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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

O T I S   B R O T H E R S; source: Front cover of Flying Crow FC103
Front cover of Flying Crow FC103; drawing by Robert Crumb
Otis Brothers
discography
T h e   O t i s   B r o t h e r s: Bob Guida & Pat Conte; from back cover of Susquehanna Hat Record Company SUS-CD8072
Bob Guida  R.I.P.  a/k/a Raoul Otis       Pat Conte  a/k/a Amos Otis

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11980Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers
Old Familiar Tunes

Purveyors of Forgotten Styles

- Johnson Gal
- Davy
- I'm S-A-V-E-D
- Sweet Milk and Peaches
- A Lazy Farmer Boy
- Merry Girl
- George Washington
- Negro Suppertime

- Come Over And See Me Sometime
- Belle Of Lexington
- Billy Grimes, The Rover
- Got No Honey Babe Now
- Eighth Of January
- Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents
- Just Drink Some Cider
- Indian War Whoop

rec. 1978-1980 in New York City; "Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers" are Pat Conte ('Major Contay'), Bill Dillof, Tom Legenhausen, Mark Farrell, Steve Friedberg; photography by Mary Perez

notes by Peter Stampfel

Flying Crow FC 104

Flying Crow discography

21981The Cool Drivers

- Automobile Blues
- Side Swipe

Bob Guida, voc, b; Rocky Savino, hca; Eddie Lee Isaacs, g; Hank Brandes, dr

7 inch 45 rpm

HydraMatic 1949

31981Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers
Songs Of The Hills And Plains


- Georgia Fox Trot
- Where The Irish Potatoes Grow
- She's A Hard-Boiled Rose
- Lone Star Trail
- Who's Been Giving You Corn?
- Riley The Furniture Man
- Throw The Old Cow Over The Fence

- Give Me A Chaw Of Tobacco
- Dark Eyes
- Walls Of Jericho
- Old Joe
- Oh, Lovin' Babe
- Sullivan's Hollow
- Katy Dear
- Go On, Nora Lee
- There's No Hell In Georgia

rec. 1979 in New York City by Todd Hemleb; Pat Conte, Bill Dillof, Tom Legenhausen and Mark Farrell; photography by WR Dillof

notes by John Cohen

Cinnamon 1201

41982The Otis Brothers
Genial Fat Boys

- Memphis Fives
- I Keep On Wantin' You
- Nice Like That
- Woke Up This Morning
- Locomotive Blues
- Preacher & The Bear
- Mississippi Lowdown

- Davidson County Stomp
- Arise and Shine
- Squinch Owl Moan
- The Coon That Had The Razor
- Careless Love
- Jesus Is My Aeroplane
- Casey Jones

rec. 1980 by Bob Guida and Pat Conte; Bob Guida ("Raoul Otis"), voc, g, bs, 12 string g; Pat Conte ("Amos Otis"), voc, g, mnd, f, bs, acdn, bjo; Louie Kromm ("Otis Otis"), g, voc, tenor g, bjo g; Joe Bell ("Noah Otis"), hca; Mark Farrell ("Elmer Otis"), f, g; front cover painting by Robert Crumb

notes by Pat Conte

Flying Crow FC-103
[Don Kent's label]

Flying Crow discography

51983Otis Brothers: Stick To The Promise

- Alabama Camp Meeting
- Stick To The Promise
- On Down To Rya's House
- Midnight On The Sea
- No Special Rider
- Jack The Bear
- Oh The Lamb Of God
- Cryin' For You
- Little Liza Jane
- Depart From Me (I Never Knew You)

- Bear This In Mind
- Oh Lord, I'm Your Child
- Moses, Hoe The Corn
- Roosevelt & Hitler pts. 1 &2
- Poon I Want
- Quail's Nest In A Horse's Skull
- Adam And Eve In The Garden
- Fat Boy Blues
- High Heeled Sneakers
- We Are Almost Down To The Shore

