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Careless Love
Composer: Traditional
Recordings
This list is not intended to be comprehensive.
Lester McFarland and Robert.Gardner, 1926
Jazz, Vol. 2: The Blues, Various Artists (Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra), 1950
New Songs from the American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, 1950
Footnotes to Jazz, Vol. 1: Baby Dodds Talking and Drum Solos, Baby Dodds, 1951
Brownie McGhee Blues, Brownie McGhee Blues, 1955
Banjo Songs of the Southern Mountain, Various Artists (Harry and Jeannie West), 1955
Lonesome Road, Lonnie Johnson, 1956
American Folksongs For Men - To You With Love, Bob Ross, 1957
One Man Band, Paul Blackman, 1957
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2, Pete Seeger, 1958
Music of New Orleans, Vol. 3: Music of the Dance Halls, Various Artists (Billy Pierce and Dee Dee Pierce), 1958
St. Louis Blues, Pearl Bailey, 1958
Sings Ballads, Blues And A Spiritual, Dave Van Ronk, 1959
Slim Whitman Sings, Slim Whitman, 1959
Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square, Joan Baez, Ted Alevizos, Bill Wood, 1959
The Country Blues, Various Artists (Lonnie Johnson), 1959
New Orleans Street Singer, Snooks Eaglin, 1959
Ballads, Blues and a Spritual, Dave Van Ronk, 1959
Folk Song Hall Of Fame, Hank Hill And The Tennessee Folk Trio, 1960
T. Texas Tyler, T. Texas Tyler, 1961
Arbee's Blues, Arbee Stidham, 1961
Modern Sounds In Country and Western, Ray Charles, 1962
Just Looking For A Home, Jim Glaser & Americana Folk Trio, 1962
Jim and Art Sing and Play a Folk Song, Jim Helms and Art Podell, 1962
Tuff Sax, Ace Cannon, 1962
Way Out West With, Alex Campbell, 1963
12 String Story, Volume 1, Various Artists (Jim Helms), 1963
Music Down Home: An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, U.S.A., Various Artists (Brownie McGhee), 1965
Gambler's Blues, Dave Van Ronk, 1965
The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1947, Vol. 1: Blues, Gospel,and Jazz, Various Artists (Josh White), 1966
Devil Got My Woman, Skip James, 1968
Black Mountain Blues, Dave Van Ronk, 1968
Single, Hardy Brendle and the Virginia Partners, 1969
Tomorrow Night, Lonnie Johnson, 1970
Dock Boggs, Vol. 3, Dock Boggs, 1970
Pickin And Singin, Jim McCall, 1972
Second Annual Farewell Reunion, Mike Seeger, 1973
Country Bluegrass from Southwest Virginia, Glen Neaves and the Virginia Mountain Boys, 1974
Don Stover & the White Oak Mountain Boys, Don Stover & the White Oak Mountain Boys, 1974
Immortal Carson Robinson, Carson Robinson and his Pioneers, 1978
Trouble In Mind, Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan, 1981
Ida Cox and Bertha Chippie Hill, Ida Cox and Bertha Chippie Hill , 1981
Have No Fear Big Joe Is Here, Big Joe Turner, 1982
Early Recordings, Vol. 1, 1951) Dauphine Street Jam Session, Emile Barnes, 1982
The Perennial, George Lewis, 1982
Bad Penny Blues, Humphrey Lyttleton, 1983
Buck Johnson and Lu Watters, Buck Johnson and Lu Watters, 1983
Crossfire, Spencer Davis, 1984
Back In The Good Ole Days, Bobby Atkins & the Countrymen, 1984
Boogie Woogie Baby, Fats Domino, 1985
Collection, Memphis Slim, 1986
Bessie Smith Songbook, Dinah Washington, 1986
Banjo Man - Tribute To Earl Scruggs, Carl Jackson, 1988
Tomorrow Night, Lonnie Johnson, 1988
Greatest Country and Western Hits, Ray Charles, 1989
Bosses Of The Blues, Big Joe Turner, 1989
American Banjo: Three Finger and Scruggs Style, Various Artists (Snuffy Jenkins), 1990
Banjo Man: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs, Carl Jackson, 1990
Tuff Sax/Moaning Sax, Ace Cannon, 1991
The Folkways Years 1945-1959, Bownie McGhee, 1991
Bluegrass 1959-1969, Bill Monroe, 1991
Complete Recordings, Vol. 2, 1924-1925), Bessie Smith, 1991
The Folkways Years 1959-1961, Dave Van Ronk, 1991
Son of Rounder Banjo, Various Artists, 1992
Goin' Back To New Orleans, Dr John, 1992
Complete Folkways Recordings, Lonnie Johnson, 1993
Beat It, Blow It, Strum It, Hum It, Sunshine Skiffle Band, 1992
Rare, Live and Classic, Joan Baez, 1993
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band, Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band, 1994
Lead Belly's Last Sessions, Leadbelly, 1994
Edison Recordings 1928, Ernest V. Stoneman, 1996
Bourgeois Blues, Leadbelly Legacy, Vol. 2, Leadbelly, 1997
His Folkways Years: 1963-1968, Dock Boggs, 1998
Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986, Ray Charles, 1998
Root 5: Bass and Banjo, Marshall Wilborn, 1999
Mountain Blues, Various Artists (Jimmy Tarlton), 19??
Spencer Williams, 19??
Bluegrass Bonanza, Various Artists (Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers), 2001
Some Old Lonesome Day, Lauren Sheehan, 2003
Appalachian Angel: Her Recordings 1950-1972, Anita Carter, 2004
In the Mountaintops to Roam, David Peterson & 1946, 2006
Big Judy: How Far This Music Goes (1962-2004), Judy Henske, 2007
Three Score And Ten, Peggy Seeger, 2007
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 1 & 2, Ray Charles, 2009
Gennett Old Time Music: Classic Country Recordings 1927-1934, Various Artists (Byrd Moore), 2010
Notes
This song dates back to at least the early 1900s. It became very popular in the 1920's following W. C. Handy's adaptation 'Loveless Love' and was widely recorded. The first field collection of the song was made in 1911 by Howard Odum as Kelly's Love. Possibly derives in part from British songs I Wish I Wish and What A Voice.
Occurs on the "Unident Thing" tape that features Garcia and Pigpen. Date and venue are unknown. The version on the tape is only a brief opening to the song. It quickly breaks down, with the singer calling "Jerry I need some funk up here", and segues into In The Pines. For what it's worth here are the lyrics that occur;
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love,
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Oh love, oh love, oh careless love,
You see what careless love will do.
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