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Re:Roots of Bob No. 6: Corinna & Alberta pt. 1 1 Year, 5 Months ago
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lostchords wrote:
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recordings:
one zip folder incl 9 Corrinas and her sisters (Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jackson Blue Boys, Tampa Red, Mississippi Sheiks, Leroy Carr, Cliff Bruner, Bob Wills, Big Joe Turner)
Thanks a lot for that zip collection.
Interesting list of artists who have covered this song:
http://www.originals.be/eng/main.cfm?c=t_upd_show&id=1117
Jackson Blue Boys (1928) as Sweet Alberta; same song, almost same personel: Bo Carter, Charlie McCoy and Walter Vincson, Tampa Red & Georgia Tom (1929) , James 'Boodle It' Wiggins (1930) , Mississippi Sheiks (1930) as Alberta Blues; vocal: Lonnie Chatmon, brother of Bo; see also under Alberta, Charlie McCoy & Bo Carter (1930s) as The Northern Starvers Are Returning Home, Red Nichols (1931) , Ashley & Abernathy (1931) , Cab Calloway (1932) , Casa Loma Orch. (1934) , Milton Brown (1934) , Leo Soileau (1935) , Bing Crosby (1936) , Big Joe Turner (1940) , Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1940) , Merrill E Moore (1952) , Chet Atkins (1954) , Pete Fountain (1955) , Johnny Carroll (1956) Texas rockabilly, Bill Haley & The Comets (1958) , Jimmy Witherspoon (1959) , Collins Kids (1959) , Lightnin' Hopkins (1959) , Lonnie Donegan (1960) , Ray Peterson (1960) production: Phil Spector, Moon Mulligan (1960) , Snooks Eaglin (1961) , Bobby Vinton (1961) , Herman Van Keeken (1961) as Ik Hou Van Corina, Bob Dylan (1963) as Corrina Corrina; free interpretation (melody & lyrics) with a verse from Robert Johnson's Stones In My Passway, Dean Martin (1963) , Mark Spoelstra (1963) , Mance Lipscomb (1964) , Mississippi John Hurt (1964) , Rising Sons (1965) with Taj Mahal, Jerry Lee Lewis (1965) , Muddy Waters (1966) , Merle Haggard (1970) , Steppenwolf (1970) , Marianne Faithful (1971) , Doc Watson (1974) , Del McCoury (1975) , Mickey Baker (1976) , Sleepy LaBeef (1978) , Black Sorrows (1984) , Terry Dolan's Acoustic Rangers (1987) , Joni Mitchell (1988) as A Bird That Whistles, Eric Clapton (1992) , Asleep At The Wheel (1993) , Ted Hawkins (1994) , Leo Kottke (1997) , Paul Weller (2004)
- some of the more recent versions should be interesting
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