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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

J.W.   W A R R E N, Ariton, Alabama, May 2002; photographer: Axel Küstner
J.W. Warren, Ariton, Alabama, May 2002
photographer: Axel Küstner
J.W. Warren
b. June 22, 1921 on Grants plantation
near Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama
d. August 5, 2003 in Ariton, Dale County, Alabama

discography
J.W.   W A R R E N, Brundidge, Alabama, October 1995; source: Crosscut Records catalog 97/98-III; photographer: Axel Küstner
J.W. Warren, Brundidge, Alabama, October 1995
source: Crosscut Records catalog 97/98-III
photographer: Axel Küstner

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11987J.W. Warren: Bad Luck Bound

- Hoboing My Way Into Hollywood (3:32) #   @ youtube
- New Highway 51 (3:28) *
- Trucking Little Woman (3:32) #
- Destination Blues (2:48) #
- Little Louise (3:36) #
- When Your Gal Packs Up And Leaves (2:53) #

- My Mind Gets To Rambling (3:36) *
- Careless Love (3:10) #
- Rabbit On A Log (2:29) #   @ youtube
- You Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (2:40)   @ youtube
- The Escape Of Corrina (5:53) *
- Old Highway Blues (2:10) *

# rec. September 15, 1981 in Ariton, AL by George Mitchell; J.W. Warren, voc, g
* rec. March 27, 1982 in Ariton, AL by George Mitchell; J.W. Warren, voc, g
photo by George Mitchell

notes by Leo Bruin

Swingmaster SM 2113 (NL 1987)

21995Came So Far

Marie Manning
- Hard Luck And Trouble
Bishop Manning
- Gospel Train
Captain Luke
- Rainy Night In Georgia
- I Don't Want No Woman
John Lee Zeigler
- Going Away

J.W. Warren
- Have You Seen Corinna? #   @ youtube
- Looking For My Woman #
Rufus McKenzie
- Whooping The Blues
Macavine Hayes
- Sweet Little Angel
- Goodbye Johnny B. Goode
Lucille Lindsey and Guitar Gabriel
- Fly Around Heaven All Day
- Trying To Make 100
Samuel Turner Stevens
- Marching Through Georgia
- T For Texas
Bishop Manning
- Questionnaire Blues
Big Boy Henry
- Vellevina
Pernell King and Guitar Gabriel
- Late In The Evening
Guitar Gabriel
- Key To The Highway   @ youtube


# rec. 1990s prob. in Ariton, AL; J.W. Warren, voc, g


Music Maker Recordings MMCD 1294
= CF 100

31997Traditional Music from Alabama's Wiregrass
Bluegrass, gospel, blues, and Sacred Harp recordings from a ten-county region of southeast Alabama

- Amazing Grace
- Come Heed The Love Of The Lord And Let Your Joy Be Know
- I Heard The Angels Singing
- In A Time Like This
- David's Lamentation
- Jesus Rose
- Golden Harp
- I'm Traveling Home
- Family Prayer
- One Of These Days
- Soon I'll Be Going Home
- Glory, Glory, I'm So Glad
- It's Hard To Stumble When You're On Your Knees
- Working On A Building
- Glory Land March
- I Found A Solid Rock In Jesus
- I'm Holding On
- This Little Light Of Mine
- I Shall Not Be Moved/I'm Going Home To Jesus
- No Hard Times
- Wedding Bells

- Louise - J.W. Warren #
- Freight Train Blues
- Tom And Jerry
- I've Decided To Follow Jesus
- Soldier's Joy
- Dill Pickle Rag


rec. 1995-1996 in the Alabama Wiregrass region by Stephen Grauberger; performers including Pauline Jackson Griggs, Zion Juniors, Glory Bound Singers, Pike County Seven-Shape Singers, Circle City Bluegrass Band, Perry Tillis, A.Z. Stanley and the Sensational Bibletones, Southern Comfort Band, J.W. Warren, Everis Campbell
# J.W. Warren, voc, g


