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Pink Anderson: Carolina Medicine Show Hokum and Blues with Baby Tate

Pink Anderson
Pink Anderson: Carolina Medicine Show Hokum and Blues with Baby Tate

Pink Anderson (1900–1974) spent most of his life working as a roving entertainer in the small medicine shows that traveled throughout the South. His stage repertoire included blues, comedic songs, country ballads, and minstrel show tunes.

Pink’s songs were first recorded in 1950 by the folk singer Paul Clayton. Folklorist Kenneth S. Goldstein heard the material, and asked the music historian Samuel Charters to find Pink and document his song repertoire. Charters subsequently featured Pink in his documentary The Blues. After a film session at his home in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in the summer of 1962, Pink felt like singing, so Charters continued recording. Many of the songs on this album come from those tapes, which include Pink’s friend, blues guitarist Baby Tate.

Track Listing

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You Don't Know My Mind Pink Anderson 02:39
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102
That's No Way To Do Pink Anderson 02:23
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103
Weeping Willow Blues Pink Anderson 03:53
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104
Meet Me in the Bottom Pink Anderson 03:30
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105
I Got a Woman Cross Town Pink Anderson 01:54
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106
Greasy Greens Pink Anderson 02:28
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201
Bo Weevil Pink Anderson 03:06
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202
Chicken Pink Anderson 02:00
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203
He's in the Jailhouse Now Pink Anderson 04:39
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204
The Titanic Pink Anderson 02:51
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205
The Boys of Your Uncle Sam Pink Anderson 02:05
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206
Baby Tate - See What You Done Done Pink Anderson 02:37