precious bryant (1942-2013)

Biography

My first introduction to Precious Bryant came through a recording of her performance of the Memphis Minnie inspired original song “Black Rat Swing” at the 1984 National Down Home Blues Festival in Atlanta. Her guitar playing, stage presence, and delivery immediately grabbed me. I also loved her wicked sense of humor. In that one performance, it was clear why blues researcher and historian George Mitchell described her as a “Georgia musical treasure” (Freeman, 2013).

Early Life and Musical Influences

Precious Bryant, born Precious Bussey on January 4, 1942, in Talbot County, Georgia, spent most of her life in the rural southeastern edge of the Chattahoochee River Valley, an area that also produced blues legend Ma Rainey (Bransford, 2004). Bryant’s love of music developed at an early age thanks to the many musicians in her family. Her cousins played in the Georgia Fife and Drum Band, her father, Lonnie James Bussey, played guitar, as did her uncle George Henry Bussey (also known as “Sonny”) (Duffy, 2004; Freeman, 2013; Nelson, 1998). Bryant and her seven sisters also sang in a gospel group. They initially dubbed themselves the Blue Moon Gospel Singers but later changed the group name to the Bussey Sisters (Lisle, 2005; Pearson, 2005, p. 191).

Inspired by her father and uncle, Bryant taught herself to play guitar when she was nine years old. She explained in an interview by David Nelson (1998) in Living Blues magazine, “I was small, and my uncle [George Henry Bussey], he had a large guitar I used to drag it around. I couldn’t tote it, I used to drag it around, and kept messin’ around with it till I learnt how to play” (p. 21). Her grandmother eventually gifted Bryant her first guitar, enabling her to continue learning and performing (Ellis, 2002, p. 49).

Beyond her musical upbringing, Bryant also credited the radio as an influence, saying, “I had a ringside seat listening to deejays like Daddy Cool, the Thin Man, and Satellite Papa. I got songs from them too. WLCS, that’s where the blues was” (Lisle, 2003). She listed Muddy Waters, Memphis Minnie, John Lee Hooker, and Jimmy Reed as her favorites.

Precious Bryant “loved” her guitar, recalling in an interview how she used to take her guitar to school and play it at house parties or “frolics" to hone her craft (Chitwood, 2013; Ellis, 2002; Nelson, 1998). At age 20 she wrote her first of many compositions, a song titled “Baby Tell Me Don’t You Want to Jump” (Lisle, 2005; Pearson, 2020). Her music was a blend of Piedmont finger-picking blues, blues from the Lower Chattahoochee Valley, urban blues, gospel, and folk. However, she was particularly “drawn to the blues,” because, in her words, “the blues tells the truth” (Lisle, 2005, p. 14).

The Birth of a Music Career

Bryant left school in the 11th grade, got married in 1965, and moved to Juniper, Georgia with her then husband. She stayed there for about 11 years before returning home with her son Tony after her husband’s death (Lisle, 2005; Nelson, 1998).

During her time in Juniper, Bryant met the blues researcher George Mitchell, who recorded a few of her songs in 1969, but it was a combination of this chance encounter and the death of her husband that made her career possible. Reflecting on this time, Bryant recalled in an interview, “Oh yes, if my husband didn’t die, I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing. No, because he was just crazy jealous. If my husband didn’t die, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I remember one time when I was playing the guitar, he come and snatched the guitar out of my hand and me and him got into fighting. But you see, he didn’t understand. I ain’t trying to tempt nobody, I just love playing music. Be he couldn’t understand that” (Pearson, 2005, p. 157, 2020).

A decade after her first recording, Mitchell recorded Precious Bryant again for folklorist Fred Fussell’s In Celebration of a Legacy project for the Columbus Museum. By this point, she was back home in Talbot County living in a four-room trailer with her son Tony (Lisle, 2005).

In 1983, Mitchell persuaded Bryant to play at the Chattahoochee Folk Festival in Columbus. Once on stage, Bryant recalled initially feeling “scared that nobody wouldn’t like what I was playing. But when I hit the guitar, they started screaming and hollering so I went wild. So after that I been going” (Pearson, 2020).

