Bindlestick Blues

A new discovery in the world of archival recordings was made today, that of a grammophone record containing a song by 1920s hobo balladeer Crusty Pete. The song, "Bindlestick Blues", is considered by experts to be a quintessential example of hobo balladry, a genre now nearly forgotten, once made popular by such artists as Smoke Tanner, "Moonshine" Willy Clawhammer, Two Batches (struck down by a train at the height of his popularity), and Crusty Pete himself. The record was recorded for the now defunct Ho-Bo-Phone label in 1929, and contains the B-side "Where The Bindlestick Don't Reach." The Hobo Ballad Field Studies Society has released this recording.