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Blues And Country Dance Tunes From Virginia by John Jackson

Label: Arhoolie Records.
Release Date: 1970.
Release Info: AR 19034 (Remastered Version) Vinyl LP.
Recording Date: April 19, 1965 - October 23, 1969.

Styles: Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, Regional Blues.

John Jackson was an excellent country blues musician whose repertoire also included reels, mountain music and folk tunes. This was an outstanding collection of vintage material done in what was about as contemporary a fashion as you could get in that genre in the mid-'60s. ~ Ron Wynn

Credits: John Dildine - photography; John Jackson - banjo, guitar, vocals, composer, primary artist; Chuck Perdue - liner notes; Wayne Pope - cover; Chris Strachwitz - recording.

Tracks: A1. Nobody's Business But Mine; A2. Going Down In Georgia On A Horn; A3. Black Snake Moan; A4. If Hattie Wants To Lu, Let Her Lu Like A Man; A5. I Am A Bad, Bad Man; A6. John's Rag; A7. Cindy; A8. John Henry; B1. Rattlesnakin' Daddy; B2. T.B. Blues; B3. Flat Foot & Buck Dance; B4. Steamboat Whistle Blues; B5. Boats Up The River; B6. Poor Boy.

All songs composed or arranged by John Jackson.
Note: Track sequence of Arhoolie F 1025 (remastered version 1970) / Arhoolie AR 19034.

Side A rec. April 19, 1965 in Fairfax, Virginia (in mono).
Side B rec. October 23, 1969 in Stuttgart, Germany (in stereo) [new versions of same titles on 1965 mono LP].