Following the Chattahoochee Folk Festival, Bryant played the 1984 National Down Home Blues Festival in Atlanta, the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas, the Newport Folk Festival, and the Blues to Bop Festival in Lugano, Switzerland (Bransford, 2004; Chitwood, 2013).

Precious Bryant released her first commercial album, Fool Me Good, in 2002 through Terminus Records, more than 30 years after George Mitchell first recorded her in Juniper. She was 60 years old. Fool Me Good was an instant success. The album was nominated for two W.C. Handy Awards, including Acoustic Blues Album of the Year and Best New Artist Debut, and won three Living Blues Awards. In 2004, she released The Truth, featuring her son Tony on bass, followed by My Name is Precious Bryant in 2005 through the Music Maker Relief Foundation label. She was once again nominated for two W.C. Handy Blues Awards for best Traditional Blues Female Artist in 2004 and 2006.

Georgia’s Daughter of the Blues

While Bryant loved playing music, she disliked the travel that came with her career. She explained in an interview, “I’m 63, so I can’t do too much traveling although the good Lord may give me a little spunk.” (Lisle, 2005, p. 17). Ultimately, she preferred performing at local gatherings and talent shows “within a six hour radius of her home” (p. 17).

Although Bryant’s Fool Me Good album helped to generate a loyal fan base and the recognition she deserved, she remained grounded, describing her music as an extension of her life. “I will always be playing the blues. As long as I live. The blues tells the truth. Sometimes it is sad, sometimes it be happy – it works all kind of ways,” she said (Duffy, 2004).

Precious Bryant died on January 12, 2013, in Columbus, Georgia. She left behind a legacy as a bridge between traditional and modern blues. Blues researcher Barry Lee Pearson called her “a woman who played the blues like folks want to hear it” (Pearson, 2020). Her recordings and performances have ensured her place in blues history as “Georgia’s Daughter of the Blues” (Bransford, 2004).

References

Bransford, S. (2004, March 16). Blues in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley. Southern Spaces. https://southernspaces.org/2004/blues-lower-chattahoochee-valley/
Chitwood, T. (2013, August 10). Blues musician Precious Bryant’s rare gift had deep roots, carries on. Ledger-Enquirer. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article29285836.html
Duffy, T. (2004). Precious Bryant. In Music makers: Portraits and songs of the roots of America (pp. 28–29). University of North Carolina Press. https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/49627688
Ellis, A. (2002, April). Precious Bryant blues from the heart. Guitar Player, 49–50.
Freeman, G. (2013). Precious Bryant 1942-2013. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/precious-bryant-1942-2013/
Lisle, A. (2003, October 10). Taking it easy. Memphis Flyer. https://www.memphisflyer.com/undefined
Lisle, A. (2005, April). Precious Bryant: Chattahoochee River Valley blues. Living Blues, 36 #2(177), 12–17.
Nelson, D. (1998, February). Music Maker: It’s the spirit behind the gift. Living Blues, 137, 12–25.
Pearson, B. L. (2005). Jook right on: Blues stories and blues storytellers (1st ed). University of Tennessee Press. http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005001327.html
Pearson, B. L. (2020, March 10). Precious Bryant. https://www.thecountryblues.com/dr-barry-lee-pearson/precious-bryant-2/

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Bibliography

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Reference works

Ford, R. (2020). Precious Bryan (Precious Bussey). In A blues bibliography: Update to the second edition (2nd ed, pp. 64–65). Routledge. https://worldcat.org/en/title/71842605

Freeman, G. (2013). Precious Bryant 1942-2013. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/precious-bryant-1942-2013/

Komara, E. (2004). Bryant, Precious. In The Blues Encyclopedia (Vol. 1). Routledge.