Alabama Traditions CD 107

42002Songs From The Roots Of America II

Guitar Gabriel - 1941 Blues
Taj Mahal - My Creole Belle
Mother Pauline And Elder James Goins - Great Day
Rufus McKenzie - Peachtree Blues

J.W. Warren - Looking For My Woman
Elder Anderson Johnson - My Lord And I
Jack Owens - Keep On Grumblin'
Mr. Q - We Three
Robert Thomas - Big Boss Man
Cora Fluker - I Wish I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
Pernell King & Guitar Gabriel - Walked All Night Long
Mr. Frank Edwards - My Baby's Gone
Carl Hodges - Flossie
Ernie Williams & Cool John Ferguson - Have You Ever Loved Someone?
Preston Fulp - Banks Of The Ohio
Mudcat - Savannah Mama
James Davis - Georgia Drumbeat
Jahue Rorie - Cannonball Blues
Little Pink Anderson - He's In The Jailhouse Now
Drink Small - Widow Woman
Haskell "Whistlin' Britches" Thompson - Clickin'


rec. & prod. by Timothy Duffy


Music Maker MMCD28

52005J.W. Warren: life ain't worth livin'

- Hoboing Into Hollywood (3:35) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify
- Sundown Blues (1:59) [previously unissued]   @ Spotify
- Trucking Little Women (2:56) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify
- Little Louise (3:40) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify
- When Your Gal Packs Up And Leaves (2:56) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify
  @ Spotify
- My Mind Get To Wandering (3:42) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify
- Careless Love (3:13) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify
- Rabbit On A Log (2:35) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify
- Escape Of Corinna (5:38) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Hwy 51 (3:33) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify
- A Long Old Lane (4:16) [previously unissued]   @ Spotify
- You're Gonna Miss Me (2:43) [Swingmaster 2113]   @ Spotify

rec. 1981/82 in Ariton, AL by George Mitchell; J.W. Warren, voc, g

photos by George Mitchell


Fat Possum FP1024-2 (US 2005)


= Big Legal Mess
LP BLM0508-1 (US 2015)
CD BLM0508-2 (US 2015)

62006Treasure Box

disc 1:
Lee Gates - My Wife Left Me
Adolphus Bell - Introduce the band
Beverly Guitar Watkins - Baghdad Blues
Abe Reid - Sweet Georgia Brown
Precious Bryant - Precious' Staggerin' Blues
Sol - Ghost of Mr. Q
Kever's Longhouse Singers - Pigeon Dance
Cool John Ferguson - Chunck of Funk

JW Warren - Careless Love #
Benton Flippen - Fiddler's Reel
David Butler - Graveyard Blues
Tad Walters - Slam 'em Down
Slewfoot and Cary B. - Cowboy Song
George Higgs - Throw This Dog a Bone
Mudcat - Cold and Rainy Day
Macavine Hayes - Snatch that Thing
Pura Fé - Wait Till You Come Back Again
Sweet Betty - Everybody Needs Love
WC Minger IV - Home on the Range

disc 2:
Etta Baker - Piece Behind the Bridge
Rufus McKenzie - Whoopin' the Blues
John Dee Holeman - Chapel Hill Boogie
Adolphus Bell - Alabama Women
Pura Fé - Going Home/Stomp Dance
Sol - Interview with Mr. Frank
Guitar Gabriel - Welfare Blues
Mudcat - Chicken Man
Carl Rutherford - West Virginia Breakdown
David Butler - Deeds
Little Freddie King - Going Down the Mountain
Mr. Q - Cocktail Boogie
Lee Gates - Deuce's Wild
Dave McGrew - Sweet Valentine
Slewfoot and the Angeles - Give Your Love Away
Beverly Guitar Watkins - Just Make Believe
Tad Walters - My Back Door
James Davis - Perry Beat
Little Pink Anderson - Sittin' Here Singing the Blues