Bob Guida, voc, 3 string Church Bass, bjo, 12 string g; Pat Conte, g, f, minstrel bjo


Global Village C 201
(cassette)

61984Fast Folk Musical Magazine June '84

- Ain't Nobody Home But Me - Paul Geremia
- Worried Blues - Bob Guida
- Walkin' Blues - Tucker Smallwood
- Viper's Drag - Howie Wyeth
- 1919 Influenza Blues - Bob Zaidman
- Drop Down Mama - John Hammond

- Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight - Ari Eisinger
- I Like You Fine - Rhythm & Romance
- April Blues - Peter Spencer

- Country Rag - Otis Brothers
- Motherless Children - Dave Van Ronk
- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today - Pat Conte

click to read notes at www.folkways.si.edu
Fast Folk FF 106

www.folkways.si.edu

71984The Otis Brothers: Throw Your Time Away

- Psaltree Sermon
- I Can't Get Along
- I Heard The Voice Of A Porckchop
- How About You
- Farrell Blues
- Been On The Job Too Long
- Special Rider Gone
- Country Rag
- John The Revelator
- Bye & Bye I'm Going To See The King
- Moaning Blues

- Long Haired Doney
- Talk About A Child
- I Gotta Move
- What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
- Throw Your Time Away
- Been Listening All The Day Long
- Staggle Back, Buck
- Motherless Children
- Gowing Away Blues
- Shines Like In The Morning
- Climbing Higher Mountains

Bob Guida, sb, g; Louis Kromm, octaphone, g, bjo-g; Pat Conte, g, f, acdn, dolceola, bjo, electric 12-string g; Dr. Hollman Willis, speech


Marimac 8000
(cassette)

81984Pat Conte: Songs That Scare Me

- The Forks Of Sandy
- Rocky Island
- I'm Your Red-Hot Daddy Now
- Mister Moore
- Drunkard's Lone Child
- Rackensack Waltz
- Drunken Hiccoughs
- K.C. Whistle
- Weavily Wheat
- Jaybird Pulling A Shovel
- Old Cumberland

- Down The Dark Road
- Goodbye, Old Paint
- Molly
- Lilly, Of The Valley
- I'll LeadA Christian Life
- The Lost Girl
- Rabbits In The Lowlands
- Roving Cowboy
- Yonder he Goes
- Walking In The Parlour
- 1st Arkansas Regiment Song

Pat Conte, harp-g, slide g, f, fretless bjo, mandola, tenor violin


Marimac 9001
(cassette)

91985Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers
Just Give Me The Leavings


- Georgia Hobo
- The Deacon & His Calf
- Acadian Blues
- Lone Star
- Jim Sapp
- Just Give Me The Leavings
- Hometown Blues
- Lifeline
- Old Folks Get in Bed
- Lilly Of the Valley
- Only A Message From Home

- How Long
- Howdy Bill
- Jack Leg Wobble
- May Dearest May
- Far In The Mountain
- Lonesome Road Blues #
- Weavily Wheat
- Captain Won't You Let Me Go Home
- Sugar In The Gourd / Sugar Hill
- Chevrolet Six

"Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers" are Pat Conte ('Major Contay'), Bill Dillof, Tom Legenhausen , Mark Farrell, # Tommy Dillof voc


Marimac 9003
(cassette)

9a1985Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers
Just Hillbilly
  1977-84

- Old Blue Sow
- Diamond Joe
- Don't Get Trouble In You Mind
- Ducks In The Millpond
- Goodbye My Honey, I'm Gone
- Jenny Baker
- Old Uncle Ned

- Yellow Rose Of Texas
- May, Dearest May
- John Goodwin
- Cluck Old Hen
- Billy In The Lowground
- Old Folks, Get In Bed

"Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers" are Pat Conte ('Major Contay'); Bill Dillof; Tom Legenhausen; Mark Farrell; Tommy Dillof, voc


Global Village C 303 (cassette) (US 1985)

101985Michael Green [sic] and Bob Guida: Settlin' Up The Score

- Nine Below Zero
- Crow Black Chicken
- Settlin Up The Score
- Charity
- Down & Out
- The Stuff You Got

- Hoodoo Man
- Nobody But You
- Since You've Gone
- Junco Partner
- Sittin' Here Thinkin'
- Royal Telephone

rec. March & April 1985 at Inner Ear Recording in Richmond Hill, N.Y.


