Thorpe makes a genuine effort to reflect the accent and vocal style of his source singer, almost to a fault, so he could have fooled you. However, his record wasn't released until 1980, so that lets him out. With the textual differences between what you remember and Jerry's words, I have to conclude that you were hearing the original Peg Leg Howell recording. Must have been a very good transcription. More common to hear good ones now than it was in the 60s. Compare the Yazoo CD of Washington Phillips with the older German LP of much of the same material. They may have had better originals, but the restoration techniques have obviously improved as well. Maybe we ought to start a thread about Washington Phillips. My wife and I are super-fans!

Good turntables are still available, you know. We'd be lost without access to our vinyl records. Ask Rick!

Sandy