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by George Henry Bussey

Recorded in Waverly Hall, GA in 1969. (Clip courtesy George Mitchell and Fat Possum Records.)

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by Precious Bryant

Recorded in Buena Vista, GA in 2001.

Precious Bryant is the niece of George Henry Bussey, so note the similarities and differences between her version and her uncle's version above.

(Clip courtesy of Terminus Records.)

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by Jim Bunkley

Recorded in Geneva, GA in 1969.

(Clip courtesy of George Mitchell and Fat Possum Records.)

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by Albert Macon and Robert Thomas

Recorded in Society Hill, AL in the early 1980's.

(Clip courtesy of George Mitchell and Fat Possum Records.)

[ Albert Macon's version of "Got to Move"]

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by George Daniel

Recorded in 1979 by George Mitchell.

(Clip courtesy of George Mitchell.)

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by J.W. Warren

Recorded in Ariton, AL in 1981. Warren performs a talking blues version of "Corrinna" that he discusses in an interview with George Mitchell (RealMedia, 17:45 min.

(Clip courtesy of George Mitchell and Fat Possum Records.)

Recorded in Dranesville, GA in 1969. George Mitchell sees a connection between the blues sound of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley and the Mayday tradition of "pole plattin'" in which two guitarists strum bright rhythmic patterns as ribbons are wrapped around the Maypole. (Note Scott's comments about this at the end of the song.)

(Clip courtesy of George Mitchell and Fat Possum Records.)

In Red River Blues, Bruce Bastin provides insightful information about this group: "Perhaps Mitchell's most interesting discovery was the presence of a fife-and-drum tradition in the country between Waverly Hall and Talbotton, northeast of Columbus. Until recently it was assumed that the tradition of fife-and-drum music was uniquely that of north Mississippi around Senatobia...The similarities of the music of the Senatobia and Waverly Hall groups hints that the music was probably more widespread than appreciated....The Georgia fife-and-drum group was essentially a family band comprising J.W. Jones on bamboo cane fife and his brother James on kettle drum, with the bass drum played by either a younger brother, Willie C. Jones, or a cousin, Floyd Bussey."

Precious Bryant discusses this band in this video clip

(Clips courtesy of George Mitchell and Fat Possum Records.)

Recorded in Waverly Hall, GA in 1969. George Mitchell comments (RealMedia, 1:04 min.) on the rich tradition of buck dancing in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley.

(Clip courtesy of George Mitchell and Fat Possum Records.)

Recorded in Talbotton, GA in 1969.

(Clip courtesy of George Mitchell and Fat Possum Records.)

Recorded in Buena Vista, GA in 2001. Compare Bryant's version to Paschal's version above.

(Clip courtesy of Terminus Records.)