Global Village C 202 (cassette) (US 1985)

111985The Young Fogies
An Anthology of Young String Band Musicians

Heritage 056 track list:
Otis Brothers
- Oh, The Lamb Of God, The Lord Done Sanctified Me (track 25)
- 41 tracks !!!

Rounder CD track list (29 tracks only!!!):
- Then It Won't Hurt No More - New Lost City Ramblers
- I Want You So Near - Tracy's Family Band
- Po' Boy - Art Rosenbaum
- Sheep Shell Corn By The Rattling Of His Horn - Highwoods String Band
- Betty Likens - Hollow Rock String Band
- Take Me Back To My Old North Carolina Home - Hot Mud Family
- Off To California - Reed Martin
- Good Indian/Cutting At The Point - Desert String Band
- Weary Blues From Waiting - Alice Gerrard
- Dubuque - Dr- Humbead's New Tranquility String Band
- Bible's True - Lazy Aces
- Shopping Song - Arm & Hammer String Band
- Raincrow Bill (Goes Up Cripple Creek) - David Holt
- Boys Them Buzzards Are Flying - Fly By Night String Band
- Drunken Hiccups/The Lost Child - Brad Leftwich
- Bonaparte's Retreat - Jay Ungar
- Mes Parents Veulent Plus Me Voir - Dr. Bubba's OK Bayou Dance Band
- Homage A Nos Racines - Denis Pepin
- Skunk In A Collard Patch - Double Decker String Band
- Oklahoma Rooster - Critton Hollow Stringband
- Blind Steer In A Mudhole - Red Mule String Band
- Visits - Al Tharp
- 4 And 20 Blackbirds Dancing On A Fawnskin - Indian Creek Delta Boys
- Old Bangum - Dan Gellert
- Chinkapin Hunting - Chicken Chokers
- Glory In The Meetinghouse - Hurricane Ridgerunners
- Every Breath You Take - Agents Of Terra
- Oh Death - Horseflies
- Sail Away/George Booker - Plank Road String String Band


compiled by Renato "Ray" Giacomelli Alden; front cover artwork by Pablo Giacomelli Alden

2 LP set
notes by Ray Alden

Heritage (Galax) 056


(=) Rounder CD 0319 (1994)

121986Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers
When the Yankees Came Down


- Fishing Time
- My Only Sweetheart
- Nine O'Clock Breakdown
- Walk Jawbone
- I'm Going To Leave Old Arkansas
- I'm Saving Up Coupons
- When Reuben Comes To Town
- Hide Away
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Snowdrop

- Hometown Blues
- My Ozark Mountain Home
- Arcadian Waltz
- Grandma's Old Arm Chair
- Because He Loved Her So
- Buffalo Gals
- How Long?
- Green Valley Waltz
- Bath House Blues
- Little Black Train
- Wimbush Rag

"Major Contay and the Canebrake Rattlers" are Pat Conte ('Major Contay'), Bill Dillof, Tom Legenhausen and Mark Farrell
cover photo by Tommy Dillof

notes by Pat Conte

Marimac 9006
(cassette)

131987The Otis Brothers: In The Land Of Corn & Wine

- I'll Go On
- Poor Black Mattie
- On Our Turpentine Farm
- Shorty George
- Jack Ain't Had No Water
- Certainly, Lord
- Jimi Bell
- Two Hoboes
- Stamp Blues

