Label: Document Records.
Release Date: January 1, 1994.
Recording Time: 63 minutes.
Recording Date: October 5, 1937 - May 18, 1939.
Release Info: Compilation (DOCD-5303) Studio Recording.
Styles: Acoustic Chicago Blues, Classic Female Blues, Piano Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues.
Throughout the late 1930s Georgia White made a whole lot of swinging blues records for the Decca label with instrumental accompaniments by pianists Richard M. Jones and Sammy Price, guitarists Lonnie Johnson, and Teddy Bunn and bassist John Lindsay. Volume three in her complete recorded works on Document provides access to 22 titles cut between October 1937 and May 1939. White was keenly aware of the tradition within which she was operating, and chose her material wisely, reviving old favorites like W.C. Handy's "Careless Love," Porter Grainger's "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do," and Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues" and "Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well" which were both premiered in 1920 by Mamie Smith. What you get on this disc constitutes some of White's very best performances on record. Her backup musicians swing hard with a boogie-woogie beat whenever necessary, and she expresses herself powerfully on "Strewin' Your Mess," "Holding My Own," "The Blues Ain't Nothin' But...???," and "The Stuff Is Here," a lively tea pad tune that has been reissued on a brimming handful of party blues collections ever since its rediscovery during the '70s by the producers of the Stash record label. The relaxed and very sensual "Rock Me Daddy" has a beautiful solo by an unidentified alto saxophonist, while "Alley Boogie" (attributed to both White and her contemporary, Lucille Bogan) cooks to a jelly like there's no tomorrow. ~ arwulf arwulf
Credits: John Akers - composer; Lucille Bogan - composer; Colin J. Bray - liner notes; Teddy Bunn - guitar; Porter Grainger - composer; W.C. Handy - composer; Lonnie Johnson - guitar; Richard M. Jones - piano; Martha E. Koenig - composer; John Lindsay - bass; Johnny Parth - compilation producer, producer; Sammy Price - piano; Ikey Robinson - guitar; Everett Robbins - composer; Edgar Saucier - alto saxophone; Unknown Artist - bass (string bass); Unknown Artist - drums; Gerhard Wessely - remastering; Georgia White - composer, primary artist, vocals; J. Mayo Williams - composer; Spencer Williams - composer.
Tracklist:
1. Georgia Man - Georgia White;
2. All Night Blues - Georgia White;
3. Away All The Time - Georgia White;
4. The Stuff Is Here - Georgia White;
5. Strewin' Your Mess - Georgia White;
6. Fare Thee Honey Fare Thee Well - Georgia White;
. Rock Me Daddy - Georgia White;
8. Careless Love - Georgia White;
9. Red Cap Porter - Georgia White;
10. Alley Boogie - Georgia White;
11. I'm Blue And Lonesome - Georgia White;
12. Almost Afraid To Love - Georgia White;
13. Too Much Trouble - Georgia White;
14. Crazy Blues - Georgia White;
15. Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Georgia White;
16. Holding My Own - Georgia White;
17. The Blues Ain't Nothin' But??? - Georgia White;
18. Dead Man's Blues - Georgia White;
19. Love Sick Blues - Georgia White;
20. My Worried Mind Blues - Georgia White;
21. The Way I'm Feelin' - Georgia White;
22. Married Woman Blues - Georgia White.