One-String three quarter banjo picker [spoken explanation of the instrument] ; Rolling and tumbling blues ; Come back baby ; I'll be your chauffeur ; It's raining here ; The dozens / Eddie "One String" Jones -- Mocking the train, mocking the dogs ; Motherless children have a hard time ; Poor boy traveling from town to town / Edward Hazelton.
Track Information:
101 One-String-Three Quarter Banjo Picker / One-String (Musician). Diddley bow.
102 Rolling and Tumbling / One-String (Musician). Diddley bow.
103 Come Back Baby / One-String (Musician). Diddley bow.
104 Me an My Chauffeur / One-String (Musician). Diddley bow.
201 It's Raining Here / One-String (Musician). Diddley bow.
202 The Dozens / One-String (Musician). Diddley bow.
203 Mocking the Train, Mocking the Dogs / Edward Hazelton. Harmonica.
204 Motherless Children / Edward Hazelton. Harmonica.
205 Poor Boy Traveling from Town to Town / Edward Hazelton. Harmonica.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-3363
Portents.2
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Portents 1960
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Los Angeles (Calif.), California, United States.
General:
Program and biographical notes [4 p.] by Samuel B. Charters, inserted in container. Performer(s): Eddie 'One String' Jones, vocals, home-made African-derived zither-monochord ; Edward Hazelton, voicals, harmonica. Production notes: Record in Los Angeles, Feb. 14 and March 1, 1960, by Frederick A. Usher.
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