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Washboard Sam (15 Jul 1910 - 06 Nov 1966)

Male Person - United States

Releases (11)

Official

Album

  1. Rockin' My Blues Away 1992

Album - Compilation

  1. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 20 June 1935 to 21 December 1936 1993
  2. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 4 May 1937 to 14 March 1938 1993
  3. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 3: 14 March - 16 December 1938 1993
  4. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 4: 15 May 1939 to 22 March 1940 1993
  5. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 5: 29 July 1940 to 31 January 1941 1993
  6. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 6: 26 June 1941 to 31 July 1942 1993
  7. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 7: 31 July 1942 to 27 October 1949 1993
  8. The Blues: Swinging the Blues 1935–1947 1999

Single

  1. Cherry Hill Blues / Levee Blues 1936
  2. Let Me Play Your Vendor / Broadcast Blues Mar 1942

Relationships (7)

Performance Name Of

  1. Robert Brown

Member Of

  1. Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band original
  2. Washboard Sam’s Band original
  3. Shufflin’ Sam And His Rhythm original
  4. Midnight Ramblers
  5. Hokum Boys
  6. Chicago Five

Recordings by (183)

  1. Cherry Hill Blues ?:?? (1936)
  2. Levee Blues ?:?? (1936)
  3. Let Me Play Your Vendor ?:?? (Mar 1942)
  4. Broadcast Blues ?:?? (Mar 1942)
  5. Diggin’ My Potatoes 2:46 (Mar 1964)
  6. By Myself 3:01 (1989)
  7. Never, Never, Never 2:34 (1989)
  8. Diggin' My Potatoes 2:44 (1991)
  9. My Feet Jumped Salty 2:50 (1992)
  10. Flying Crow Blues 2:48 (1992)
  11. Levee Camp Blues 2:46 (1992)
  12. I'm Feeling Low Down 3:04 (1992)
  13. She Belongs to the Devil 3:05 (1992)
  14. I've Been Treated Wrong 3:17 (1992)
  15. Evil Blues 2:56 (1992)
  16. Get Down Brother 2:49 (1992)
  17. Lover's Lane Blues 3:11 (1992)
  18. Rockin' My Blues Away 2:47 (1992)
  19. Good Old Cabbage Greens 2:55 (1992)
  20. River Hip Mama 2:41 (1992)
  21. Do That Shake Dance 2:55 (1992)
  22. How Can You Love Me 3:19 (1992)
  23. Red River Dam Blues 3:00 (1992)
  24. Down South Woman Blues 3:03 (1992)
  25. Ain't That a Shame 3:00 (1992)
  26. I Get the Blues at Bedtime 2:54 (1992)
  27. You Can't Make the Grade 3:04 (1992)
  28. You Can't Have None of That 3:20 (1992)
  29. I Just Can't Help It 3:06 (1992)
  30. Soap and Water Blues 3:06 (1992)
  31. Never Never 2:42 (29 May 1993)
  32. Don’t Tear My Clothes ?:?? (1993)
  33. I’m a Prowlin’ Groundhog ?:?? (1993)
  34. Give Me Lovin’ ?:?? (1993)
  35. Crazy About Nancy Jane ?:?? (1993)
  36. Mixed Up Blues (unissued) ?:?? (1993)
  37. Mixed Up Blues ?:?? (1993)
  38. Pains in My Heart ?:?? (1993)
  39. Easy Ridin’ Mama ?:?? (1993)
  40. The Big Boat 3:00 (1993)
  41. Back Door ?:?? (1993)
  42. We Gonna Move ?:?? (1993)
  43. Low Down Woman ?:?? (1993)
  44. I Drink Good Whiskey ?:?? (1993)
  45. Lowland Blues ?:?? (1993)
  46. I’m on My Way Blues ?:?? (1993)
  47. Washboard’s Barrel House Song ?:?? (1993)
  48. Want to Woogie Some More ?:?? (1993)
  49. Ladies’ Man ?:?? (1993)
  50. You Got to Take It ?:?? (1993)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. High Fever Blues 2:51 Bukka White (Apr 1940) washboard
  2. When Can I Change My Clothes? 2:59 Bukka White (Apr 1940) washboard
  3. Special Stream Line 2:55 Bukka White (May 1940) washboard
  4. Strange Place Blues 2:53 Bukka White (May 1940) washboard
  5. Bukka’s Jitterbug Swing 2:39 Bukka White (Jun 1940) washboard
  6. Good Gin Blues 2:23 Bukka White (Jun 1940) washboard
  7. Parchman Farm Blues 2:41 Bukka White (Aug 1940) washboard
  8. District Attorney Blues 2:42 Bukka White (Aug 1940) washboard
  9. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues 2:35 Bukka White (Sep 1940) washboard
  10. Sleepy Man Blues 2:51 Bukka White (Sep 1940) washboard
  11. Fixin’ to Die Blues 2:49 Bukka White (1940) washboard
  12. Black Train Blues 2:58 Bukka White (1940) washboard
  13. Gillum’s Windy Blues 2:27 Jazz Gillum (1985) washboard, washboard
  14. Night Watchman Blues 2:48 Big Bill Broonzy (1988) washboard
  15. Is That a Monkey You Got? 2:48 Jazz Gillum (1991) washboard
  16. I Have Got to Go 2:47 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) washboard
  17. Diggin’ My Potatoes No.2 2:52 Peter Chatman (1991) washboard
  18. Touch It Up and Go 2:25 Sonny Terry & Jordan Webb (1991) washboard
  19. My Black Name Blues 2:45 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) washboard
  20. She Don’t Love Me That Way 2:42 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) washboard
  21. Poor‐Boy Blues 2:53 Jazz Gillum (30 Jun 1992) washboard
  22. Ain't That a Shame 3:00 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard
  23. I Get the Blues at Bedtime 2:54 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard
  24. You Can't Have None of That 3:20 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard
  25. Good Old Cabbage Greens 2:55 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard, washboard
  26. I Just Can't Help It 3:06 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard
  27. I'm Feeling Low Down 3:04 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard
  28. Soap and Water Blues 3:06 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard
  29. I've Been Treated Wrong 3:17 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard
  30. You Can't Make the Grade 3:04 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard
  31. Rockin' My Blues Away 2:47 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard, washboard
  32. How Can You Love Me 3:19 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard, washboard
  33. Keep Your Mind on It 3:04 Big Bill Broonzy (1992) washboard
  34. Down South Woman Blues 3:03 Washboard Sam (1992) washboard

