Them Dirty Blues (1930s)

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A HOWARD MELTON PRODUCTION

RECORD ONE: SIDE A

1. "Bring On Home To Grandma" played and sung by THE MISSISSIPPI MUD MASHERS, vocal quintet accompanied by their own guitar; New Orleans, 21 January 1935.

2. "(GOOD MORNIN' SUSIE) I'M GONNA BEAT YOUR BREAD" sung and played by LEE GREEN (Pork Chop), possibly accompanied by John Estes or Charlie Pickett (guitar) and Hammie Nixon (jug); New fork. 3 August 1937.

8. "KEEP IT TO YOURSELF" sung by LONNIE JOHNSON and SPENCER WILLIAMS, accompanied by James P, Johnson (piano), Lonnie Johnson (piano); New York. 7 February 1930.

4. "WORN OUT ENGINE BLUES" played and sung by BLIND BOY FULLER (real name: Fulton Allen), accompanied by his own guitar; New York, 5 March 1940.

5. "SHE DONE SOLD IT OUT" sung and played by THE MEMPHIS JUG BAND: Will Shade, (guitar and vocal), Charlie Pierce (violin), Jab Jones (jug), Charlie Burse (guitar and vocal); Chicago, 7 November 1934.

6.   "BIG LEG MAMA (John Russell Blues)" sung and played by KOKOMO ARNOLD, accompanied by his own guitar; Chicago, 11 September 1935.

7.   "DADDY, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING" sung by MARY DIXON, accompanied by Ed Allen (cornet) and J.C. Johnson (piano); New York, 20 March 1929.

8.   "TAKE A PRO" played and sung by Unidentified Armed Forces Radio Orchestra. A special Army record made to encourage soldiers to use contraceptives and avoid venereal diseases; Circa 1942-45.

 

RECORD ONE: SIDE B

1. "YAS YAS YAS No. 1" sung by JIMMY STRANGE, THE YAS YAS MAN, accompanied by Randolph Scott (trumpet), unknown (alto sax) Dorothy Scott (piano), unknown (guitar), unknown (drums); Chicago, 30 September 1936.

8. "THE HOTTEST STUFF IN TOWN" sung by BOB HOWE and FRANKIE GRIGGS, accompanied by their own pianos; Chicago, 27 March 1935.

3.   "EVERY MORNING BLUES" played and sung by WALTER ROLAND, accompanied by his own piano; New York, 2 August 1934.

4.   "RAM ROD BLUES" played and sung by THE MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS: Walter Vincson (guitar and vocal), accompanied by Lonnie Chatman (violin); Jackson, Mississippi, 19 December 1930.

5.   "ASH CAN BLUES" played and sung by BOB CLIFFOBD.

6.   "CAUGHT US DOING IT" played and sung by THE HOKUM BOYS: Casey Bill Weldon (vocal and guitar), Big Bill Broonzy (guitar), Bill Settles (bass), Teddy Edwards (talking); Chicago, 16 December 1935.

7.   "BLUE BLOOMER BLUES" sung and played by WHISTLIN' ALEX MOOBE, accompanied by his own piano and Blind Norris (guitar); Dallas, Texas, 6 December 1929,

8.   "MISTER MARY BLUES" sung by SPEEDY HOLMES (real name: Al Miller), accompanied by his own guitar; Richmond, Indiana, 12 February 1929.

 

RECORD TWO: SIDE C

1, "WET IT!" sung by FRANKIE HALF PINT JAKON, accompanied by THE HARLEM HAMFATS: Herb Morand (trumpet), Odell Rand (clarinet), Horace Malcolm (piano), Joe McCoy (guitar), Charlie McCoy (guitar and mandolin), Ransom Knowling (bass), Pearlis Williams (drums); Chicago, 12 March 1937.

8, "I WANT SOME OF YOUR PIE" sung and played by BLIND BOY FULLER (real name: Fulton Allen), accompanied bY his own guitar, Bull City Red (washboard), Sonny Terry (harmonica); Memphis, Tennessee, 12 July 1939.

3. "YOU CAN'T SLEEP IN MY BED" sung by MARY DIXON, accompanied by Ed Allen (cornet), and J.G. Johnson (piano); New York, 20 March 1929.

4. "MESSIN' AROUND" played and sung by BUD JACKSON'S SWANNEE SERENADERS, actually FESS WILLIAMS.