- Boogie Woogie Dance
- When A Gal Cross The Bottom
- Grasshoppers In My Pillow
- Illinois Blues
- House Done Built Without Hands
- Sow Good Seeds
- Tell Me
- Pigmeat Papa
- Poor President Kennedy
- Delia

rec. at The Inner Ear, Richmond Hill, New York by Steve Vavagliakis [sic]; Bob Guida, voc, 3-string Church Bass; Pat Conte, g
front cover photo by Jack Hirschorn


Marimac 8002 (cassette)

141988The Secret Life of Jerry Rasmussen

- Davenport
- Last Mississippi River Steamboat
- Taste Of Sin
- Dreadful Shame
- Coal Man Blues
- Tonight
- Ten Pound Radio

- Uncle Jim
- Planter's Bar
- 32nd Army Tank Division Band
- Poppa Was A Preacher

- Old Blue Suit #
- Caroline
- Evergreen Bar
- Until Morning


# with Mark Farrell, fiddle, voc; Tom Legenhausen, bjo; Pat Conte, slide g; Bill Dillof, voc


Folk-Legacy FSI-101

= Folk-Legacy CD-101 (2006)

www.folk-legacy.com

Jerry Rasmussen discography

151988Harry Bolick & Friends: Tunesmith

- Walking Past Midnight #
- Stranger Every Day
- Roll Them Cotton Bales #
- Countin' On Hanna #
- Visitor And A Half #
- Diamond Joe #
- The Light Of Other Days
- I Think My Brains Fell Out #
- She's A Keeper #
- Shake Your Little Foot #
- Buying Some Time #
- Jailbait #
- John Aaron's Farewell To Cuyahoga
- Becker's Bop #
- Jonah #
- Gravois Creek Pump
- Pick Of The Litter #
- Crossing The Rockies #
- Clogger Ladies / Flatfeet And Bloodshot Eyes #
- Bustin' Up #
- Bob On The Job
- Pygmies On Pennsylvania Ave #

rec. January to June 1988; # with Pat Conte, sb, f


Global Village

15a1988Bob Guida: Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay

- Drop Down Mama
- Bottle Up And Go
- Oh Oh Lonesome
- Lost Without Love
- On A Monday
- One Thin Dime
- On The Road Again

- I Just Keeps On Wantin' You
- Leavin' In The Morning
- Workin' On The Highline
- Jaybird's Moan
- When The Train Comes Along
- Coolin' Board
- Catfish Blues

rec. at Inner Ears Studios in Queens, New York by Steve Vavagiakis [sic]; Bob Guida, voc, g, mand, ac b; Tadd Kotick, dr
front cover photo by Jack Hirschorn


Marimac 8005 (cassette)

161989Jerry Rasmussen: Handful Of Songs

- Just An Old Fiddler
- Tennessee Dog #
- Alfred
- Handful Of Songs
- Cabbage Patch Waltz
- Other Side Of Jordan
- Tennessee Earthquake

- Uncle Willie's In The Sheets

- Old Man At The Mill *
- Montana
- Blue Waltz
- Willie's Dog
- Miller's Will
- Ships On The Prairie


Jerry Rasmussen, voc, g; Gordon Bok; Ed Trickett; Sally Rogers & Howie Bursen; Dave Para & Cathy Barton; Pat Conte, # zulu g, * bj

Jerry Rasmussen discography


Jack Rabbit Aught One


= Folk-Legacy C 516
(cassette)

www.folk-legacy.com


= Jack Rabbit
cdbaby.com

171994Robert Johnson, Arlen Roth, Tucker Smallwood: Incarnation

- Walking Blues #
- Stones In My Passway
- Terraplane Blues
- Traveling Riverside Blues

- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day #
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Mean Black Spider
- 32-20 Blues
- Phonograph Blues
- From Four Til Late
- Little Boy Blue
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Me And The Devil Blues

