punch Miller   Piano,Guitar,Trumpet,Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Ernest "Big" Crawford   Bass
Raymond Smith   Tenor (Vocal)
Ezekiel Lowe   Piano
Andrew Harris   String Bass
Irving Williamson   Guitar,Vocals
Odell Rand   Clarinet
William "Shorty" Hill   Guitar
Arnold Williamson   Fiddle
Melvin Coldten   Baritone (Vocal)
L.K. Sentell   Guitar
Norman "Crip" Harris   Tenor (Vocal)
Oh Red   Washboard
Andrew Hogg   Guitar,Vocals
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Vocals,Harmonica
Blind John Davis   Piano
J.C. Higginbotham   Trombone
Edmond Hall   Clarinet
Fletcher Henderson   Piano
Floyd McDaniel   Guitar
Jimmy Rogers   Guitar
Charlie Christian   Guitar
Little Walter   Harmonica
Hot Lips Page   Trumpet
Lionel Hampton   Drums
Robert Lockwood, Jr.   Guitar
Judge Riley   Drums
Ransom Knowling   Bass
Artie Bernstein   String Bass
Willie Dixon   String Bass
Darnell Howard   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Charlie McCoy   Guitar,Mandolin
Charles Saunders   Drums
Paul Linsley "Jelly" Holt   Drums
Buddy Burton   Piano
Prentice Butler   String Bass
Herb Morand   Trumpet
Ernie Harper   Piano,Vocals
Pearlis Williams   Drums
Alfred Bell   Cornet
Bob Hudson   Piano
Len Williams   Bass (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Peter J. Clayton   Composer
Henry Thomas   Composer
The Williamson Brothers   Arranger
Big Bill Broonzy   Composer
Ida Cox   Composer
Marylin Scott   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Johnny Shines   Composer
Robert Hicks   Composer
Sonny Boy Williamson I   Composer
Herb Morand   Composer