5. "THE COLDEST STUFF IN TOWN" sung by WHISTLING BOB HOWE and FRANKIE GRIGGS, accompanied by their own piano; Chicago, 28 February 1935.

6.   "SOMEBODY'S BEEN USING THAT THING" sung by HOLMES AND HOWARD, actually Al Miller and Mystery Rogers, accompanied by Miller on guitar; Richmond, Indiana, 12 February 1929.

7.   "SHE REALLY MEANT TO KEEP IT" sung and played by JOHNNY MESSNER AND HIS ORCHESTRA.

8.   "EMPTY BED BLUES, Part one" sung by BESSIE SMITH, accompanied by Charlie Green (trombone), and Porter Grainger (piano); New York, 20 March 1928.

 

RECORD TWO: SIDE D

1.   "EMPTY BED BLUES, Part Two" sung by BESSIE SMITH, for details see Side C, Track 8.

2.   "BIG MAMA" played and sung by WALTER ROLAND, accompanied by his own piano; New York, 2 August 1934.

3.   "LOOSE LIKE THAT" played and sung by SHE MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS: Walter Vincson (guitar, vocal and talking), Lonnie Chatman (violin), Bo Chatman (talking); Jackson, Mississippi, 15 December 1930.

4.   "ONCE OB TWICE" sung by LONNIE JOHNSON and SPENCER WILLIAMS, accompanied by James P. Johnson (piano), Lonnie Johnson (guitar), Spencer Williams (scraper); New York, 8 January 1930.

5.   "SHAKE IT, BABY" played and sung by BLIND BOY FULLER (real name: Fulton Allen), with Oh Bed (washboard); New York, 5 March 1940.

6.   "I CAN'T USE THAT THING" played and sung by CONNIE McCLEAN'S RHYTHM BOYS: Connie McClean (vocal, clarinet, alto sax), Chubby Wright (trumpet), Bay Durant (piano), Ludowic Brown, (guitar), Alfred Hill (bass), Alex Miller (drums); April 1936.

7.   "SHE REALLY MEANT TO KEEP IT" sung and played by JOHNNY MESSNER AND HIS ORCHESTRA.

8.   "TRICKS AIN'T WALKIN'" played and sung by JIMMY BUSHING, accompanied by his own piano; Live broadcast, San Francisco, 1963-64.

 

RECORD THREE: SIDE E

1. "SOMEBODY'S BEEN USING THAT THING No. 2" sung and played by SHE HOKUM BOYS: Bob Robinson (vocal and banjo), Jimmy Blythe (piano), unknown (guitar); Grafton Wisconsin, circa October, 1939.

2. "SHAVE 'EM DRY" sung and played by PAPA CHARLIE JACKSON, accompanied by his own banjo; Chicago, circa February, 1925.

3. "SISSY MAN" sung by PINEWOOD TOM (real name: Josh White), accompanied by Walter Roland (piano); New York, 15 March 1935.

4. "SISSY BLUES" sung by MA RAINEY, accompanied by HER GEORGIA BAND: Homer Hobson

(cornet), Albert Wynn (trombone), Tom Brown (clarinet and alto saxophone), Doc Cheatham (soprano saxophone), unknown (musical saw), Lil Henderson (piano), Rip Bassett (banjo), Ben Thigpen (drums); Chicago, circa June, 1928.

5. "TWO OLD MAIDS IN A FOLDING BED" sung by MONETTE MOORE, accompanied by her SWING SHOP BOYS: unknown (trumpet), Sammy Price (piano), unknown (guitar, bass, drums); New York, 19 February 1936.

6. "ROLLIN MAMA BLUES" sung by RUBY GLAZE and HOT SHOT WILLIE (Blind Willie McTell), accompanied by their own guitars; Atlanta, 31 October 1931.

?. "WINDY CITY BLUES" sung by RUTH LADSON, accompanied by THREE SHADOWS: unknown (piano, guitar and bass); Chicago, 30 June 1941.

8, "STEW MEAT BLUES" sung by LUCILLE BOGAN, accompanied by Walter Roland (piano); New York, 8 March 1935.

 

RECORD THREE: SIDE F

1.   "TOOTHACHE BLUES" sung by VICTORIA SPIVEY and LONNIE JOHNSON, accompanied by Johnson's percussion and Clarence Williams (piano); New York, 17 October 1928.

