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Buddy Moss

Eugene "Buddy" Moss (January 16, 1914 – October 19, 1984) was an American blues musician. He is one of two influential Piedmont blues guitarists to record in the period between Blind Blake's final sessions in 1932 and Blind Boy Fuller's debut in 1935 (the other being Josh White). A younger contemporary of Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Barbecue Bob, Moss was part of a coterie of Atlanta bluesmen. He was among the few of his era whose careers were reinvigorated by the blues revival of the 1960s and 1970s.

He began as a musical disciple of Blake. Moss's career was halted in 1935 by a six-year jail term and then by the Second World War, but he lived long enough to be rediscovered in the 1960s, when he revealed that his talent had been preserved through the years. He was reputed to have been cantankerous and mistrusting of others.

In later years, Moss credited his friend and bandmate Barbecue Bob with being a major influence on his playing. Scholars also contend that Blind Blake was a major force in his development, as both share certain mannerisms and inflections. It has also been suggested by Alan Balfour and others that Moss may have been an influence on Blind Boy Fuller, although they never met and Moss's recording career ended before Fuller's began – Moss's first recordings display some inflections and nuances that Fuller did not put down on record until some years later.

Birth and Death Data: Born Georgia (state of the United States of America), Died October 19, 1984 (Atlanta (capital city of Georgia, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, harmonica

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 96 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia W151086 10-in. 12/7/1930 I'm on my way down home Georgia Cotton Pickers Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and harmonica instrumentalist, harmonica  
Columbia W151087 10-in. 12/7/1930 Diddle-da-diddle Georgia Cotton Pickers Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and harmonica instrumentalist, harmonica  
Columbia W151105 10-in. 12/8/1930 She looks so good Georgia Cotton Pickers Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with 2 guitars and harmonica instrumentalist, harmonica  
Columbia W151106 10-in. 12/8/1930 She's coming back some cold rainy day Georgia Cotton Pickers Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica instrumentalist, harmonica  
Columbia 31564 10-in. 10/22/1941 You need a woman Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 31565 10-in. 10/22/1941 You started it, woman Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar, harmonica, and washboard instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31575 10-in. 10/22/1941 Give me my loving Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar, harmonica, and washboard instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31576 10-in. 10/22/1941 Wrong kind of woman blues Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar, harmonica, and washboard instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31584 10-in. 10/23/1941 Joy rag Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano and washboard vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 31585 10-in. 10/23/1941 Little angel blues Brownie McGhee ; Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31586 10-in. 10/23/1941 Struggle buggie Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar and washboard instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31587 10-in. 10/23/1941 I'm sittin' here tonight Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar, harmonica, and washboard vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 31588 10-in. 10/23/1941 Baby you're the one for me Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31589 10-in. 10/23/1941 Poor child blues Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31590 10-in. 10/23/1941 Baby is my trouble Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31591 10-in. 10/23/1941 Gamblin' woman blues Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Columbia 31592 10-in. 10/23/1941 Unfinished business Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 31595 10-in. 10/23/1941 It must be love Brownie McGhee Male vocal solo, with guitars and harmonica instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 31596 10-in. 10/23/1941 Swing, soldier, swing Brownie McGhee Male vocal solo, with guitars and washboard instrumentalist, guitar  
ARC 12907 10-in. 1/16/1933 Bye bye mama Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
ARC 12908 10-in. 1/16/1933 Daddy don't care Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
ARC 12911 10-in. 1/16/1933 Red River blues Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
ARC 12926 10-in. 1/17/1933 Cold country blues Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitars vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
ARC 12927 10-in. 1/17/1933 Prowling woman Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitars vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
ARC 12937 10-in. 1/18/1933 TB's killing me Buddy Moss Male vocal solo, with guitars vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
(Results 1-25 of 96 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Moss, Buddy," accessed January 10, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103808.

Moss, Buddy. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 10, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103808.

"Moss, Buddy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 10 January 2026.

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URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103808

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