disc 3:
Robert Wolfman Belfour - Treat Me Mean
Cootie Stark - Black Gal
Pat Sky - Minimum Wage Blues
Samuel Turner Stevens - Cluck Old Hen
Cool John Ferguson - Patterson Avenue
Abe Reid - Ain't Gonna Let No Woman
Carl Rutherford and Cootie Stark - Precious Memories
Guitar Gabriel - We're Living in Our Last Days
WC Minter IV - On Beyond Zero
Neal Pattman - Apple Pie
John Dee Holeman - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Drink Small and Cootie Stark - Drinkin' the Wine
Sister Cora Fluker - Pray for Me
Macavine Hayes - The Way You Do
Paul Duffy - Apple Pickin' Time


# rec. February 1995 in Ozark, Alabama; J.W. Warren, voc, g

3 CD set

Music Maker MMCD61-63

72006J.W. Warren: Volume 41
The George Mitchell Collection

- Hoboing To Hollywood
- Sundown Blues

- Rabbit On A Log
- You're Gonna Miss Me

7 inch 33 rpm EP

Fat Possum 1100-7

82007George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1 - 45

disc 1:
- Lucy Mae Blues - Cecil Barfield
- I Woke Up Crying - Cecil Barfield
- Love Blues - Cecil Barfield
- I Told You Not To Do That - Cecil Barfield
- In the Evening - Buddy Moss
- Hey Lawdy Mama - Buddy Moss
- Thousand Woman Blues - Buddy Moss
- Blue Shadow Falling - Buddy Moss
- Cold Rainy Day - Buddy Moss
- Amy - Buddy Moss
- Motherless Child - Leon Pinson
- Hush, Somebody is Calling My Name - Leon Pinson
- What God Can Do - Leon Pinson
- He'll Understand and Say Well Done - Leon Pinson
- Big Road Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Cool Water Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Big Fat Mama Blues - Houston Stackhouse
- Take a Little Walk With Me - Houston Stackhouse
- Everyone Got a Woman - Big Joe Williams
- What She Need With a Rooster - Big Joe Williams
- Sink or Swim - Big Joe Williams
- Prison Bound - Big Joe Williams
- Who's Gonna Be Your Man - John Lee Zeigler
- If I Lose Let Me Lose - John Lee Zeigler
- Black Woman - Othar Turner
- Bumble Bee - Othar Turner


disc 2:
- Rabbit On a Log - Lonzie Thomas
- Raise a Ruckus Tonight - Lonzie Thomas
- My Three Women - Lonzie Thomas
- Red Cross Store - Lonzie Thomas
- Rats In the Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
- Special Agent - Sleepy John Estes
- Trying To See - Sleepy John Estes
- Mail Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Down Home Blues - Teddy Williams
- Catfish Blues - Teddy Williams
- Black Mattie - Teddy Williams
- Sun Don't Shine - Teddy Williams
- Trouble Brought Me Down - Green Paschal
- My Lord - Green Paschal
- Mother is Dead - Green Paschal
- Lay My Burden Down - Green Paschal
- Your Close Friend - Green Paschal
- I'm Going To Leave It In the Hands of the Lord - Green Paschal
- Hard Time Blues - Do-Boy Diamond
- Just Want To Talk To You - Do-Boy Diamond
- Just a Dream I Got On My Mind - Dewey Corley / Walter Miller
- Memphis is a Wonderful City - Dewey Corey / Walter Miller
- Down To Arkansas - Dewey Corey / Walter Miller
- Rock Me Mama - Bud Grant
- Freight Train Blues - Bud Grant
- So Sweet - Bud Grant
- Bud Grant's Grunt - Bud Grant