- Crossroads Blues #
- Love in Vain

rec. 1980 in New York City by Clark Dimond; Robert Johnson Project with Tucker Smallwood, voc; Arlen Roth, g; # Pat Conte, holographic (acoustic) g; T.C. James, keyb; Jerry Jemmott, b; Herb Lovelle, dr


American Primitive

www.tuckersmallwood.com

notes by Clark Dimond

= Taxim tx 1062 (G 2008)
"Possession" Incarnation
- The Songs of Robert
Johnson

181998pat conte: run through the woods at night
Pat Conte plays the music of Amos Otis

- Of All The Beastes
- Old Lady Goose
- Rat Cliff Holler
- Old Cornfield Dance
- All Borne Down With An Ache In Head
- Lord, Won't You Hep Me?
- Jess, The Cowpoke
- Pampa Taquello
- Hoot Yo' Belly
- My Baby

- Ain't A Bit Drunk
- She Lied On Me
- Jacker Diamond
- Little Janie Greene
- Poor Little Rain
- Sheep Shell Corn With The Rattlin' Of His Horn
- King Hennery
- Bear Brand Peaches
- The Wild Boar
- Troubles In The Wilds Of Idaho
- Amos' Apache Piece

Pat Conte, voc, g, bj, 12-string g, apache fiddle; prod. by Bill Paulauskas & Citizen Kafka; cover art by Rayna Gellert; photography by Luis Macia


Krelltone zR402
[Bill Paulauskas' label]

192002Davis Style - The Legacy of Reverend Gary Davis

- I'm Throwin' Up My Hand (Ari Eisinger)
- South Carolina Rag (Willie Walker)
- Rag, Mama, Rag (Blind Boy Fuller)
- Let Us Get Together (Ken Whiteley & Friends)
- I Am The Light Of This World (Maria Muldaur)
- Will There Be Stars In My Crown (Ernie Hawkins)
- Pure Religion (Eric Noden)

- Devil's Dream (Pat Conte)
- I Heard The Angels Singing (William Lee Ellis)
- United States March (Ellen Britton)
- Sit Down On The Banks (Mary Flower)
- Twelve Gates To The City (John Cephas & Phil Wiggins)

- Hesitation Blues (Ian Buchanin [!] with the Otis Brothers)
- Gary Davis Style (Perry Lederman)
- Samson & Delilah I (Peter, Paul & Mary)
- Samson & Delilah II (Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith)
- Gods Knows How Much We Can Bear (Penny Lang & Friends)
- Where'd You Get Your Liquor From / Hesitation Blues (Jerry Ricks)
- Soon My Work Will All Be Done (Dave Van Ronk & Friends)
- I Will Do My Last Singing In This Land (Rick Ruskin)


Inside Sounds CD 508

www.insidesounds.com

202003The Return Of The Otis Brothers
Let's Go To Huntin'


- Relax Your Mind
- Down On Me
- Cemetery Bound
- Fiddler's Dram
- Farrell Blues
- Hopping Frog
- The Blood-Stained Bandits
- Cairo
- Pony Blues
- You Can Go On
- Fire Down Yonder
- Yellow Dog
- Jack, Can I Ride?
- Ezekiel's Wheel
- Forty-Four
- Come On, Boys, And Let's Go To Huntin'
- Death Is Riding High
- Bald-Headed
- God Don't Change

Bob Guida, voc, g & cigarbox mandolin; Pat Conte, voc, slide, 12-string, banjo & fiddle

"The CD is over one hour of recently recorded material remastered at The Secret Museum, in glorious mono. One microphone. Some $12 guitars. And no electronic trickery."


