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COUNTRY/STRING BAND RECORDSCan I track down Spottswood? Find another expert source?Blackberry RagFrom 1931, says Ventresco. And yes, tune of that title recorded by The Three StrippedGears in 1931 on OKeh 45571; the mandolin player was R. W. Durden. One of only foursides made by the band.Christ, we’ll never know for sure, and I’m tired of fighting these damned obscure BoGrumpus tunes. Not copyrighted 1929-32, but we do know that R. W. Durden copyrightedtwo other tunes in 1932. Couldn’t find label of Okeh record, but several refs to itindicated it had no composer credit, as few of those old string band records did.Looks like it’s been reissued on Document Records DOCD 4561, Too Late Too Late, Vol. 6,1924-46. May have been mentioned in Mandolin Magazine, Steve Kaufman, p. 50, Winter1999.Dallas Rag - Coley Jones?Was recorded by Dallas String Band, whose nominal leader (or at least star talent) wasmandolinist Jones. But not in copyright books, and no composer credit on the Columbiarecord. How can we be sure it’s Jones?Dreamy Autumn Waltz - Poplin-Woods? Actually, the record label says Poplin-WoodsTennessee String Band, with Poplin-Woods on line above Tennessee String Band. Probablysomebody misread Poplin-Woods as composers because of that. But if it IS Poplin-Woods,how do we know it was Louise Woods and not either of the other two Woodses on therecord? And could well be a ? type credit.L and N Rag / Sleeping Lulu. Rec. as L and N by Alex Hood, as Lulu by Burnett &Ruttledge. No credit on Hood 78, Burnett & Ruttledge on their record, but it’s hard totake that seriously.Lonesome blues - we had Will Gillmer, who was leader of Leake county revelers, whorecorded the tune. Tracked down author of article about the song in Old Time Heraldmagazine, who has no idea who wrote it, suggests it’s just a traditional tune that wasfloating around.Los Aeroplanos (Hector Gomez)Los Tres Tiedres (Hector Gomez)Have never found any evidence of a recording of these titles, nor any trace of acomposer named Hector Gomez. Moreover, a Spanish-speaking friend assures me thatTiedres is not a legitimate Spanish word. What the heck?Pan-American Exposition March -- Credit we have from band is Russell Alexander. I’vefound two pieces by that title, one by an Evans and the other by a Ralph, but nothingby Russell Alexander, who was for real, best known as a composer of circus marches.This probably not really a string band tune, but it was on a Bo Grumpus recording.Stove Pipe Blues - where the hell did Ventresco’s Silar Rogers come from? The DaddyStovepipe recording credits Williams.Other things to think about:POSSIBLE questionable composer’s credit -- see note at Beedle Um Bum.