Larkin, C. (2016). Bryant, Precious. In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4. ed). Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001/acref-9780195313734-e-3555

Precious Bryant. (n.d.). New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/precious-bryant-1942-2013/

Precious Bryant. (2015). In Who’s Who Among African Americans. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1645545299/BIC?u=ctstate&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=675bbf53

Precious Bryant. (2024). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Precious_Bryant&oldid=1231364992

Russell, T. (2006). Precious Bryant (born 1942). In The Penguin guide to blues recordings (pp. 85–86). Penguin. http://archive.org/details/penguinguidetobl0000russ

Books

Byer, K. S. (2012). Descent: Poems. Louisiana State University Press. https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/769010916

Duffy, T. (2004). Precious Bryant. In Music makers: Portraits and songs of the roots of America (pp. 28–29). University of North Carolina Press. https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/49627688

Eubanks, G. (with Duffy, T., & Richmond, J.). (2024). Song keepers: A Music Maker Foundation anthology. No Depression ; In association with Music Maker Foundation. https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1424622932

Ford, R. (2008). A blues bibliography (second). Routledge. https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/71842605

Fussell, F. (2000). A Chattahoochee album: Images of traditional people and folksy places around the lower Chattahoochee Valley. Historic Chattahoochee Commission. http://archive.org/details/chattahoocheealb0000fuss

Jeanotte, R. (2014). Precious Bryant. In The blues: A photographic tribute (p. 24). Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland : Salmon. http://archive.org/details/bluesphotographi0000jean

Mitchell, G. (1998). In celebration of a legacy: The traditional arts of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley (New rev. ed). The Columbus Museum. https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/39269456

Oxford American southern music issue. Georgia, Winter 2015. (2017). The Oxford American Literary Project. https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1079059388

Pearson, B. L. (2005a). Jook right on: Blues stories and blues storytellers (1st edition). University of Tennessee Press. https://archive.org/details/jookrightonblues0000pear

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Scholarly Articles

Johnson, M. V. (2002). “I was born to be a musician too”: Female guitarists in the blues. Arkansas Review, 33, 214–226.

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News & Magazine articles

Blues her ticket to the world: At 44, Previous Bryant is connecting with more than “downhome” fans. (1986, February 1). The Atlanta Constitution. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/399014089/

Bransford, S. (2004, March 16). Blues in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley. Southern Spaces. https://southernspaces.org/2004/blues-lower-chattahoochee-valley/

Chitwood, T. (2013, August 10). Blues musician Precious Bryant’s rare gift had deep roots, carries on. Ledger-Enquirer. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article29285836.html

Collins, B. (2003). Fool me good [Poem]. Oxford American, Sixth Annual Music Issue, 57.

Duffy, T., Duffy, D., Belch, C. E., & Greenhood, A. (2011). Musician sustenance. Music Maker Rag.

Ellis, A. (2002, April). Precious Bryant blues from the heart. Guitar Player, 49–50.

Emerson, B. (2000, October 2). It was no jam, but portrait of Georgia blues jells. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Jackson, D. (2002). Blue blood. Savoy, 2(7), 40.

John Clarke. (2003, July 19). Precious Bryant. The Times (United Kingdom). https://ctcsu.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mfi&AN=7EH2942722262&site=ehost-live

Lisle, A. (2003, October 10). Taking it easy. Memphis Flyer. https://www.memphisflyer.com/undefined

Lisle, A. (2005, April). Precious Bryant: Chattahoochee River Valley blues. Living Blues, 36 #2(177), 12–17.

Marino, N. (2005, January 23). At home with the blues: If y’all don’t mind, Precious Bryant would like to get some kerosene. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Milne, R. (2003). Precious Bryant 12 Bar Club, London Richar Milne the critics: London 1st edition. The Financial Times (London Ed.). https://cscu-mcc-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/h4m0gg/TN_cdi_proquest_newspapers_249510265

Nelson, D. (1998, February). Music Maker: It’s the spirit behind the gift. Living Blues, 137, 12–25.

Precious Bryant: Georgia blues guitarist, 1942-2013 (Obituaries). (2013, April). Uncut, 119.