Susquehanna Hat Record Company SUS-CD8072

www.efolkmusic.org

Susquehanna Hat Record
Co.,   P.O. Box 340541
Rochdale, NY 11434

212005Harry Bolick and Friends: Carroll County, Mississippi

- Jake Leg Rag - Ken Bloom: minstrel banjo, Dobro, guitar, bowed dulcimer
- Sweet Milk and Peaches - Pat Conte: minstrel banjo, Brian Slattery: banjo and pony banjo
. - Where the Southern Crosses the Dog - Pat Conte: guitar, Trip Henderson: harmonica
- Texas Shuffle - Brian Slattery: banjo and guitar, Mark Murphy: bass
- Captain George, Has Your Money Come? - Pat Conte: guitar, Trip Henderson: harmonica
The Sunny Waltz - Elsie Berryhill: piano
- Avalon Quickstep - Pat Conte: lauto
- Limberneck Blues - Vicky Gould: accordian /Texas Breakdown - Brian Slattery: banjo and drums/Heel and Toe Polka - Brian Slattery: banjo and drums, Ken Bloom: guitar
- Little Star - Brian Slattery: banjo and drums

- The Last Shot Got Him - Pat Conte: guitar and vocals, Steve Uhrik: viola. The First(Last) Shot Got Him was recorded by Willie Narmour's neighbors: Mississippi John Hurt and the Mississippi Possum Hunters. This recording is a mixture of those versions. Blessed be the Name also comes from John Hurt.
- Carroll County Blues - Pat Conte: guitar, Mark Murphy: bass
- Someone I Love - Elsie Berryhill: Piano, Brian Slattery: Fiddle, Ed Pitaro: guitar, Mark Murphy: bass
Carrollton (©2004 Bolick) - Pat Conte: guitar and requinto, Trip Henderson: hca. This tune was named after my mother's birthplace and is my attempt to create a tune in Willie Narmour's style. This is enhanced by Pat Conte's unique vision. The website has a more straight forward old-timey rendering. - Charlestons No's 3, 2 and 1 - Gil Sayre: guitar, Brian Slattery: banjo
- Kiss Me Waltz - Gil Sayre: guitar, Brian Slattery: fiddle, Mark Murphy: bass
- Gallop To Georgia - Gil Sayre: guitar, Brian Slattery: banjo
- Dry Gin Rag - Gil Sayre: guitar, Brian Slattery - banjo

- Little Black Moustache - Pat Conte: guitar,bowlback mandolin, Trip Henderson: harmonica. Little Black Moustache was not recorded by Narmour and Smith, but by their neighbor Gene Clardy and the Ray Brothers. - I wonder if Willie Narmour knew the tune
Mississippi Breakdown - Brian Slattery: banjo, Charlie Shaw: guitar and drums
- Avalon Blues / Whistling - Ken Bloom: guitars, bowed dulcimer and domra, Brian Slattery: fiddle, Mark Murphy: bass and cello

- Blessed Be The Name - Pat Conte: guitar and vocals, Pat Schories: bass, Background vocals: Brian Slattery, Trip Henderson, Steve Uhrik and Colleen Kiel


New Timey

22200?Pat Conte: Gravest Hits

- Snow Ride
- Dock's Holler
- La Principessa
- Three Wise Men
- Little Girl In Rome
- Quiet In The Trenches At Christmas Time
- When The Last Man Dies
- First Rain In Spring
- The Veil Blows In At The Window
- Curry Camp Burned Down
- Girls, Let's Go To Hunting [listed, but not enclosed]1)
- Great Godamighty Give The Fiddler A Dram [listed, but not enclosed]1)
- Storm Is Passing Over
- Gathering Scene
- He Will Take Care Of You
- Dearest Dear
- Going Away
- Old Cumberland

cover art by Pat V. Conte; photography by Mary Perez

1) alternate takes of these tracks appear retitled on The Otis Brothers "Let's Go To Huntin'" instead


Susquehanna Hat Record Company SUS-CD33727

22a2006Jerry Rasmussen: Back When I Was Young

- Winter To Spring
- Drunkard's Last Advice
- Back When I Was Young
- Hopalong Peter #
- Blackbird
- Blues In The Bottle #

