Episode Two: Lottie Kimbrough
Jack shares what he has learned about the life and music of Lottie Kimbrough and how her music exemplifies the genrefying of music along the lines of race in the 1920s.
Songs Featured:
Daddy Lessons (live at the 2016 CMAs) - Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks
Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman and the Pruitt Twins
Moonshine Blues - Ma Rainey
Nobody Knows You when You’re Down and Out - Bessie Smith
My Sporting Man - Mamie Smith
Wheel in a Wheel - Wheat Street Female Quartet
Mule Skinner Blues - Dolly Parton
Blue Yodel #8 - Jimmie Rodgers
Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
Regular Man Blues - Lottie Beaman
Sugar Daddy Blues - Lottie Beaman
Cabbage Head Blues - Sylvester and Lena Kimbrough
City of the Dead - Lena Kimbrough
The Soul’s Physician - Rev. B.L Wightman
Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes
If I Could Only Learn to Yodel - Patsy Montana
Arizona Yodeler - The DeZurik Sisters
Nola Yodel - Carolina Cotton
Mama Can’t Lose - Lottie Beaman
Wayward Girl Blues - Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes
Don’t Speak to Me - Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes
Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Beaman
References:
Carlin, B. (2004). String Bands in the North Carolina Piedmont. McFarland.
Driggs, F., & Haddix, C. (2005). Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop--A History. Oxford University Press.
Harrison, D. D. (1990). Black pearls: Blues queens of the 1920s. Rutgers University Press.
Mazor, B. (2014). Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music. Chicago Review Press.
Peterson, R. A. (2013). Creating country music: Fabricating authenticity. University of Chicago Press.
Malone, B. C. (2003). Singing cowboys and musical mountaineers: Southern culture and the roots of country music (Vol. 34). University of Georgia Press.
Nunn, E. (2015). Sounding the Color Line: Music and Race in the Southern Imagination. University of Georgia Press.
Pecknold, D. (Ed.). (2020). Hidden in the mix: the African American presence in country music. Duke University Press.
Rumble, J., Kingsbury, P., & Gill, V. (2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press, USA.
Lottie Kimbrough Discography: https://www.wirz.de/music/beaman.htm
Swinton, P. (2016). Winston Holmes and his Meritt record label. IAJRC Journal, 49(3), 74-84.
Tinsley, O. N. (2018). Beyoncé in formation: Remixing Black feminism. University of Texas Press.
Ward, B., & Huber, P. (2018). A&R Pioneers: Architects of American Roots Music on Record. Vanderbilt University Press.
Support Women in Music:
Country Soul Songbook
Connect:
Instagram @wildwoodflowerpod
Deadlines for submitting cover songs:
Roba Stanley - June 16
Moonshine Kate - June 23
Sara Carter - June 30
Maybelle Carter - July 7
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Jack shares what he has learned about the life and music of Lottie Kimbrough and how her music exemplifies the genrefying of music along the lines of race in the 1920s.
Songs Featured:
Daddy Lessons (live at the 2016 CMAs) - Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks
Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman and the Pruitt Twins
Moonshine Blues - Ma Rainey
Nobody Knows You when You’re Down and Out - Bessie Smith
My Sporting Man - Mamie Smith
Wheel in a Wheel - Wheat Street Female Quartet
Mule Skinner Blues - Dolly Parton
Blue Yodel #8 - Jimmie Rodgers
Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
Regular Man Blues - Lottie Beaman
Sugar Daddy Blues - Lottie Beaman
Cabbage Head Blues - Sylvester and Lena Kimbrough
City of the Dead - Lena Kimbrough
The Soul’s Physician - Rev. B.L Wightman
Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes
If I Could Only Learn to Yodel - Patsy Montana
Arizona Yodeler - The DeZurik Sisters
Nola Yodel - Carolina Cotton
Mama Can’t Lose - Lottie Beaman
Wayward Girl Blues - Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes
Don’t Speak to Me - Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes
Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Beaman
References:
Carlin, B. (2004). String Bands in the North Carolina Piedmont. McFarland.
Driggs, F., & Haddix, C. (2005). Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop--A History. Oxford University Press.
Harrison, D. D. (1990). Black pearls: Blues queens of the 1920s. Rutgers University Press.
Mazor, B. (2014). Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music. Chicago Review Press.
Peterson, R. A. (2013). Creating country music: Fabricating authenticity. University of Chicago Press.
Malone, B. C. (2003). Singing cowboys and musical mountaineers: Southern culture and the roots of country music (Vol. 34). University of Georgia Press.
Nunn, E. (2015). Sounding the Color Line: Music and Race in the Southern Imagination. University of Georgia Press.
Pecknold, D. (Ed.). (2020). Hidden in the mix: the African American presence in country music. Duke University Press.
Rumble, J., Kingsbury, P., & Gill, V. (2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press, USA.
Lottie Kimbrough Discography: https://www.wirz.de/music/beaman.htm
Swinton, P. (2016). Winston Holmes and his Meritt record label. IAJRC Journal, 49(3), 74-84.
Tinsley, O. N. (2018). Beyoncé in formation: Remixing Black feminism. University of Texas Press.
Ward, B., & Huber, P. (2018). A&R Pioneers: Architects of American Roots Music on Record. Vanderbilt University Press.
Support Women in Music:
Country Soul Songbook
Connect:
Instagram @wildwoodflowerpod
Deadlines for submitting cover songs:
Roba Stanley - June 16
Moonshine Kate - June 23
Sara Carter - June 30
Maybelle Carter - July 7