“Precious Bryant”—Search—Atlanta Journal Constitution Archive. (n.d.). Newspapers.Com. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://ajc.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22Precious+bryant%22

Tersch, G. V. (2005, June 22). Precious Bryant: The truth. Sing Out!, 49(2), 131–132.

Turner, V. (2021, April). Out of the shadows: Undersung women of the blues and their vast contributions to music. Acoustic Guitar, 31–36.

Music Reviews

Georgia on my mind. (2015, Winter). The Oxford American, 17. http://archive.org/details/The_Oxford_American_Winter_2015

Gvon, T. (2005, Summer). Precious Bryant: The Truth: Terminus 0407. Sing Out!, 49(2).

Hadley, F.-J. (2002, April). BOLD strokes. Downbeat, 69(4), 64.

Larry, C. (2002, April 1). Precious Bryant: Fool me good (Terminus). CMJ New Music Report, 71(756), 11.

Miller, J. M. (2007, December 1). My Name is Precious. 11(2), 57.

Morris, C. (2001). Declarations of Independence. Billboard, 113(50), 58.

P. V. V., & Paoletta, M. (2005, February 19). The Truth. Billboard, 117(8), 41–42.

Regenstreif, M. (2006). Precious Bryant: My Name is Precious: Music Maker 57. Sing Out!, 50(1), 117–118.

Silverman, E. (2006, March 2). My Name is Precious. Dirty Linen: Folk & World Music, 122, 85.

Sky, C. L. (2004). Sisters of the South CD and the Music Maker Relief Foundation. 51(1), 51–54.

Ochs, M. (Director). (2002, May 15). Review: Debut album of Precious Bryant [Transcript]. In All Things Considered. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/2002/05/15/1143400/fool-me-good

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Selected websites

Archive. (2002, November 1). Precious Bryant—Station Inn (Nashville, TN). No Depression. https://www.nodepression.com/precious-bryant-station-inn-nashville-tn/

Blues legends. (n.d.). The Atlanta Blues Society. Retrieved June 14, 2024, from https://atlantabluessociety.org/legends/

February 27, B. P. W., & Est, 2002 12:04 Am. (n.d.). Precious and few. Creative Loafing. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://creativeloafing.com/content-159800-precious-and-few

Friedman, L. (2005, March 14). Precious Bryant: The Truth. PopMatters. https://www.popmatters.com/bryantprecious-truth-2495849308.html

Precious Bryant. (n.d.). AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.allmusic.com/artist/precious-bryant-mn0000358480

Precious Bryant. (2017). In Alchetron. https://alchetron.com/Precious-Bryant

Precious Bryant. (2024, July 18). Music Maker Foundation. https://musicmaker.org/artist/precious-bryant/

Precious Bryant featured. (n.d.). Music Maker Relief Foundation. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from http://archive.musicmaker.org/artists/precious-bryant/

Precious Bussey Bryant (1942-2013). (n.d.). [Find a Grave.]. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103545321/precious-bryant

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Podcasts & Radio

BBC Radio 4—Lady Plays the Blues. (n.d.). BBC. Retrieved July 24, 2024, from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srmtc

Steve c/o Ernest Franz. (n.d.). Lower Chattahoochee Valley Blues (No. 178) [Broadcast]. Retrieved November 26, 2024, from https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/88633-blues-unlimited-178-lower-chattahoochee-valley

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Interviews & performances

Fussell, J., & Fussell, C. (Directors). (2015, April 27). Bryant explains how she learned and adapted “Georgia Buck” (5/7) [Streaming]. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/126195081
Pearson, B. L. (2020, March 10). Precious Bryant. https://www.thecountryblues.com/dr-barry-lee-pearson/precious-bryant-2/

Precious Bryant. (2016, February 18). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy6B-sbTrXU

Precious Bryant. (2024, January 4). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdZF_LIwqek

Precious Bryant discusses the Georgia Fife and Drum Band. (2015, April 27). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://vimeo.com/126195168

