Date recorded: August 31, 1978
Contributor(s): Recordist: Bishop, John; Recordist: Long, Worth; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Powell, Eugene (Sonny Boy Nelson)
Description: Sonny Boy Nelson (Eugene Powell), vocal and guitar, shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long in Greenville, Mississippi, August 31, 1978. Followed by brief discussion about the tune and he and his partner Richard "Hacksaw" Harney playing in jukes (and keeping money out of the Seeburg jukeboxes).
Subject(s):
Genre: blues, interview/commentary
Instruments: voice, guitar
Location: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States
Track Number: 72
Archive ID: i_STrEcv1Ig
Transcript:
Belongs to: Mississippi Delta and Hill Country (1978)
About the session: Bluesmen; fife-and-drum ensembles; former muleskinners and railroad tie-tampers; and tall-tale reciters. Performers include Skip James collaborator Jack Owens, diddley-bow player Lonnie Pitchford, fife legend Otha Turner, and R. L. Burnside in his first film appearance.
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