The Eighth of January, as it were
Kicking in the new year with some of the finest old time tunes you’ll find all week! There will be a few versions of the classic tune that bears today’s date as its name. Welcome back, its that Time Again…
Playlist
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Bookmiller Shannon, “Eighth of January”
from I'll Meet You On That Other Shore: Field Recordings From Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey" 1959-1960
Mississippi Records - 2010
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Murphy Gribble, John Lusk & Albert Young, “Eighth of January”
from Black Appalachia - String Bands, Songsters and Hoedowns
Rounder - 1999
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Pillie Bolling, “Shake Me Like a Dog”
from Rough Guide to Unsung Heroes of Country Blues, Vol. 2
2015
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Virgil Childers, “Preacher and the Bear”
from Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice - Blues, Ballads, Rags & Gospel In the Songster Tradition
2005
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Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters, “John Brown's Dream”
from Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers (1927-1929)
Document Records - 2005
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Ian Buchanin & The Otis Brothers, “Hesitation Blues”
from Gary Davis Style: The Legacy of Reverand Gary Davis
Inside Sounds - 2002
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Alec Askew, Lucius Smith, Sid Hemphill & Will Head, “The Eighth of January”
from Deep River of Song - Black Appalachia
1999
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The Down Hill Strugglers, “Goodbye My Honey I'm Gone”
The Down Hill Strugglers - 2013
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Bob and Leroy, “Sometimes I Wonder”
from Field Recordings, Vol. 8: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi (1934-1947)
2005
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Four Girls Aged About 16, “O John the Rabbit (Old John the Rabbit)”
from Field Recordings, Vol. 8: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi (1934-1947)
2005
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Eli Framer, “God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man”
from Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music, Vol. 6
2006
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Cedar Creek Sheik, “Don't Credit My Stuff”
from Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice - Blues, Ballads, Rags & Gospel In the Songster Tradition
Document Records - 2005
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Riley Puckett, “Ragged But Right”
from Early Country Songs, Vol. 8 (Legendary Country Artists) [Recorded 1926-1939]
2015
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Dan Gellert, “John Henry”
from The Old-Time Tiki Parlour Presents: Dan Gellert
The Old-Time Tiki Parlour - 2015
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Gid Tanner, “You’ve Got to Stop Drinking Shine”
from Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music (1923-1936)
2013
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David McCarn, “Poor Man, Rich Man (Cotton Mill Colic No. 2)”
from Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music (1923-1936)
2013
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Darby & Tarlton, “All Bound Down in Texas”
from Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music (1923-1936)
2013