Precious Bryant plays “My Chaffeur.” (2009, July 3). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXeLhyBQQu8

Precious Bryant—Broke and Ain’t Got a Dime. (2021, May 18). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWBIfl2tIKI

Precious Bryant—Don’t Jump My Pony. (2021, April 22). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHi64Il2DY

Precious Bryant—Fever. (2021, June 7). [Streaming]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c3YhhHGs8E

Precious Bryant—Fool Me Good. (2021, June 10). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSa8hh67doM

Precious Bryant—If I Could Hear My Mother Pray. (2021, May 9). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSkPz5o1-Nc

Precious Bryant—I’m Broke and Ain’t Got a Dime. (2011, February 6). [Video recording]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjTgrgv4vCs

Precious Bryant—My Girl Josephine. (2021, November 9). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw40m-3MX-c

Precious Bryant—National Down Home Blues Festival, Atlanta, Georgia (1984). (2012, January 16). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idxP2Y-kgjY

Precious Bryant—You Got to Move. (2021, May 24). [Streaming]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfIjlYJMRgE

Remembering Precious Bryant. (2013, January 18). [Streaming]. https://vimeo.com/57662987

Stith, W. R. (Director). (1986). Ma Rainey House dedication ceremony [Video recording]. Stith Video Productions. https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/843759857

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Documentaries

Banks, L., & Duffy, T. (2004). Living the blues [Film], in the Timothy Duffy Collection #20044, Southern Folklife Collection. Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20044/

NGFF 20 Episode 3—Sing My Troubles By. (2020, October 10). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn6Wz-6WtTM

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Awards & Historical Markers

Precious Bryant, Blues Music Awards, Acoustic Blues Album, 2003—24th W.C, Handy Awards, Nominee. (n.d.). Blues Foundation. Retrieved June 29, 2024, from https://blues.org/awards/

Precious Bryant, Blues Music Awards, Best New Artist Debut, 2003—24th W.C, Handy Awards, Nominee. (n.d.). Blues Foundation. Retrieved June 29, 2024, from https://blues.org/awards/

Precious Bryant, Blues Music Awards, Traditional Blues Female Artist, 2004—255th W.C, Handy Awards, Nominee. (n.d.). Blues Foundation. Retrieved June 29, 2024, from https://blues.org/awards/

Precious Bryant, Blues Music Awards, Traditional Blues Female Artist, 2006—275th W.C, Handy Awards, Nominee. (n.d.). Blues Foundation. Retrieved June 29, 2024, from https://blues.org/awards/

The Association for Independent Music (AFIM) held its annual Indie Awards on March 18, 2003 in Orlando, Florida. (People, Places & Miscalleny). (2003). Sing Out!, 47(2), 10–11.

We’d like to congratulate all of the winners of the 2003 Living Blues Awards. (2004). Sing Out!, 47(4), 10–11.

Archives & Special Collections

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Blues Archive

"The Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi acquires and preserves blues and blues-related materials in a variety of formats for scholars and blues fans alike. With thousands of sound recordings, photographs, videos, books, periodicals, newsletters, research collections, memorabilia, and more the Blues Archive houses one of the largest blues collections in the world."

Archival materials for Precious Bryant can be found in the following collections within The Blues Archive:

Blues Videos Collection
Scott M. Bock Collection (Blues Photographs)

Georgia Music Hall of Fame Collection

"The Administrative Files series of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame collection primarily consists of the records created and used in the managing and operating of the institution. These include founding documents, a file of artist information, planning documentation for exhibits, a photograph file, and records on sponsorship."

Archival materials for Precious Bryant are located in the Artist Files (Box 5, Folder 4; and Box 30, Folder 18).

Finding aid: https://sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/ms3837_1.xml

Southern Folklife Collection

"The Southern Folklife Collection is an archival resource dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating traditional and vernacular music, art, and culture related to the American South."

