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Clyde Maxwell

Clyde "Judas" Maxwell was filmed at Maxwell's farm in Madison County, Mississippi, September 3, 1978. He also performed at the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival in 1979 at Oxford, Mississippi. In 1980 Axel Küstner photographed him in Camden in 1980. In 1981 Michael Hortig recorded him but only one song was issued. Maxwell passed in 1982. (from Big Road Blues Show 7/1/18: Highway 61 - Field Recordings; End of an Era Pt. 1)

SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES (8/24/2024)

TRACKLIST [00:00:10] Skip James - Sick Bed Blues [00:04:17] Bukka White - Gibson Town [00:07:47] Skip James - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues [00:11:13] Pace Jubilee Singers - Oh Death [00:13:23] Big Bill Broonzy - Kansas City Blues [00:16:44] Reverend C.H. Savage & Group - Let Me Ride [00:19:48] Baby Boy Warren - Mattie Mae [00:22:34] Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine Blues [00:25:50] Frank Stokes - How Long [00:29:01] Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Is Mine [00:32:14] Blind Willie McTell - Writing Paper Blues [00:35:25] Charley Patton - Devil Sent The Rain Blues [00:38:39] Neal Pattman - Going Back To Georgia [00:43:08] Bukka White - When Can I Change My Clothes [00:46:08] Bukka White - World Boogie [00:48:47] Ishman Bracey - Brown Mama Blues (45459-2) [00:52:05] Johnny Woods - 3 O'Clock In The Morning [00:55:58] Othar Turner - Bumble Bee [01:00:02] Skip James - Motherless And Fatherless Children [01:04:09] Leadbelly - Whoa, Back Buck [0

Belton Sutherland

Belton Sutherland was born on February 14, 1911. The Sutherland family worked as sharecroppers in the small hamlet of Camden, Mississippi. He played music on a semi-regular basis with Clyde Maxwell, of Canton, a versatile musician who played both fiddle and guitar. Folklorist Worth Long had recognized his spellbinding performance ability during his many travels in the deep South during the 1960’s and 1970’s for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Long did not forget him when he returned to Mississippi in 1978. Sutherland’s sole recorded legacy where those captured for The Land Where the Blues Began. Sutherland appears only for about a minute and ten seconds during the entire film. Thankfully the 30th anniversary DVD featured more performances. Sutherland passed in 1983. A full-length article about him appeared in the April 2018 issue of Living Blues magazine. (from Big Road Blues Show 7/1/18: Highway 61 - Field Recordings; End of an Era Pt. 1)