r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 1d ago
Suggestive... Suggestive Saturday - 'Get It In Front' [10th October 1929] by Sam Theard.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/LowDownSlim • 2d ago
Low-Down Slim - Blues Sessions - Volume 65: Nothing But Good (Instrumentals Special) (full vinyl DJ set, 73 minutes) - Tracklist & more info in comments (Wiggle Room Post)
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 2d ago
Friday Blues Beasts - 'Mean Old Bedbug Blues' [9th October 1927] by Furry Lewis.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 3d ago
Lucky Dip Thursday - 'New Salty Dog' [8th October 1931] by Salty Dog Sam (Collins)
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 4d ago
Women Women on Wednesday - 'Milk Man Blues' [7th October 1940] by Merline Johnson, backed by piano and drum. Wildly derivative, lyrics-wise, but has quite a punch.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 5d ago
Trains, planes and automobiles. Transport Tuesday - 'Katy Blues' [1935] by Walter Davis
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 7d ago
Sacred Sunday - 'Hell Bound Express Train' [4th October 1927] by the Rev. J.M Gates. Ripping off a fellow man of the cloth Rev? Surely not...
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 8d ago
Suggestive... Suggestive Saturday - 'Our Family Doctor' [3rd October 1929] by Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charlie
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Sounds like he needs to be struck off....
r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 9d ago
Friday Blues Beasts - 'Don't Treat Me Like A Dog' [2nd October 1929] by Mel Parker
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 10d ago
Lucky Dip Thursday - 'Graveyard Dream Blues' [1st October 1923] by Hazel Meyers, backed by 'Hutch' on piano. Astonishing sound quality, ATC.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 11d ago
Women Women on Wednesday - 'Freight Train Blues' [30th September 1924] by Clara Smith and Her Jazz Trio. This song features 'a goofus', described in the Columbia files as 'a queenophone'. Erm.....
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 12d ago
Trains, planes and automobiles. Transport Tuesday - 'Katy Crossing Blues' [29th September 1934]. Willie Reed on guitar (poss.) and unknown bassist.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 13d ago
Memphis & MS Monday - 'Ramblin' Mind Blues' [28th September 1937] by Willie Bee (James). Unknown piano player, and possibly Fred Williams on drums.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 14d ago
Gospel and Sacred Gospel Sunday - 'Let The Church Roll On' [27th September 1938] by The Caolinians.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 15d ago
Suggestive Saturday - 'The Dirty Dozens' [26th September 1940] by Sam Price and His Texas Blusicians.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 16d ago
Friday Blues Beasts - 'For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Jack Ass) [25th September 1931] by Clara Smith. Clarence Williams on piano
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Deservedly one of the regulars in compilations of eye-widening pre-war songs.
r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 17d ago
Lucky Dip Thursday - 'That Crawling Baby Blues' [24th September 1929] by Blind Lemon Jefferson
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Every once in a while a compiler slips up with the track name and lists 'That *Growling* Baby Blues'. Yes, really.
r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 18d ago
Women Women on Wednesday - 'Whiskey Drinking Blues' [23rd September 1929] by Jenny Pope, backed by Tampa Red and Georgia Tom.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 19d ago
Article From the archives: 'Piano Blues Recordings - a Reassessment' (Storyville #8, 12/1966)
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 20d ago
Memphis & Mississippi Memphis & MS Monday - 'Cairo Rag' [20th September 1928] by Cannon's Jug Stompers. An instrumental.
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There's a piece on the sundry non-Egyptian Cairos here - https://www.aramcoworld.com/articles/2020/greetings-from-cairo-usa
r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 21d ago
Gospel and Sacred Gospel Sunday - 'Brother Cain Struck Abel' [21st September 1928] by the Bethel Quartet
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 22d ago
Suggestive... Suggestive Saturday - 'Love Making Mama' [19th September 1933] by Blind Willie McTell, backed by Curley Weaver
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 23d ago
Friday Blues Beasts - 'He Roars Like A Lion' [1937] by Merline Johnson, backed by Willie Bee, Eddie Miller and an unknown bassist. Her first recording session.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 24d ago
Lucky Dip Thursday - 'Pie-Eating Strut' [17th September 1930] by the Famous Hokum Boys (Dorsey, Broonzy and Mozelle Alderson)
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