- Levi Kelly []
- Old Pony
- Robert's Rooster
- Rosco
- Screen Porch Door
- Tune For Tommy
- Jerusalem Slim


Jerry Rasmussen, voc, g; # Luke Faust, g, harmony voc, [] Pat Conte, g


Jack Rabbit JR 03

www.camscomusic.com

Jerry Rasmussen discography

232007Reverend Dan Smith with Pat Conte and Bob Guida
Home In Zion


- Dark Was The Night
- Prayer Home In Zion
- In The Upper Room
- You Got Shoes
- I Got It In My Hand
- My Mind Is Made Up
- Jordan River I'm Bound To Cross

- Lordy Won't You Help Me
- Seminary Vs. Calvary
- Long Time Ago
- Now Is The Time
- I Got A New Name Over In Zion
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
- Dark Was The Night

rec. c. 1985 in New York City

Global Village unissued
(Original cassette release
as "Rev Don Smith" [sic],
withdrawn due to printer's
error)


digital release by Global Village = iTUNES (2007)

242008Ian Buchanan: Too Close to Heaven
A Retrospective Collection, 1957-1982

disc 1: Ian Buchanan & Friends: Yale Hoots 1957-1960
- 219 Bluestrack list # 1; click to enlarge!
- Instrumental
- Betty And Dupree
- John Henry
- Pawn Shop Blues
- Sportin' Life
- Hardluck Blues
- Careless Love
- Woman At The Well
- Muddy Water
- Dear Old Dixie
- Rowan County Blues
- East Virginia Blues
- Banjo Tune
- I Ate The Baloney
- Mother's Not Dead
- Sweet Annie
- Sailor In The Deep Blue Sea
- Flower Garden
- The Butcher Boy

disc 2: Antioch College & Queens, New York
- Ramrod Daddy
- Too Close To Heaven
- True Religion
- How Long
- Keep On Truckin' Silver City Bound
- Candy Man
- Good Morning Blues
- Ride My Mule
- Everyday I Have The Blues
- Winding Boy

disc 3: Ian Buchanan Home Tapes: 1968-1980
- All Around The Water Tanktrack list # 2; click to enlarge!
- Hard Luck Blues
- Roll Your Lemon
- Bad Feelin' Blues
- Lifesaver Blues
- Too Close
- Alberta (slower version)
- Alberta (faster version)
- No Education
- Cocaine Blues
- Civil War March
- Sportin' Life
- Ramrod Daddy
- Do Right Papa
- Careless Love #1
- Careless Love #2

- Bad Feelin' Blues (+ Bob Guida, b)
- Livesaver Blues (+ Bob Guida, b)

disc 4: Ian Buchanan 'Live' at Eagle Tavern, May 25, 1982
- Lifeboat Blues #
- Careless Love #
- When The Sun Goes Down #
- Cocaine Blues #
- Alberta #
- You Don't Know #
- Don't Lie To Me #
- Winding Boy #
- Too Close To Heaven #

compiled by Kirsten Dahl and Marty Brennan
# Ian Buchanan & Marty Brennan, voc, g; Pat Conte, mand; Bob Guida, b; Brian Moran, hca

Ian Buchanan discography

boxed set of 4 CDs

www.windingboy.com

252009Eden & John's East River String Band
Drunken Barrelhouse Blues


- Drunken Barrel House Blues
- The Rain Don't Fall On Me
- Johnson Boys
- The Fate Of Talmadge Osborne
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Last Kind Words Blues
- Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight
- I Wish I Were A Mole In The Ground
- Yellow Bee
- Too Tight Blues
- Corrina Blues
- Devilish Mary
- The Spasm

Eden Brower, voc, ukulele; John Heneghan, voc, g, mand; guests: Robert Crumb, mand; Pat Conte, fiddle; Dom Flemons, g, quills; Eli Smith, bj


