DOCD-5125 Buddy Moss CWR Vol. 3: 21st August 1935 to 23rd October 1941

Featuring the recordings of: Buddy Moss, vocal, guitar; Joshua White, guitar added on 4, 5, 6. Buddy Moss, vocal, guitar; Joshua White, guitar. Joshua White, Buddy Moss, vocal duet / guitar duet. Buddy Moss vocal, guitar; Joshua White, vocal on 14 / guitar. Buddy Moss, vocal; acc. self or Brownie McGhee, guitar. Buddy Moss, vocal, guitar; Brownie McGhee, piano added on 17, 19, 20. Abridged from  the original booklet notes. By 1935 Buddy Moss’s star was definitely in the ascendency and with Blind Willie McTell moving to Decca the record company had in Moss an established artist with all the sales potential of McTell. In August he was recalled to the studio and, unlike the previous year, was back with an accompanist – Josh White. As such this alliance was probably one of convenience since White, another Piedmont artist, had been in the studio most of the year recording blues (as Pinewood Tom) and spirituals (as the Singing Christian). It was therefore a logical step to pair them. At one of these sessions White, in his Singing Christian guise, duetted with Moss. Despite all the positiveness on the part of the record company, Buddy Moss’s career was to suffer a serious setback. Alan Balfour Copyright 1992 Document Records