Murray,

As I said, I can't vouch for the complete accuracy of all of it, but that's what I know first-hand. I also found numerous references (did a little digging at home) about his recordings and can find nothing documented except his two on Arhoolie.

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that they were in fact done in 1960 (the evidence seems pretty overwhelming) and he had sorta moved on when I met him and just didn't mention them. I can't remember now whether I asked him if he "had any records," or "any records out" or "any records for sale." If it was the first or third question, he might have taken it to mean with him at the time and answered "no." That COULD account for such an apparent discrepancy, but I may never know for sure.

I'm also going to do some checking and see if he did, in fact, record anything after Richard authorized the guy in Texas to tell him he could. Don't know how I could find out if he did anything for Social Security, since Richard is now dead and I have no idea how to chase down the info without a whole lot more expense than I want to lay out, but there are ways to trace his discography in the commercial world.

I wonder if Arhoolie has any unreleased material laying around in its archives.

Anyway, I'm still anxiously waiting for Banjoman_CO to wade into this with his knowledge. Saw a post from him in another thread that said he was in Colorado, so maybe he's spending limited time on the Net these days.

Cheers,

david