East River ERR 1003CD

262009Bob Guida: Believe

- Up Above My Head
- Sign Of Judgment
- I Am A Soldier
- Shine Like A Star
- Believe
- Amazing Grace
- Charity
- There's A Bright
- Arise And Shine
- Were You There
- Two Wings
- One More River To Cross
- Live So God Can Use You
- Tell Him What You Want


cdbaby.com

272011Eden & John's East River String Band
Be Kind To A Man When He's Down


- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
- So Sorry Dear
- Fare Thee Blues
- Beaver Slide Rag
- Be Kind To A Man When He's Down
- Twelve Pound Daddy
- On The Banks Of The Kaney
- Swanee River
- How Long
- There's More Pretty Girls Than One
- Hy Patillion
- Old Black Dog Medley
- The Girl I Left Behind Me
- Oh Suzanna

Eden Brower, voc, ukulele; John Heneghan, voc, g, mand; guests: Robert Crumb, mand; Pat Conte, fiddle, bj, hca; Dom Flemons, g;


East River ERR 1004CD

282011Folk Music of the United States
Pat Conte: American Songs with Fiddle and Banjo

- Primrose Hill
- Half Shaved
- Come On Buddy, Don't You Want To Go
- Burned A White Man's Barn
- Fair And Tender Ladies
- Zolly's Retreat / Piney Ridge / Sunrise At Pine Ridge
- Jawbone Walk

- Colored Aristocracy
- Make Your Belly Grow
- Rat Cliff Hollow
- Young Moore
- Delia's Gone
- Ain't A Bit Drunk
- I've Been All Around This World

rec. at The Jalopy Theatre in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY; Pat Conte, voc, bj, fiddle; prod. by Geoff and Lynette Wiley

red vinyl LP
booklet notes by Joe
Hickerson and Pat Conte

Jalopy Records 001

29201?Michael Greene and Bob Guida
The Giant Studio Blues Collection


Volume 1 from June 1985 featuring the awesome rhythm machine of Bob Guida, bass; Tadd Kotick, drums; and Michael Greene, piano, backing up Brian Bisizi and Guitar Slim (Bob Aherne) on guitars
Volume 2 from April 1985 featuring Bob Guida, Michael Greene, Tadd Kotick, the True Blue Rhythm Machine backing Rich Oppenheim, alto; Steve Kimbell, tenor; and Eddie Gregg on guitar. Vocals by Bob and Mike

more info at http://www.users.nac.net/mgreene/The_Music_Room.html

302013Eden & John's East River String Band
Take A Look At That Baby


- Where You Been So Long
- Next Week Sometime

- Too Tight Rag # *
- Pony Blues
- Got a Letter From My Darlin'
- I'm so Glad

- Old Jaw Bone #
- Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
- Take a Look At That Baby   @ youtube
- Baby How Can It Be?
- Big Road Blues

- Diamond Joe # *
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done
- Nothing In This World For Me *

guest musicians are Robert Crumb (Cheap Suit Serenaders), Dom Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops), # Pat Conte, * Joe Bellulovich (Otis Brothers), Jackson Lynch (Down Hill Strugglers) and Ernesto Gomez (Brotherhood Of The Jug Band)
artwork by R. Crumb

notes by Tony Russell

East River LP/CD ERR1005



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Crumb - The Record Cover Collection, Amsterdam 1994, item 86
- John Cohen: The Secret Museum of Mankind - An Interview with Pat Conte.- Sing Out! Vol. 43 (1999) # 3, p. 60-67
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Frankie Basile, 'secretmuse@juno.com', 'Romeo Mousseau' and Pat V. Conte (all three o' 'em) ;-) and 'Htrent627' for additional info / scans

 

Sing out! Vol. 43 (1999) #3
Pat Conte
on the cover of Sing Out! Vol. 43 (1999) #3

 

Secret Museum of the Air

 

 

 

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