Barefoot Bill

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar

Notes: Original name: Ed Bell. Billed on Columbia discs as "Barefoot Bill from Alabama."

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia W149352 10-in. 11/4/1929 My crime blues Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W149353 10-in. 11/4/1929 Snigglin' blues Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W149354 10-in. 11/4/1929 Country woman blues Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W149355 10-in. 11/4/1929 Having fun blues Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W149356 10-in. 11/4/1929 Big Rock Jail Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W149357 10-in. 11/4/1929 From now on Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W150301 10-in. 4/19/1930 I don't like that Barefoot Bill ; Pillie Bolling Male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar duet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia W150302 10-in. 4/19/1930 She's got a nice line Barefoot Bill ; Pillie Bolling Male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar duet vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia W150303 10-in. 4/20/1930 Squabblin' blues Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W150304 10-in. 4/20/1930 Barefoot Bill's hard luck blues Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W150305 10-in. 4/20/1930 One more time Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W150306 10-in. 4/20/1930 Bad boy Barefoot Bill Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia W151035 10-in. 12/4/1930 Drunk spell blues Ed Bell Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia W151036 10-in. 12/4/1930 Starvation moan Ed Bell Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia W151037 10-in. 12/4/1930 Carry it right back home Ed Bell Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia W151038 10-in. 12/4/1930 She's a fool gal Ed Bell Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia W151039 10-in. 12/4/1930 You've got to hand it up to Him Ed Bell Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia W151040 10-in. 12/4/1930 She can use that thing Ed Bell Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barefoot Bill," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112724.

Barefoot Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112724.

"Barefoot Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112724

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Barefoot Bill - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005042930

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/46493303

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