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Record LabelJsmr, Jasmine Records

UPC0604988327922

eBay Product ID (ePID)8071187493

Product Key Features

Release Year2024

FormatCD

GenreBlues

ArtistWashboard Sam

Release TitleDiggin' His Potatoes

Dimensions

Item Weight0.30 lb

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks52

Number of Discs2

Tracks1.1 Who Pumped The Wind In My Doughnut 1.2 You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down 1.3 (Mama) Don't 'Low 1.4 Don't Tear My Clothes 1.5 I Love All My Women 1.6 Big Woman 1.7 Razor Cuttin' Man 1.8 Easy Ridin' Mama 1.9 I'm On My Way Blues 1.10 Back Door Blues 1.11 Beer Garden Blues 1.12 Mountain Blues 1.13 Phantom Black Snake 1.14 Bucket's Got A Hole In It 1.15 I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted In The Middle 1.16 Save It For Me 1.17 Walkin' In My Sleep 1.18 Washboard Swing 1.19 Booker T. Blues 1.20 Wasn't He Bad 1.21 I Love My Baby 1.22 That Will Get It 1.23 Diggin' My Potatoes 1.24 Morning Dove Blues 1.25 Ain't You Comin' Out Tonight 1.26 My Feet Jumped Salty 2.1 Flying Crow Blues 2.2 Levee Camp Blues 2.3 She Belongs To The Devil 2.4 I've Been Treated So Wrong 2.5 Evil Blues 2.6 Get Down Brother 2.7 Lover's Lane Blues 2.8 Rockin' My Blues Away 2.9 Good Old Cabbage Greens 2.10 River Hip Mama 2.11 Do That Shake Dance 2.12 How Can You Love Me 2.13 Don't Have To Sing The Blues 2.14 River Dam Blues 2.15 Down South Woman Blues 2.16 Ain't That A Shame 2.17 I Get The Blues At Bedtime 2.18 You Can't Make The Grade 2.19 You Can't Have None Of That 2.20 I Just Can't Help It 2.21 Soap And Water Blues 2.22 No.1 Drunkard 2.23 Maybe You'll Love Me 2.24 Diggin' My Potatoes 2.25 Shirt Tail 2.26 Horse Shoe Over My Door

NotesWashboard Sam - also known as Shufflin' Sam and Ham Gravy - was probably the most well-known exponent of the washboard in Blues music. Sam accompanied his own singing by washboard, with a self-rigged cowbell attachment, combining powerful percussive skills with his deep, strong, rhythmic voice, to become one of the leading lights of the pre-war Chicago Blues scene. He recorded prolifically and successfully throughout the 1930s and 40s, usually in an acoustic, small group format, backed by musicians like Big Bill Broonzy (guitar); Black Bob, Memphis Slim or Roosevelt Sykes (piano); Frank Owens (sax); and Ransom Knowling or Willie Dixon (bass), all of whom feature herein. This compilation covers his golden years, between 1935-1953, predominantly for the Bluebird label, but also featuring sides from his 170+ commercial recordings for Vocalion, Decca, Perfect, Romeo, Montgomery Ward, Oriole, RCA Victor and Chess.