Note: Identified in log and on tape box as "But I'll Get A Break." Originally recorded by Tampa Red in 1934. Lomax credits a Eugene Smith in the field log with bringing the whiskey for this session.
About the session: Two blues from the mysterious Cecil Augusta, about whom nothing is known, and a set of performances by the Memphis Jug Band, featuring the founder, Will Shade, and Charlie Burse, a member since 1928.
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