| Go Ahead |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T953R20 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Go Ahead and He Done Just What He Said |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T953R21 |
| He Done Just What He Said |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T953R22 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about snakes and reptiles |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R01 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about hearing her first blues |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R02 |
| Shoo Along |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R03 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about old-time reels, sets, and breakdowns |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R04 |
| Salty Dog |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R05 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Salty Dog |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R06 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on If You Don't Like My Peaches, Please Don't Shake My Tree |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R07 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about racial confrontations |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R08 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about Holiness Church services |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R09 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on family meals and foodways |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R10 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on recipes and foodways |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R11 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on the midday meal |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R12 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on fresh food, canning, and desserts |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R13 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on school, church, family and friends in her youth |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Sep 26, 1961 |
T954R14 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on stammering (fragment) |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R01 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on caring for a husband |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R02 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on marriage (part 1) |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R03 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on marriage (part 2) |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R04 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on marriage (part 3) |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R05 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on toasting |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R06 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on witnessing a shooting |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R07 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on homemade musical instruments |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R08 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Northern versus Southern women |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R09 |
| Story about a lazy man named Enoch |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R10 |
| Story of a slave who asked the devil to take his master |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R11 |
| Story of a man who prayed to see his dead son |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R12 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on witches and black cats |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R13 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on the devil, evil spirits, and witchcraft (part 1) |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R14 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on the devil, evil spirits, and witchcraft (part 2) |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R15 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on the devil, evil spirits, and witchcraft (part 3) |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R16 |
| Toast about three whores |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R17 |
| Toast about a man and woman |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R18 |
| Toasts about an elephant jumping rope and a man sleeping with his father's wife |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R19 |
| Toast about whiskey |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R20 |
| Toast about quitting drinking |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R21 |
| Toast about a white man, a Chinese man, and a black man |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R22 |
| Toast used by a woman to insult a man |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R23 |
| Toast riffing on "here is the church, here is the steeple" |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R24 |
| Toast about drinking |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R25 |
| Toast about a lost daughter |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R26 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on male and female anatomy |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R27 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on visiting an uncle |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R28 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on laughter |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R29 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on see-saw rhymes |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T955R30 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about laughter and racial stereotyping |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T956R01 |
| Story about a neglected child singing the blues |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T956R02 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on taking in foster children |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T956R03 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on share-cropping |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T956R04 |
| Stories about hunting and fishing |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T956R05 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about frizzled chickens |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T956R06 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about her father and grandparents |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T956R07 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on being saved |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T956R08 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about Hopalong Charlie and Dupree and 1920s popular music |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T957R01 |
| Diamond Joe |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T957R02 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about Diamond Joe |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T957R03 |
| Leola |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T957R04 |
| Discussion with Bessie Jones about guitar lessons and dance styles |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T957R05 |
| Lay Around Town |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T957R06 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on her Uncle Gene and selling one's soul to the devil |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T957R07 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on a quarrel with another woman |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T958R01 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about a jealousy fight and playing cards |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T958R02 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about rice plantations and agriculture on St. Simons Island |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T958R03 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about house-building and saving up for a home |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T958R04 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about the landscape of Dawson and Fitzgerald, Georgia |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T958R05 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about agriculture in Dawson and Fitzgerald, Georgia |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T958R06 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about Milan, Georgia, and her fear of mules |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T958R07 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about rape |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R01 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about modesty in female dress |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R02 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about the benefits of fasting and of baptism |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R03 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about nursing human and animal babies |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R04 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about weaning |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R05 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about raising babies |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R06 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about her daughter's interest in boys |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R07 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about her hustler friends in Miami |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R08 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about a Polk County turpentine camp and the Polk County Blues |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T959R09 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about the single life |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T960R01 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about death, funerals, and tombstones |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T960R02 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about her favorite trees |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T960R03 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about her Dawson relatives in St. Simons and about children knowing their father |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T960R04 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about lesbians |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T960R05 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about going to the dentist |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T960R06 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about the mumps |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T960R07 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on the multitude of Christian denominations |
Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T960R08 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on stump-knocking preachers |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R01 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on jack-legging and making wine |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R02 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on drinking |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R03 |
| Interview with Bessie Jones about work songs |
Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R04 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on her childhood dreams |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R05 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on meeting her husband |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R06 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on her childhood Christmases |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R07 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Christmas and quilt-making |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R08 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Christmas pageants, meals, and presents |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R09 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones about new shoes at Christmas |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R10 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on eating black-eyed peas at New Year's |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R11 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on cabbage and death |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R12 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Fourth of July celebrations |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R13 |
| Commentary by Bessie Jones on Easter |
Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan |
Oct 6, 1961 |
T961R14 |
