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Jester tape, 1960s

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Scope and Contents

These files are digitized master copy WAVs and access copy MP3s. The majority of these tracks are recorded in a studio and includes outtakes. Tracks include: Side 1: Lightnin' Hopkins - Unknown song about rain; Lightnin' Hopkins - "Trouble in Mind"; Lightnin' Hopkins - Unknown song; Lightnin' Hopkins - "Trouble in Mind"; Lightnin' Hopkins - "Baby, Don't You Hear Me Calling You"; Lightnin' Hopkins - "You Know, That's My Baby"; Lightnin' Hopkins - "Take Me Back"; The Frank Davis Foundation - "Sandpiper" (written by Glen Holtzman); The Frank Davis Foundation - "Sandpiper"; Frank Davis - "What Does It Mean" [?]; Frank Davis - "Present" [?]; Frank Davis - Unknown song; Frank Davis - Unfinished outtake; Frank Davis - "Black, Brown and White"; Frank Davis - "Early Child" outtake; Frank Davis - "Howling" [?]; Frank Davis - "Mockingbird" [?] - outtakes; Frank Davis - "Looking Back In Time"; Side 2: Frank Davis - "When I See My Brother" [?]; Frank Davis - "Mississippi River" [?]; Frank Davis and Kay Oslin - "My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains" live; Frank Davis and Kay Oslin - "Sand Mountain Blues" live; Frank Davis and Kay Oslin - "Every Night When the Sun Goes In" live; Frank Davis and Kay Oslin - "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" live; Kay Oslin - "God Bless the Child" live; Frank Davis and Kay Oslin - "Brazos River" live; Vanity Fair - "Over There" [?]; Frank Davis and Kay Oslin - "Present" in studio; outtake, altered voices - "Right String But the Wrong Yo-Yo"; altered voices - "Peter Pan" in studio; outtakes; altered voices - "[?] Sunshine" in studio; altered voices - "Sweet Thang" in studio; Scott Holtzman and Kay Oslin - "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" in studio; Kay Oslin - "Cornell Crawford" in studio; [singer ?] - "Want to Sing My Song" [?] in studio

Dates

  • Creation: 1960s

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open to research. Request access to this digital material (stored on Fondren Library's nearline / non-public server) by contacting Woodson Research Center staff at woodson@rice.edu. The video oral history is online at scholarship.rice.edu.

Extent

From the Collection: 3.69 Gigabytes (Nearline access: MS0677aip_001 (3.69 GB))

From the Collection: 2.94 Gigabytes (Nearline access: MS0677aip_002 (2.94 GB))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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