Backwater Blues (matrix W-24207-1)

Name: Backwater Blues
Duration: 2 min 49 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.10	Back Water Blues	?:??	Ruby Smith	A Recorded Documentary: 1933-1941	Henry "Red" Allen	Album + Compilation	US1981	Meritt Record Society	Meritt 13/14
1.12	Backwater Blues	2:49	Ruby Smith & Jimmy Johnson & His Orchestra	Stars of the Apollo	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1993	Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	C2K 53407
5.12	Back Water Blues	?:??	Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra	Classic James P. Johnson Sessions (1921-1943)	James P. Johnson	Album + Compilation	US2016	Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)	MD6-262
1.12	Backwater Blues (live)	2:51	Ruby Smith & Jimmy Johnson	Stars of the Apollo	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR-	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)

recorded in:	New York, New York, United States (on 1939-03-09)

double bass:	Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):	Sid Catlett (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:	Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-03-09)
piano:	James P. Johnson (on 1939-03-09)
tenor saxophone:	Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trombone:	J.C. Higginbotham (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:	Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:	Ruby Smith (US blues singer) (on 1939-03-09)

recording of:	Backwater Blues (on 1939-03-09)

lyricist and composer:	Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:	James P. Johnson (in 1927)

later versions:	Backwater Blues (Dylan Arrangement) Backwater Blues (Leadbelly Arrangement)
is the basis for:	Wossaproblem