2.   "ANYBODY HERE WANT TO TRY MY CABBAGE?" sung by MAGGIE JONES, accompanied by LOUIS ARMSTRONG (cornet), and FLETCHER HENDERSON (piano); New York, 10 December 1924.

8. "TAKE YO0R HAND OFF IT" sung by LIL JOHNSON, accompanied by unknown (clarinet, piano), Fred Williams (drums); Chicago, 29 June 1937.

4. "I'M GONNA KEEP MY HAIR PARTED" sung and played by WASHBOARD SAM AND HIS WASHBOARD BAND: Black Bob (piano), unknown (bass), Big Bill Broonzy (guitar), Washboard Sam (washboard and vocal); Aurora, Illinois, 16 June 1938.

5. "I'M A MIGHTY TIGHT WOMAN" sung by SIPPIE WALLACE, accompanied by her own piano and unknown (cornet); Chicago, SO November 1928.

6.   "GAS MAN BLUES" sung by MAS GLOVER, accompanied by John Byrd (guitar); Richmond, Indiana, 29 July 1929.

7.   "BLACK SNAKE BLUES" sung by VICTORIA SPIVEY, accompanied by her own piano; St. Louis Missouri, 11 May 1926.

8.   "I GOT WHAT IT TAKES" sung by BLANCH CALLOWAY, accompanied by HER JOY BOYS: Henry Mason, Edgar Battle, Clarence Smith (trumpets), Alton Moore (trombone), Ernest Purce, Leroy Hardy, Charles Frazier (reeds), Clyde Hart (piano), Andy Jackson (banjo), Joe Durham (brass bass), Cozy Cole (drums); 1931.

 

RECORD FOUR: SIDE G

1. "THE CANDY MAN" sung by ROSETTA HOWARD, accompanied by THE HARLEM HAMFATS:  Herb Morand (trumpet), Odell Band (clarinet), Horace Malcolm (piano), Joe McCoy (guitar), Charlie McCoy (guitar and/or mandolin), John Lindsay (bass), Fred Flynn (drums); Chicago, 1938.

2. "TIRED AS I CAN BE" sung by BESSIE JACKSON (real name Lucille Bogan), accompanied by Bob Campbell and Walter Roland (guitars); New York, 1934.

3.  "YOU'VE GOT TO SAVE THAT THING" sung by ORA ALEXANDER, accompanied by unknown piano and banjo; New York, 1931.

4.   "ANTS IN MY PANTS" sung by BO CARTER (real name: Bo Chatman), accompanying himself on guitar; New York, 1931.

5.   "DON'T TEAR MY CLOTHES' sung and played by THE CHICAGO BLACK SWANS.

6.   "MY BABY (SQUEEZE ME AGAIN)'' sung by LIL JOHNSON, accompanied by unknown (trumpet), Black Bob (piano), unknown (basses); Chicago, 1937.

7.   "SHE SHOWED IT ALL" sung by NAPOLEON FLETCHER, accompanied by Roosevelt Sykes (piano); Chicago, 1933.

8.   "HONEY, YOU'RE SO GOOD TO ME" sung by LIL JOHNSON, accompanied by Black Bob (piano), Big Bill Broonzy (guitar), unknown (bass): Chicago, 1936.

 

RECORD FOUR: SIDE H

1 "YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THAT THING" sung and played by THE DALLAS JUG BAND.

2. "IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME WHAT I WANT" sung by LIL JOHNSON, accompanied by MR. SHEIKS (real name: Alfred Bell) (piano), probably Black Bob, (piano), Big Bill Broonzy, (guitar), unknown (bass); Chicago, 1936."

3. "PLEASE WARM MY WEINER" sung by BO CARTER (real name: Bo Chatman), accompanied by his own guitar; Hew Orleans, 1935.

4.. "TRY AND GET IT" sung by BEA FOOTE, accompanied by Charlie Shavers (trumpet), J.C. Higginbotham (trombone), unknown clarinet, piano, bass and drums; New York, 1938.

3. "GRINDING MILL" sung by JOHNNY TEMPLE, accompanied by Sammy Price (piano), Teddy Bunn (guitar), unknown (bass); Chicago, 1939.

6.   "IF YOU SEE MY ROOSTER" sung by MEMPHIS MINNIE, accompanied by her own guitar and Black Bob (piano), unknown bass and woodblocks; Chicago, 1936.

