Georgia Crackers

The Georgia Crackers recorded a version in 1927 (and this is very similar to the version recorded subsequently by the New Lost City Ramblers):

Diamond Joe Tex Logan/Traditional 1987

The Georgia Crackers recorded a version in 1927 (and this is very similar to the version recorded subsequently by the New Lost City Ramblers):

Diamond Joe Tex Logan/Traditional 1987

The closest antecedent appears to be "Georgia Black Bottom" recorded by the Georgia Crackers (including the Cofer Brothers) in 1927.

Deep Elem Blues Traditional 1970

The closest antecedent appears to be "Georgia Black Bottom" recorded by the Georgia Crackers (including the Cofer Brothers) in 1927.

Deep Elem Blues Traditional 1970

The "Georgia Black Bottom" song, practically the same tune, was recorded by the Georgia Crackers, a group including the

Deep Elem Blues 1933

The rest was Georgia Crackers and Pennsylvania Dutch -- with a dash o 'Philadelphia lawyer.

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

This second compilation of juicy morsels plucked from Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour is every bit as nourishing as the first, its 50 tracks ranging from 1927 ( "Diamond Joe" by The Georgia Crackers) to 2004 (Jolie Holland's "Goodbye California"), and stylistically across the entire gamut of musical endeavour, except maybe heavy metal and heavy classical.

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