1) Which musician who was not from Mississippi had his best friend's girl stolen back again?

2) Name a minor-key blues about execution.

3) Name a song using the melody of "Sittin' On Top Of The World" played on a 12-string and not listed in this thread.

4) What is that God doesn't like?

5) What is being killed in "Kill it Kid"?

6) John Cephas wants us to mash down those strings. Who doesn't want his digger mashed down deep?

7) How many women does Blind Joe Reynolds have?

8) Who played two keyboard instruments and guitar?

9) The first recorded bottleneck song of Rev. Gary Davis

For # 4, I know God didn't make little green apples!:-) I'll say Moonshine, White Lightning

# 6 might be Bo Carter

#5 must be a diddie wah diddie or something similar. Anyway, this question is disqualified as B.W.McTell recorded "Kill It Kid" only in '49, as far as I remember.

#7 depends on which of his songs you believe: in Nehi he states to be a single man, so the answer would be zero. On the other hand, he had a wife and an outside woman in outside woman blues. Maybe he became a single man when his wife discovered the outside woman. And don't forget the third street woman, which might be the same as the outside woman. One woman would be definitely the wrong answer therefore. So it's either 0, 2 or 3. He didn't get very old?? It's three then.

#8 should be Lonnie Johnson, whose first instrument was violin and who played piano, guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass and organ too. If it's not Johnson, it's probably a member of the Chatmon family.
It can't be Lightnin' Hopkins, who recorded on guitar, piano and organ, but only post-war.

#9 I don't remember a bottleneck piece among Rev. Davis' prewar recordings. The only bottleneck piece I heard him play is "whistlin' blues", but that would be post war again.

Now I got a question:

10 Which guitarist is thought to have refined his guitar technique in Europe during WWI?
Is this too easy or not??

Mr.Mando, for a guitarist to be in WW1, they had to be born around the turn of the century. Without researching, someone like Tamps Red, or Mississippi John Hurt seems to fit the bill. Hmmmmm, the it may be too easy clue.....we know it's not Elvis!

#8: I didn't have Lonnie Johnson in mind so let's make it easier: the other keyboard instrument is not the organ.

1) Which musician who was not from Mississippi had his best friend's girl stolen back again?
Clue: he recorded it before SKip James did "Devil Got My woman"
2) Name a minor-key blues about execution.
A: "Rope Stretching Blues" by Blind Blake
3) Name a song using the melody of "Sittin' On Top Of The World" played on a 12-string and not listed in this thread.
A: "Cold Winter Day", Blind Willie McTell

4) What is that God doesn't like?
A: Drinkin' 'shine (Blind Willie McTell)
5) What is being killed in "Kill it Kid"?

6) John Cephas wants us to mash down those strings. Who doesn't want his digger mashed down deep?
A:Bo Carter
7) How many women does Blind Joe Reynolds have?
Clue: a recent discovery and it's not 0, 2 or 3.
8) Who played two keyboard instruments and guitar?
- I messed this question up trying to be clever. It turns out that many artists of this period would have played organ and piano and guitar, e.g. Skip James, Lonnie Johnson. I should have just asked:
8bis) Who started out playing accordion and is most known for recordings where he plays guitar?

9) The first recorded bottleneck song of Rev. Gary Davis
Clue: it's not whistlin' blues
10) Which guitarist is thought to have refined his guitar technique in Europe during WWI?
A: Buddy boy Hawkins

[This message has been edited by fp (edited October 17, 2002).]

The answer to the question is:
Big Bill Broonzy