Show 186
Published by bob on Thu, 01/30/2014 - 06:25
Early Blues and Jazz Recordings
Show Playlist
I'm Busy and You Can't Come In - Eva Taylor and King Oliver
Commentary - All Commentary is by Bashful Bob
Nobody's Sweetheart - McKenzie - Condon Chicagoans
Ain't got Nobody to Grind My Coffee - Clara Smith
Itching Heel - Irene Scruggs
Decatur Street Tutti - Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces
Terrible Blues - Red Onion Jazz Babies featuring Louis Armstrong
Yellowdog Blues - Bessie Smith
Commentary
Yes, We have no Bananas Today - Sam Lanin and Orchestra
Oh Sister - Fletcher Henderson and Orchestra
Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey
Some Cold Rainy Day - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
Crooning the Blues - Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces
Commentary
Tain't Nobody's Business if I Do - Bessie Smith
Home Again Blues - Original Dixieland jazz band
Evil Minded Blues - Virginia Liston
Daddy Good-bye Blues - Ma Rainey
Royal garden Blues - Bix Beiderbecke
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - The Cotton Pickers
Commentary
Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson
Pratt City Blues - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Close Fit Blues - Clarence Williams
My Daddy Rocks Me - Trixie Smith
Barefoot Blues - Eva Taylor
Hey hey Daddy Blues - Blind Blake
Commentary
Take me to the River - Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces
I'm a Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Thomas
lady Luck Blues - Mamie Smith with Sidney Bechet
Any Woman's Blues - Ida Cox
Papa De-Da-Da - Clarence Williams' Blue Five
A Good man is Hard to Find - Bessie Smith
Commentary
It's Tight Like That - Clara Smith
I ain't gonna Play no Second Fiddle - Virginia Liston
You can't Tell the Difference in the Dark - Alberta Hunter
Commentary
I'm Alone because I Love You - Sweet Emma and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Commentary
Trouble in Mind - Bertha "Chippie" Hill with Richard Jones on piano and Louis Armstrong on Cornet