disc 3:
- Go Ahead On - Bud White
- You've Been Gone So Long - Bud White
- White Horses - Bud White
- When I'm Sober I'm Drunk Blues - George Henry Bussey
- Mean Mistreater - George Henry Bussey
- Blues Around My Bed - George Henry Bussey
- Looking For My Woman - George Henry Bussey
- Old Red #2 - Jim Bunkley
- Jack of Diamonds - Jim Bunkley
- Them Greasy Greens - Jim Bunkley
- Rocking Chair - Jim Bunkley
- Old Breakdown - Tom Turner
- Drop Down Mama #1 - Tom Turner
- Search Me Lord - James Shorter
- My Mother Died and Left Me - James Shorter
- Consolation - James Shorter
- Home Going - James Shorter
- Better Than Myself - Abe McNeil
- Steady Rollin' Man - Abe McNeil
- Drink Drink Drink - Abe McNeil
- Country Blues - Joe Callicott
- River Blues - Joe Callicott
- 3 O'Clock In the Morning - Johnny Woods
- I's Be Troubled - Johnny Woods


disc 4:
- Someday Baby - Robert Diggs
- Racehorse Charleston - Robert Diggs
- Done Lost My Health - Robert Diggs
- Drive Your Car - Robert Diggs
- Woke Up This Morning - Cliff Scott
- Long Wavy Hair - Cliff Scott
- Please Come Home - Cliff Scott
- Pole Pattin' - Cliff Scott
- I Wanna Ramble - Jimmie Lee Harris
- Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away - Jimmie Lee Harris
- Just Like A Bird Without A Feather - R.L. Burnside
- Skinny Woman - R.L. Burnside
- Goin' Down South - R.L. Burnside
- Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside
- Hold My Body Down - Robert Johnson
- Trying To Make It Home - Robert Johnson
- Precious Lord - Robert Johnson
- He'll Make a Way - Robert Johnson
- Sugar Mama - Robert Longstreet
- Black Gal - Robert Longstreet
- Sloppy Drunk - Robert Longstreet
- Decoration Day - Robert Longstreet
- Shake Em' On Down - Fred McDowell
- Mama Says I'm Crazy - Fred McDowell


disc 5:
- That Ain't It - John Henry Barbee
- Gonna Lose Your Mind - John Henry Barbee
- Flat Foot Boogie - Albert Macon /Robert Thomas
- Mama Can I Lay It Down - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas
- How Can You Do It - Albert Macon / Robert Thomas
- John Henry - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Goin' Up To the Country #1 - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Goin' Up To the Country #2 - Jessie Clarence Gorman
- Dirty Dozens - Will Shade
- Won't You Send Me John - Will Shade
- Wine Headed Man - Will Shade
- K.C. Blues - Will Shade/Charlie Burse
- Every Time I Come Around - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- J.W.'S Special - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Old Hen Cackle - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Buck Dance - Georgia Fife & Drum Band
- Hey Freddie - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Late In the Evening - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Punky Tony - Como Fife & Drum Band
- Shimmy She Wa - Como Fife & Drum Band
- You Got Reap What You Sow - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
- That's the Way the Good Thing Go - Precious Bryant
- Georgia Buck - Precious Bryant
- When the Saints Go Marching In - Precious Bryant
- Pork & Beans - Rosa Lee Hill
- Count the Days I'm Gone - Rosa Lee Hill
- Roll & Tumble - Rosa Lee Hill
- Bullying Well - Rosa Lee Hill


disc 6:
- Good Morning Judge - Furry Lewis
- Furry Lewis' Careless Love - Furry Lewis
- What Make Grandpa Love Grandma So - Jimmy Lee Williams
- Have You Ever Seen Peaches - Jimmy Lee Williams

- Hoboing Into Hollywood - J.W. Warren
- Sundown Blues - J.W. Warren
- Rabbit On A Log - J.W. Warren
- You're Gonna Miss Me - J.W. Warren
- House On the Hill - Eddie Harris
- I Have To Love Somebody - Eddie Harris
- Old Country Rock #1 - James Davis
- Instrumental #1 - James Davis
- Who Stole the Lock Off the Henhouse Door? - James Davis
- Instrumental #4 - James Davis
- Canned Heat - Robert Nighthawk
- Nighthawk Boogie - Robert Nighthawk
- Down By the Woodshed - Robert Nighthawk
- Home Going - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- I Want To Be Ready - Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Interview - Jessie Mae Hemphill