The following special and archival collections contain materials on Precious Bryant:

New York Public Library Music Division Posters Collection

"The Music Division Posters Collection contains posters acquired individually, or separated from other collections between the 1930s and 2018."

The poster for Precious Bryant is located in the "Posters smaller than 45cmx35cm" series (b.4f.B143 National Downhome Blues Festival, Georgia Public Television production [198-] August 10).

Finding aid: https://archives.nypl.org/mus/186085#overview

State Archives of North Carolina

"The State Archives of North Carolina collects, preserves, and provides public access to historically significant archival materials relating to North Carolina."

Archival materials on Precious Bryant can be found in the following collection:

Arts Council Record Group – Folklife Section (see Master Tapes: Audio).

Georgia Traditional Arts Research Collection

"The Georgia Traditional Arts Research Collection is housed on loan at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College courtesy of the Georgia Council for the Arts, and includes photos, videos, sound recordings, books, and research field notes as well as interviews from traditional and folk artists."

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Precious Bryant [Transcript, Tape Twenty-Six 87-27A
Precious Bryant [Transcript, Tape Twenty-Seven 87-27B]
Precious Bryant, master, Jake Fussell, apprentice [Field Notes, F-01-9]
Field recording of Precious Bryant, master, Jake Fussell, apprentice [Field Recordings A Cassette 1]
Field recording of Precious Bryant, master, Jake Fussell, apprentice [Field Recordings B Cassette 1]
Field recording of Precious Bryant, master, Jake Fussell, apprentice [Field Recordings]

Georgia Folklore Collection

"Field recordings of Georgia folk musicians from 1890 to 1998 collected by Art Rosenbaum."

Archival materials for Precious Bryant include:

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

"The Walter J. Brown Media Archive & Peabody Awards Collection was started in 1995 and currently preserves over 250,000 titles in film, video, audiotape, transcription disks, and other recording formats dating from the 1920s to the present."

Archival materials for Precious Bryant are spread across the different collections in this archive. Highlights include:

1998 North Georgia Folk Festival [Tape 6], Precious Bryant, Tony Bryant, The Warblers (WUGA-FM Collection)
Folk Music Festival - Precious Bryant, Howard Finster - Son Thomas - Chicksaw Mud Pies (Georgia Folklore Collection)
N. Georgia Folk Festival, Tape 4, Precious Bryant, Golden Rivergrass (Georgia Folklore Collection)
Neal Pattman, harp & vocal; Previous Bryan [sic], guitar. Sept 7, 1996 (Georgia Folklore Collection)
Neal Pattman and Precious Bryant (WUGA-FM Collection)
North Georgia Folk Festival, Tape 5, Precious Bryant, Hurt Dog (Georgia Folklore Collection)
Precious Bryant recorded at the North Georgia Folk Festival (WUOG FM 90.5 Radio collection)
Precious Bryant and Taj Mahal (Georgia Folklore Collection)

Photo collections

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Dick Waterman Photograph Collection

Georgia Department of Economic Development

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Music

Selected Discography & Liner Notes:
Sources: Discogs & Internet Archive

Georgia Blues

Rounder Records (2008). Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation. Released 1972. View Liner Notes

In Celebration of a Legacy: Traditional Music of the Chattahoochee River Valley

Released 1981. View Images

Historic Chattahoochee Commission. Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered. Released 1998. View Images

National Downhome Blues Festival (Volume One)

Southland Records (SLP-21). Format: Vinyl, LP, Album. Released 1986. View Images
Southland Records (SCD-21). Format: CD. Released 1996. View Liner Notes

Georgia Music Hall Of Fame Presents: Blues Came To Georgia

Music Maker Recordings (MMCD 23). Format: CD, Compilation. Released 2001. View Images

Fool Me Good

Terminus Records (0201-2). Format: CD. Released 2002 (Europe). View Liner Notes

Sisters of the South

Music Maker Relief Foundation (MMCD32). Format: CD, Compilation. Released 2003. View Images
DixieFrog (DFGCD 8649). Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Digipack. Released 2008 (France). View Images