Vocals

  1. Rockin' My Blues Away 2:47 Washboard Sam (1992)
  2. Get Down Brother 2:49 Washboard Sam (1992)
  3. Flying Crow Blues 2:48 Washboard Sam (1992)
  4. My Feet Jumped Salty 2:50 Washboard Sam (1992)
  5. Levee Camp Blues 2:46 Washboard Sam (1992)
  6. I'm Feeling Low Down 3:04 Washboard Sam (1992)
  7. I Just Can't Help It 3:06 Washboard Sam (1992)
  8. Lover's Lane Blues 3:11 Washboard Sam (1992)
  9. Do That Shake Dance 2:55 Washboard Sam (1992)
  10. Evil Blues 2:56 Washboard Sam (1992)
  11. She Belongs to the Devil 3:05 Washboard Sam (1992)
  12. I Get the Blues at Bedtime 2:54 Washboard Sam (1992)
  13. Red River Dam Blues 3:00 Washboard Sam (1992)
  14. Ain't That a Shame 3:00 Washboard Sam (1992)
  15. You Can't Make the Grade 3:04 Washboard Sam (1992)
  16. I've Been Treated Wrong 3:17 Washboard Sam (1992)

Credited as (6)

  1. Washboard Sam
  2. Washboard Sam And Buster Bennett
  3. Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam
  4. Yank Rachell, Sonny Boy Williamson, Alfred Elkins & Washboard Sam
  5. Big Bill Broonzy with Washboard Sam
  6. Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109384
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92021915
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139377351
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w696049c
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134506316
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no92021915

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/313047

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000818058

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/27256089

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328968

Biographies

  1. https://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/washboard_sam.htm
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7637641