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Mississippi John Hurt And Skip James - "Folkside" Broadcast (1964)

Track listing:
  1. Intro - Mjh 1:19
  2. Louis Collins 5:04
  3. Talk 0:53
  4. Cowhookin' Blues 3:23
  5. Talk 0:39
  6. Trouble All My Days 3:51
  7. Intro - Skip James 1:01
  8. Cherry Ball Blues 4:45
  9. Talk 5:23
  10. Illinois Blues 3:47
  11. Talk 0:40
  12. I'm So Glad 2:27
  13. Talk 1:11
  14. Ad For Broadcast Of 1964 Election Returns On Wtbs 0:49
  15. Muddy Waters Interview 3:15

Notes

Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James -- "Folkside" broadcast --
WTBS, Cambridge, Mass. October 1964

Sometime in October (or maybe September) of 1964, Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James stopped in
for a quick session with DJ Phil Spira at WTBS in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They did three tunes each,
bracketed by chat with the DJ.

Tracks (total time 38:31):
1. Intro - MJH
2. Louis Collins
3. talk
4. Cowhookin' Blues
5. talk
6. Trouble All My Days
7. Intro - Skip James
8. Cherry Ball Blues
9. talk
10. Illinois Blues
11. talk
12. I'm So Glad
13. talk
14. Ad for broadcast of 1964 election returns on WTBS
15. Muddy Waters Interview (unknown source/origin)

Track 14 mentions the presidential election on November 3 between President Johnson and Barry Goldwater,
and it's my only clue at correctly dating this session. I haven't been able to find any hard
information about it.