disc 7 (bonus CD - tracks not on 45s set!):
- Miss Maybelle - Jessie Lee Vortis
- When My Baby Got On Board - Jessie Lee Vortis
- Them Greasy Greens #1 - George Hollis
- Rock and Roll To Midgetville - George Hollis
- Black Rat Swing - Willie Rockomo
- Tease Me Baby #2 - Bruce Upshaw/Willie Rockomo
- Someday Baby #1 - Bruce Upshaw
- Wonder Why My Baby Treat Me So Bad - Bruce Upshaw
- Rosa Lee - Bruce Upshaw
- I Got a Woman - Buddy Hubbard
- So Sweet - Buddy Hubbard
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- Mamie - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- I'm So Lonesome - Ira "Tiny" Coney
- Blood Red River - Eddie Hodge
- Sitting On Top of the World - Eddie Hodge
- Glory Hallelujah - Eddie Hodge
- Jesus is Coming Back To Me - Pettis Sisters
- Bound For Zion - Pettis Sisters
- You Told Me Baby - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Sweet As an Apple On a Tree - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Juke #2 - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Woke Up This Morning - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall
- Tell Me You Love Me - Houston & Sara Mae Stovall


7 CD set
[with 24 page booklet!]

or forty-five 45s
[without 7th bonus CD!]
notes by Sam Sweet with George Mitchell

Fat Possum FP 1114
= GMBOX 2

92008Blues Sweet Blues

disc 1 "Blues":
Willa Mae Buckner, Cootie Stark & Captain Luke - Let The Good Times Roll
Captain Luke - One Of These Days
Drink Small - President Clinton Blues
Robert Wolfman Belfour* - Treat Me Mean
Guitar Gabriel - Blues Never Died
Guitar Gabriel - Welfare Blues
Mudcat - Big Fat Woman
Cootie Stark - Metal Bottoms
John Lee Zeigler - Pretty Shoes
Albert Smith - Learning To Play Piano
Albert Smith - Big Belly Mamma
Eddie Tigner - Slippin' In
Rufus McKenzie - Mellow Peaches
Alabama Slim - I Got The Blues

JW Warren - John Henry   @ youtube #
Carl Hodges - Meet Me In The Bottom
Paul Duffy - The Giant Squid
Cora Fluker - Shotgun Boogie
Mr. Q - Juice Headed Woman

disc 2 "Sweet Blues":
Carl Rutherford - Blues, Sweet Blues
Guitar Gabriel - After Awhile
Pura Fe - Hold The Rain
John Dee Holeman - One Black Rat
Cora Mae Bryant - Cora's Escape
Macavine Hayes, Whistlin' Britches & Cool John - Mac's Boogie
Samuel Turner Stevens - Baby'O
Etta Baker - On The Banjo
Etta Baker - Cripple Creek
Benton Flippen & Smokey Valley Boys - Susanna Gal
Boo Hanks - Step It Up & Go
Neal Pattman - Ma's Apple Pie
Jack Owens - My Baby's Gone, Soon Be Gone Myself
Elder James & Mother Pauline Goins - Old Time Religion
The Branchettes - One More Day
Albert White - A Rose For My Lady
Sweet Betty - Your Time To Cry
Adolphus Bell - Child Support
Ron Hunter - For Yourself
Elder Anderson Johnson - God Don't Like It
Pat Sky - Many A Mile


