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Drop Down Mama
Composer: Traditional

Drop Down Mama was played by Jerry Garcia, David Crosby, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart or Bill Kreutzmann in a show at the Matrix in December 1970. The group was billed as Jerry Garia and Friends but is informally referred to as David & The Dorks.

Authorship of the song uncertain. On recordings Drop Down Mama is often credited to Sleepy John Estes. But it is uncertain if he was the first person to record the song.

Note that Sleepy John Estes recorded a song called Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here) in the 1930s. This was released in the UK and maybe elsewhere with the title Drop Down Mama. However this is a different song.



Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Piney Woods Blues, Big Joe Williams, 1958
no info Southern Folk Heritage Series, Various Artists (Fred McDowell), 1960
no info Southern Folk Heritage Series: The Blues Roll On, Various Artists (Fred McDowell), 1960
no info Legend of Sleepy John Estes, Sleepy John Estes, 1963
no info Sleepy Man Blues, Geoff Muldaur, 1963
no info Country Blues, John Hammond, 1964
no info Blues, Songs & Ballads, Tom Rush, 1965
no info The Blues At Newport 1964, Part 1, Various Artists (Sleepy John Estes), 1965
no info Sleepy John Estes In Europe, Sleepy John Estes, 1966
no info Electric Sleep, Sleepy John Estes, 1968
no info Single (Drop Down Mama / Child's Song), Tom Rush, 1970
no info The Best Of John Hammond, 1970
no info Dig This (sampler), Various Artists (Tom Rush), 1970
no info Drop Down Mama, Various Artists (David "Honeyboy" Edwards), 1970
no info Tom Rush, Tom Rush, 1970
info Super Rock, Various Artists, 1970
no info The Memphis Blues Again: An Anthology Of The Blues Today In Memphis Vol. 2, Various Artists (Sleepy John Estes), 1971
info Original Bones, Original Bones, 1972
no info 1904-1972, Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1973
no info Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival: 1972, Various Artists (Bonnie Raitt), 1973
no info Can't Beat the Kid, John Hammond, 1975
no info Best of Tom Rush, Tom Rush, 1975
no info Born In A Biscayne, Spencer Bohren, 1986
no info White Windows, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 1988
no info Oh Yes I Can, David Crosby, 1989
no info White Windows, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 1989
no info Best of John Hammond, John Hammond, 1989
no info Complete Works, Vol. 1 (1929-1937), Sleepy John Estes, 1990
info Blues, Songs and Ballads, Tom Rush, 1990
no info I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941, Sleepy John Estes, 1992
no info John Hammond Live, John Hammond, 1992
no info Brownsville Blues (Exp CD), Sleepy John Estes, 1992
no info Blues Legends, Little Walter / Memphis Slim / Sleepy John Estes / Sunnyland Slim, 1993
info Sounds of the South, Various Artists (Mississippi Fred McDowell), 1993
no info Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1994
no info I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll - Complete Sessions, Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1995
no info Trouble Monkey, Lloyd Jones, 1995
no info Old Rock N Roller, Greg Taylor, 1996
no info Vintage, Spencer Bohren, 1996
no info Hit It and Quit It, Curtis Salgado, 1997
no info Someday Baby, Sleepy John Estes, 1997
info Tom Rush/Wrong End of the Rainbow, Tom Rush, 1997
no info The Bluebird Recordings 1939-1942, Tommy McClennan, 1997
no info Knights of the Blues Table, Various Artists (Tony McPhee), 1997
info Across the River, Marley's Ghost, 1998
no info Devil in the Woodpile, The Essential Recordings of Blues Harmonica, Various Artists (Sleepy John Estes), 199?
info Password, Geoff Muldaur, 2000
no info Shake Hands With Shorty, North Mississippi Allstars, 2000
no info Shake 'Em On Down, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 2000
no info Best Of The Vanguard Years, John Hammond, 2000
no info The Essential, Sleepy John Estes, 2001
info Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom, 1950-1970, Various Artists (John Hammond), 2001
no info Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Mississippi Fred McDowell, 2003
no info Rough Cut, Kent DuChaine, 2004
no info The Elmore D Band, The Elmore D Band, 2004
no info 60 / 40 Split (DVD), Groundhogs, 2005
no info On The Chicago Blues Scene, Sleepy John Estes, 2007
no info Son of Skip James, Dion, 2007
no info Ray Bush & Friends At Warmley Jazz Club, Ray Bush & Friends, 2008
no info The Dirty Dozen, George Thorogood And The Destroyers, 2009
no info The Roots of Led Zeppelin, Various Artists (Sleepy John Estes), 2009
no info The Blues Sessions, Tim Woods, 2010
no info Boulderado: Live At The Fox 2008, North Mississippi Allstars, 2010
no info The Alan Lomax Recordings, Fred McDowell, 2011
no info Celebrates 50 Years Of Music, Tom Rush, 2013
no info Timeless, John Hammond, 2014
no info The Secret Handshake / Password, Geoff Muldaur, 2014
no info Sunjay, Sunjay, 2014
no info Black & Blues, Sunjay, 2015
no info One More Foot In The Quicksand, Les Copeland, 2017
no info Going Ape!, Richard Meyer With Mark Babson, 2018

 
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