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selected discography Alexander, Texas. “Levee Camp Moan Blues.” OK 8498. Andrews, Mose. “Mississippi Storm.” ARC (Unissued). Anonymous. “The Red Cross Store.” Negro Songs of Protest. Rounder 4013. Bogan, Lucille. “The Levee Blues.” PM 12459. ———. “Red Cross Man.” Recorded July 17, 1933. Banner 33072. Brown, Lee. “Mississippi Water Blues.” DE 7744. Campbell, Gene. “Levee Camp Man Blues.” Recorded May 1930. BR 7154. Carter, George. “Rising River Blues.” Recorded February 1929. Yazoo 1012. Crap Eye. “Levee Camp Holler.” Recorded August 9, 1933. LC. Crawford, James. “Flood and Thunder Blues.” Recorded July 1928. GE 6536. Crawford, Rosetta. “Down on the Levee Blues.” Recorded October 5, 1923. OK 8096. Davis, Walter. “Red Cross Blues.” Recorded August 2, 1933. Bluebird B5143. Delaney, Mattie. “Tallahatchie River Blues.” Recorded February 1930. Vol. 1480. Dorsey, Thomas (Georgia Tom). “Levee Bound Blues.” Complete Recorded Works, vol. 2 (1930–34). ———. “Mississippi Bottom Blues.” Yazoo L/041. Easton, Amos. “Rising River Blues.” DOCD 5267. Gibson, Clifford. “Levee Camp Moan.” Recorded December 1929. B1. Harris, Pete. “The Red Cross Store.” LC. Hicks, Robert (Barbeque Bob). “Mississippi Heavy Water Blues.” CO 14222. ———. “Mississippi Low Levee Blues.” CO 14316. Higgins, Billy. “The Levee Blues.” Ajax 17125. Hill, Bertha (Chippie). “Mississippi Waters Blues.” OK (Unissued). 191 192 selected discography Hooker, John Lee. John Lee Hooker: The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, 1959. Riverside Records. Jefferson, Blind Lemon. “Rising High Water Blues.” Recorded in 1927. Johnson, Lonnie. “Backwater Blues.” Recorded May 3, 1927. Okeh 8466. ———. “Broken Levee Blues.” Recorded March 13, 1928. Okeh 8618. ———. “Flood Water Blues.” Recorded November 1937. DE 7397. ———. “Southbound Backwater.” Recorded April 25, 1927. Okeh 8466. Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie, “When the Levee Breaks.” Recorded June 1929. Columbia 14439. Leadbetter, Huddie. “Red Cross Store.” Recorded February 13, 1935. LC (Unissued). ———. “Red Cross Store Blues.” Recorded June 15, 1940. Bluebird B8709. Martin, Carl. “High Water Flood Blues.” CH 50074. Martin, Sara. “Goin’ Down to the Levee.” Recorded July 12, 1923. Okeh 8304. Moore, Prince (Kid). “Mississippi Water.” DOC D5180CD. Patton, Charley. “High Water Everywhere.” Recorded in 1929. Pearson, Alice. “Greenville Levee Blues.” DOCD 5497. Roland, Walter. “Red Cross Blues” (parts 1 and 2). Recorded July 17, 1933. Banner 32822 and 33121. Scott, Sonny. “Red Cross Blues.” Recorded July 18, 1933. VO 25012. Smith, Bessie. “Backwater Blues.” Recorded February 17, 1927. Columbia C24–47474. ———. “Homeless Blues.” Recorded September 28, 1927. Columbia CG30818 1972. Terry, Sonny. “The Red Cross.” LC (Unissued). Wallace, Sippie. “The Flood Blues.” Recorded May 6, 1927. Okeh 8470. Washboard Sam. “The Levee Blues.” BB B6556. ———. “Levee Camp Moan.” Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 6 (1941–42). DOCD 5176. Washboard Trio, “Red Cross Blues.” Recorded July 17, 1941. LC (Unissued). Weldon, Will (Casey Bill). “Flood Water Blues.” Recorded March 1936. VO 03220. Yates, Blind Richard. “The Levee Blues.” Recorded April 1927. PA 7521. ...

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