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1 | 1976 | Rabbit Muse: Muse Blues![]() - Haunted House Blues (J.C. Johnson, 1924 - Bessie Smith) @ youtube - Darkness On The Delta (Levinson, Neiburg & Symes, 1933) @ youtube - Rocking Chair Blues (Bessie Smith & Irving Johns, 1924) @ youtube - Stardust In The Sky (aka "Take Me In Your Arms"; Mitchell Parish & Fred Markush, 1932) @ youtube - Cabin In The Cotton (Mitchell Parish & Frank Perkins, 1932 - Cab Calloway) @ youtube - Swannee River (aka "Old Folks at Home"; Stephen Foster, 1851) @ youtube - The Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday # @ youtube ![]() - CinCinnati Shout (Rabbit Muse) # @ youtube - Jail House Blues @ youtube - Don't Talk About Me (Sam H. Stept & Sidney Clare, 1930) @ youtube - Yesterday @ youtube - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Charles Warfield & Clarence Williams, 1919) @ youtube - Melancholy Baby (Ernie Burnett & George A. Norton, 1912, William Frawley) @ youtube - Have You Ever Been Lonely? @ youtube ![]() rec. 1975 in Ferrum, Franklin County, VA; Rabbit Muse, voc, ukelele, # kazoo; prod. by Rod Shively cover photography by Blaine Shively ![]() William Rodney "Rod" Shively of Rocky Mount, died Nov. 17, 2001 (63) |
2 | 1977 | Rabbit Muse: Sixty Minute Man![]() - Sixty Minute Man (Billy Ward & Rose Marks, 1951) @ youtube - Because Of You (Arthur Hammerstein & Dudley Wilkinson, 1940) @ youtube - Going To Hunt Some Corn @ youtube - Vaya Condias (Larry Russell, Inez James & Buddy Pepper, 1952) @ youtube - Ramonah (Mabel Wayne & L. Wolfe Gilbert, 1928) @ youtube - My Blue Heaven (Walter Donaldson & George A. Whiting, 1924) [not listed on back cover and label!] @ youtube - Always (Irving Berlin) @ youtube - Good Day For Gunning (Rabbit Muse joke) @ youtube ![]() - Learning The Blues (Dolores Vicki Silvers, 1955) @ youtube - Confessing I Love You (Chris Smith & Sterling Grant, 1929) @ youtube - Rabbit Stomp # @ youtube - Too Young (Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee, 1951) @ youtube - So Tired (Russ Morgan & Jack Stuart, 1948) @ youtube - Karo Street Blues (a version of "One Dime Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson, 1927) @ youtube - Turkey In The Straw (trad., early 19th century) * @ youtube ![]() rec. March 1977 in Ferrum, Franklin County, VA; Rabbit Muse, voc, ukelele, # kazoo, * flute; prod. by Rod Shively cover photography by Rod Shively |
3 | 1978 | Virginia Traditions - Western Piedmont Blues![]() Clayton Horsley - My Little Woman John Tinsley - Penitentiary Blues James Lowry - Tampa Blues Marvin Foddrell - Who's Been Fooling You Luke Jordan - Won't You Be Kind Lewis "Rabbit" Muse - Jailhouse Blues # @ youtube @ Spotify Richard Wright - Peakesville Boogie Turner Foddrell - Slow Drag James Lowry - Karo Street Blues (a version of "One Dime Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson, 1927) ![]() Luke Jordan - My Gal's Done Quit Me Turner Foddrell - Going Up To The Country Lewis "Rabbit" Muse - Rabbit Stomp * @ youtube Marvin Foddrell - Looking For My Woman John Tinsley - Red River Blues Clayton Horsley - Don't The Moon Look Pretty James Lowry - Early Morning Blues Herbert Richardson/William Richardson - Tell Me Baby ![]() # rec. 1975 in Ferrum, Franklin County, VA; Rabbit Muse, voc, ukelele ![]() * rec. May 1978 in Ferrum, Franklin County, VA; Rabbit Muse, voc, ukelele, kazoo
18-pp. notes by Kip Lornell with Brett Sutton, Dell Upton & Mike Mayo
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![]() - Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Blueberry Hill - Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone @ youtube - Good Day For Gunning # - Joke telling and dancing (talking) # - My Blue Heaven - Nickname, jokes, album info (talking) # - Parents, playing ukelele (talking) # - Rocking Chair Blues @ youtube - Swanee River - Sixty Minute Man @ youtube - Yesterday @ youtube ![]() rec. poss. May 1978 in Ferrum, Franklin County, VA; Rabbit Muse, voc, ukelele, # sp
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Sources / Further reading: - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 291 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 336 - Mike Joyce & Bob Rusch: Lewis Anderson 'Rabbit' Muse. An interview.- Cadence v3 n1/2 (Aug. 1977), p. 3-5, 12 - http://www.scottperrymusician.com/2008/09/rabbit-muse/ - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Alan Balfour, Snežana Lazarević, Hank Moore, Fernando Goin and Rob Ford for additional info / scans / MP3
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