Performers include Roberta Dudley, Ruth Lee, Missouri Anderson, Sadie McKinney, Arah "Baby" Moore, Ben Norsingle, Emma Wright, Ada Brown, Bertha Henderson, and Jeanette James (vol.1) ; Ollie Ross, Hattie Burleson, Jewell Nelson, Cleo Gibson, David Pearson, Mel Parker, Horace Smith, and Hattie Snow (vol.2)
Document Records: DOCD-5470--DOCD-5471.
Blues songs as performed by singers who worked and recorded outside of Chicago and New York.
Compact discs.
Notes in containers.
v. 1. 1922-1928. Krooked blues ; When you're alone blues (Roberta Dudley, 1922) -- Maybe someday ; That sweet something dear (Ruth Lee, 1922) -- Ill natured blues ; Evil Mama blues ; Break o'day blues (Ada Brown, 1923) -- Discouraged blues ; The Jamboree blues (Bertha Henderson, 1925) -- Gamblin' George blues ; Somebody else's blues (Missouri Anderson, 1926) -- Downhearted Mama ; What's that thing (Jeanette James, 1927) -- Rock away (takes 1 & 2) ; Brownskin flapper (Sadie McKinney, 1927) -- Everybody have the blues sometime ; Drop down-blues (Arah "Baby" Moore, 1927) -- Black cat blues ; Motherless blues ; Red River bottom blues ; Rover's blues (Ben Norsingle, 1928) --Lonesome trail blues (Emma Wright, 1928)
v. 2. 1928-1930. Broad road blues ; Ox-meat blues (takes A & B) (Ollie Ross) -- Jim Nappy ; Bye bye baby ; Superstitious blues ; Sadie's servant room blues ; Clearin' house blues ; High five blues ; Dead lover blues (Hattie Burleson) -- Jet black snake blues ; Beating me blues (Jewell Nelson) -- I've got Ford movements in my hips ; Nothing but blues (Cleo Gibson) -- Friendless blues ; Untitled (David Pearson) -- Undertaker blues ; Thrill me (Mel Parker) -- Mother-in-law blues ; Love is dead ; Goin' away and leavin' my baby ; Clickety-clack blues (Horace Smith) -- Make that gravel fly ; Don't say goodbye ; Daddy, what you going to do? (Hattie Snow)