# rec. November 7, 1994 in Ozark, AL by Timothy Duffy; J.W. Warren, voc, g

2 CD set

Music Maker MM 91 & 92

102014We Are The Music Makers!
Preserving The Soul Of America's Music

disc 1:
Captain Luke - Freight Train Boogie (0:58)
Guitar Gabriel - A Living Past (1:19)
Etta Baker - Railroad Bill (2:38)
John Lee Zeigler - Going Away (4:24)
Cootie Stark - High Yellow (4:09)
John Dee Holeman - Chapel Hill Boogie (2:16)
Neal Pattman - Shortnin' Bread (5:31)
Carl Rutherford - Old Rugged Cross (2:53)
Cool John Ferguson - No Hidin' Place (3:25)
Essie Mae Brooks - Feel Like My Time Ain't Long (3:29)
Mother Pauline & Elder James Goins - Old Time Religion (4:07)
Elder Anderson Johnson - My Lord And I (3:10)
Mr. Q - Cocktail Boogie (1:56)
Albert Smith - Big Belly Momma (1:48)
Precious Bryant - If You Don't Love Me, Would You Fool Me Good (2:11)
Big Boy Henry - Old Bill (4:41)
Drink Small - President Clinton Blues (4:46)

JW Warren - Looking For My Woman (2:43)
Dr. Burt - What Can An Old Man Do (But Sing The Blues)
(5:45)
George Higgs - Greasy Greens (3:02)
Whistlin' Britches - Clickin' (0:30)
Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson - Tim Duffy Is A Good Ol' Guy (2:54)

disc 2:
Samuel Turner Stevens - Railroadin' And Gamblin' (2:35)
Pura Fé - Pigeon Dance (1:17)
Clyde Langford - High Steppin' Momma (2:26)
James Davis - Fred, You Ought To Be Dead (3:40)
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - Back In Business (4:48)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Sourwood Mountain (3:23)
Guitar Gabriel - Let No Woman (2:45)
Macavine Hayes - Snatch That Thing (3:33)
Algia Mae Hinton - Cook Corn Bread For You Husand, Biscuits For Your Outside Man (1:21)
Willa Mae Buckner - Peter Rumpkin (1:16)
Adolphus Bell - Child Support Blues (3:39)
Ironing Board Sam - Nothing But Your Butt (3:55)
Benton Flippen - Benton's Dream (4:37)
Eddie Tigner - Route 66 (4:43)
Jerry "Boogie" McCain - My New Next Door Neighbor (3:20)
Carl Hodges - Flossie (1:58)
W.C. Minger IV - Home On The Range (5:38)
Boo Hanks & Dom Flemons - Keep On Truckin' (4:05)
Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson - Old Black Buck (3:27)
Leyla McCalla - Manman Mwen (3:15)
Cora Fluker - Amazing Grace (3:06)
Cary Morin - Sing It Louder (3:00)


prod. by Tim Duffy
photography by Timothy & Denise Duffy

2 CD set
notes by Aaron Greenhood & Corinne Everett Belch

Music Maker Relief MMCD166



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 91
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 480
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans

 

J.W.   W A R R E N, Ariton, Alabama, 1981/82; source: Front cover of Swingmaster SM 2113; photographer: George Mitchell
J.W. Warren, Ariton, Alabama, 1981/82
source: Front cover of Swingmaster SM 2113
photographer: George Mitchell

 

J.W.   W A R R E N, Ozark, Alabama, October 1995; source: Crosscut Records catalog 97/98; photographer: Axel Küstner
J.W. Warren, Ozark, Alabama, October 1995
source: Crosscut Records catalog 97/98
photographer: Axel Küstner

 

J.W.   W A R R E N & Mary Hall, Brundidge, Alabama, May 2002; source: Charlotte A. Lerg & Dorothea Schwarzhaupt-Scholz (ed.): Blues On The Road - Jazz and Images of the South.- München (Lasky Center for Transatlantic Studies) 2013, p. 2; photographer: Axel Küstner
J.W. Warren & Mary Hall, Brundidge, Alabama, May 2002
source: Charlotte A. Lerg & Dorothea Schwarzhaupt-Scholz (ed.): Blues On The Road - Jazz and Images
of the South.- München (Lasky Center for Transatlantic Studies) 2013, p. 2
photographer: Axel Küstner

 

J.W.   W A R R E N, Ariton, Alabama, October 1995; source: Crosscut Records cataloges 97/98-III; photographer: Axel Küstner
J.W. Warren, Ariton, Alabama, May 2002
source: CrossCut Mailorder catalog 2007-I
photographer: Axel Küstner

 

 

 

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