Real Name: Jesse Kennedy / * - CD is credited to "Jerry 'Boogie' McCain / Tiny Kennedy / Clayton Love" // Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original shellac 10" record
B-side of 'Ben Dewberry's Final Run'; this was later released on the Bluebird (1933), Montgomery Ward (c. 1935) labels. / * - This is a different label than the original release; the "RCA" label purchased the "Victor" label in 1929 // Click the Link above, left to view the original 10" shellac record:
* - Swamp Dogg's real name: "J. Williams" = "Jerry Williams" / “Not a lot of people talk about the true origins of bluegrass music, but it came from Black people. The banjo, the washtub, all that stuff started with African Americans. We were playing it before it even had a name.” - Swamp Dogg // Click on Link above/ left, to read an article about this release
Time:
5:28
Artist:
Tony Trischka [Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore] [With Billy Strings]
Song:
Brown's Ferry Blues [Originally by The Delmore Brothers, 1934 / released as single: Jan 12, 2024]
In the liner notes to this, Earle writes: "With the exception of the instrumentals...these (songs) are not outtakes. They are, rather, stray tracks, recorded at different times for different reasons that I am very proud of and are either unreleased or underexposed."
Time:
5:57
Artist:
Margo Price [Mike Campbell, Tom Petty] [With Mike Campbell]
Song:
Ways To Be Wicked [Originally recorded by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, 1986 *]
This was recorded as a series of songwriting demos at LSI Studios (then owned by Rosey Cash) in 1993, a time when Cash wasn't signed to a label, and shortly before he met Rick Rubin.
The son of Zydeco legend Alton “Rockin’ Dopsie” Rubin / * - The title is listed here as 'Ooh Woo Woo (Please Don't Leave Me)' / Click on Link above/ left, to read about this release
* - Originally recorded by Blind Willie McTell {as "Blind Sammi" - his full name was "William SAMMUEL McTiER"} in Dec 1931, titled 'Broke Down Engine Blues' // Click on Link above/ left, to view the CD
This album marked the beginning of a career resurgence for him. He was widely recognized as an icon, but record sales had suffered during the late 1970s and 1980s. / Listed at #366 on "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", 2009
Time:
6:30
Artist:
Merle Haggard [Billed as 'Merle Haggard And The Strangers']