7.  "I DON'T WANT NO SKINNY WOMAN" sung by BLIND BOY FULLER, accompanied by his own guitar and Sonny Terry (harmonica), Oh Red (washboard); Hew York, 1940.

8.   "TAKE IT EASY, GREASY" sung by LIL JOHNSON, accompanied by Black Bob (piano), and unknown (bass); Chicago, 1936.

 

RECORD FIVE: SIDE I

1, "GET 'EM FROM THE PEANUT MAN (HOT HUTS)"  sung by GEORGIA WHITE, accompanied by her own piano; New York, 1936

2. "SOUTHERN CAN MAMA' sung and played by BLIND WILLIE and PARTNER; Blind Willie McTell (vocal and guitar), Curley Weaver (guitar); New York, 1933.

3. "LET ME PAT THAT THING" sung and played by THE HOKUM BOYS; Bob Robinson (clarinet), Jimmy Blythe (piano and vocal), Bob Alexander (guitar and vocal); Richmond, 1929.

4. "MY HANDY MAN" sung by ETHEL WATERS, accompanied by James P. Johnson (piano); New York, 1929.

6. "SIX OR SEVEN TIMES" sung and played by THE CHOCOLATE BANDIES: Rex Stewart (cornet), Leonard Davis (trumpet), J.C. Higginbotham (trombone), Don Redman, Benny Garter (clarinet, alto sax, vocals), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Fats Waller (piano), Gyrus St. Clair (tuba), George Stafford (drums); New York, 1929.

6.   "THE DUCK'S YAS-YAS-YAS" sung by JAMES "STUMP" JOHNSON, accompanied by ALEX HILL (piano); Chicago, 1929.

7.   "MY HANDY MAN AIN'T HANDY NO MORE" sung by MISS EDITH WILSON, accompanied by unknown orchestra (cornet, reeds, violin, piano, guitar, bass); New York, 1930.

8.   "I WONDER WHO'S BOOGIEIN' MY WOOGIE NOW" sung and played by OSCAR'S CHICAGO SWINGERS:: Sam Theard (vocal), unknown (trumpet and alto), John Oscar, (piano), unknown (bass and drums); Chicago, 1936.

 

 

RECORD FIVE: SIDE J

1. "WHAT'S THAT SMELLS LIKE FISH?" sung and played by BLIND BOY FULLER (guitar and vocal), Bull City Red (washboard); Columbia, South Carolina, 1938.

8. "HOW DO THEY DO IT THAT WAY?" sung by VICTORIA SPIVEY, accompanied by RED ALLEN AND HIS HEW YORK ORCHESTRA: Henry Red Allen, Jr. (trumpet), J.C. Higginbotham (trombone), Albert Nicholas (clarinet), Charlie Holmes (alto), Teddy Hill (tenor), Luis Russell (piano), Will Johnson (guitar), Pops Foster (bass), Paul Barbarin (drums); New York, 1929.

S. "PAPA'S GOT YOUR WATER OH" sung and played by THE MEMPHIS JUG BAND: Will Shade (harmonica and vocal), Ben Ramey (kazoo), Charlie Burse (guitar), Hambone Lewis (jug), Hattie Hart and Charlie Nickerson (vocals); Memphis, 1935.

4. "HONEY DRIPPER BLUES" sung by HATTIE NORTH (real name: Edith North Johnson), accompanied by ROOSEVELT SYKES (piano); Kansas City, 1938.

5.   "ALL AROUND MAN" sung and played by BO CARTER (real name: Bo Chatman), accompanied by his own guitar; New Orleans, 1936.

6.   "(Easy Rider) I WONDER WHERE MY EASY RIDER'S GONE" played by TAMPA RED AND HIS HOKUM JUG BAND: Thomas A. Dorsey (piano), Tampa Red (guitar), Jasper Taylor (washboard), Frankie Jaxon (vocal); Chicago, 1929.

7.   "UNCLE NED, DON'T USE YOUR HEAD" (AKA: "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You!") sung and played by LONNIE JOHNSON, accompanied by his own guitar; NewYork, 1931.

8.   "I'M WILD ABOUT THAT THING" sung by BESSIE SMITH, accompanied by Clarence Williams (piano), and Eddie Lang (guitar); New York, 1928.

Compiled by: JOE LAURO
Associate Compilation Team: H. MELTON, SR., PHIL MORRELL, DOUG POMEROY
Digital Audio Restoration by: DOUG POMEROY


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