Hosea Woods

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, speaker, kazoo, composer, songwriter

Notes: With Gus Cannon, sometimes credited as The Beale Street Boys.

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-47064 10-in. 9/20/1928 Cairo rag Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, kazoo  
Victor BVE-47065 10-in. 9/20/1928 Bugle call rag Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, kazoo  
Victor BVE-47066 10-in. 9/20/1928 Viola Lee blues Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, kazoo  
Victor BVE-47067 10-in. 9/20/1928 Riley's wagon Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, kazoo  
Victor BVE-56316 10-in. 10/1/1929 Last chance blues Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and talk instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer, speaker  
Victor BVE-56317 10-in. 10/1/1929 Tired chicken blues Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and talk instrumentalist, guitar, speaker  
Victor BVE-56318 10-in. 10/1/1929 Going to Germany Cannon’s Jug Stompers ; Noah Lewis Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble and talk instrumentalist, guitar, speaker  
Victor BVE-56319 10-in. 10/1/1929 Walk right In Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet and talk instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer, speaker, kazoo  
Victor BVE-56339 10-in. 10/3/1929 Mule get up in the alley Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer, kazoo  
Victor BVE-56340 10-in. 10/3/1929 The rooster's crowing blues Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor BVE-56341 10-in. 10/3/1929 Jonestown blues Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, guitar, speaker  
Victor BVE-56342 10-in. 10/3/1929 Pretty mama blues Cannon’s Jug Stompers Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, guitar, speaker  
Victor BVE-64708 10-in. 11/24/1930 Bring it with you when you come Cannon’s Jug Stompers Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BVE-64709 10-in. 11/24/1930 Wolf River blues Cannon’s Jug Stompers Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Brunswick C4337 10-in. 9/12/1929 Last chance blues Gus Cannon ; Hosea Woods Male vocal duet, with banjo and guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter  
Brunswick C4338 10-in. 9/12/1929 Fourth and Beale Gus Cannon ; Hosea Woods Male vocal duet, with banjo and guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Woods, Hosea," accessed January 3, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113332.

Woods, Hosea. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 3, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113332.

"Woods, Hosea." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 3 January 2026.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113332

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Woods, Hosea - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006130808

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/39142744

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