hello………sheesh……i totally forgot to post the playlist from thanksgiving. to my credit, i did have about 20 people over at the house that day/night, and did probably enjoy myself a bit too much that day/weekend…..but to go two weeks without realizing my folly……inexcusable. sorry.
i decided (i think) the night before thanksgiving to make this a themed show…..old timey. all songs recorded prior to 1940. hope you liked it. i did. here’s the list.
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artist – song – album – label
elin lislass – locklatar – v/a: secret museum of mankind volume 4 – yazoo
charlie patton – mississippi boweavil – v/a: people take warning : murder ballads & disaster songs 1913-1938 – tompkins square
geechie wiley – last kind words – v/a: last kind words – mississippi
louis armstrong & the hot fives – fireworks – hot fives & hot sevens volume 3 – columbia
evans & mcclain – so sorry dear – v/a: early mandolin classics volume 1 – rounder
benny nawahi – tickling the strings – v/a: tickling the strings 1929-1952 – harlequin
casaloma orchestra – happy days are here again – v/a: songs of the depression – book of the month club records (seriously…..)
hank penny & his radio cowboys – hesitation blues – tobacco state swing – rambler
naim karakand – kamanagah – v/a: black mirror: reflections in global musics – dust to digital
bukka white – i am in the heavenly way – v/a: masters of the delta blues – yazoo
ted white’s collegians w/ vocal by dan hughes – my blackbirds are bluebirds now – v/a: dime store dance bands volume 2 – sunbeam
lionel belasco – goodnight ladies & gents – goodnight ladies & gents – rounder
cannon’s jug stompers – noah’s blues – v/a: the memphis blues – 1927-1931 – yazoo
milton brown & his musical brownies – garbage man blues – v/a: western swing volume 2 – old timey
sol hoopii – chimes – master of the hawaiian guitar – rounder
vera hall – black woman – v/a: jazz volume 2 the blues – folkways
arkansas travelers – birmingham breakdown – v/a: thesaurus of classic jazz – columbia
washington phillips – mother’s last word to her son – what are they doing in heaven today? – mississippi
billie holiday – laughing at life – the golden years – columbia
isaac jackson – nitsi koko ko ko – v/a: living is hard: west african music in britain 1927-1929 – honest jons
anonymous – untitled – v/a: ….i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces : music in vernacular photographs 1880-1955 – dust to digital
reverend edward clayborn – then we’ll need that old time religion – v/a: ….i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces : music in vernacular photographs 1880-1955 – dust to digital
boswell sisters – hand me down my walking cane – 1932-1934 – biograph
luis russell & orchestra – doctor blues – luis russell story 1929-1930 – parlophone
paul pendja ensemble – ngo mebou melane – v/a: black mirror: reflections in global musics – dust to digital
delmore brothers – blue railroad train – 1933-1941 recordings – county
crying sam collins – i want to be like jesus in my heart – jailhouse blues – yazoo
duke ellington – rockin’ in rhythm – anthology of big band swing – decca (i think…..)
rosa eskenazi – e kardia mou theli – v/a: string of pearls – mississippi
lil green – romance in the dark – romance in the dark – rca victor
muddy waters – i be’s troubled – down on stovalls plantation – testament
the dezurik sisters – the arizona yodeller – v/a: mata la pena – mississippi
roy collins’ dance orchestra – loving you – v/a: dime store dance bands – sunbeam
jacob hoffman & kandal’s orchestra – diona & hora – v/a: i don’t feel at home in this world anymore – mississippi
blue sky boys – i’m just here to get my baby out of jail – s/t – bluebird
memphis jug band – memphis shakedown – v/a: harry smiths anthology of american folk music volume 4 – revenant
bradley kincaid – dog & gun – v/a: harry smiths anthology of american folk music volume 4 – revenant
canario y su grupo – aguinaldo de navidad – v/a: secret museum of mankind volume 2 – yazoo
karl sherman & his orchestra – my baby just cares for me – v/a: dime store dance bands volume 2 – sunbeam
blind willie mctell – broke down engine blues – 1927-1933 the early years – yazoo
alberto ruiz y su lira incaica – pacenita – v/a: excavated shellac – parlortone
django reinhart – after you’ve gone – quintet of the hot club of france 1936-1937 volume one – inner city
adrian rollini & orchestra – got the jitters – v/a: songs of the depression – book of the month records (no kidding!)
bill boyds cowboy ramblers – way out there – s/t – bluebird
cliff edwards – meadowlark – v/a: thesaurus of classic jazz – columbia
sol hoopii – farewell blues – v/a: steel guitar classics – old timey
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whew…….that’s a lot of music. special thanks to duke, calling me all the way from poland during the show to remind me that i named the show on this day two years earlier……i would’ve completely forgotten that fact………..thanks again for the reminder.
keep you ears WIDE open
shopkeeper ken
