Viper Mad Blues (1930s)

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• Various Artists
  • Viper Mad Blues: 25 Songs of Dope & Depravity 
    • Kickin' the Gong Around - Cab Calloway  Time: 2:45
    • Dope Head Blues - Lonnie Johnson / Victoria Spivey  Time: 2:36
    • Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band  Time: 2:15
    • Pipe Dream Blues - Hazel Meyers  Time: 2:33
    • Smoking Reefers - Larry Adler  Time: 2:27
    • Take a Whiff on Me - Leadbelly  Time: 2:24
    • Killin' Jive - The Cats & the Fiddle  Time: 2:18
    • You'se a Viper - Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys  Time: 2:37
    • The Stuff Is Here and It's Mellow - Cleo Brown  Time: 2:12
    • Reefer Man - Baron Lee & the Blue Rhythm Band  Time: 2:16
    • The Onyx Hop - Frankie Newton  Time: 2:13
    • Knockin' Myself Out - Lillian "Lil" Green  Time: 2:24
    • Junker Blues - Champion Jack Dupree  Time: 2:10
    • Reefer Hound Blues - Curtis Jones  Time: 2:13
    • The Reefer Song - Fats Waller  Time: 2:18
    • I'm Feelin' High and Happy - Gene Krupa  Time: 2:11
    • When I Get Low I Get High - Chick Webb & His Orchestra / Ella Fitzgerald  Time: 2:00
    • Ol' Man River (Smoke a Little Tea) - Cootie Williams  Time: 2:16
    • Blue Reefer Blues - Richard M. Jones  Time: 2:22
    • Cocaine - Jusitce, Dick  Time: 2:28
    • Reefer Head Woman - Jazz Gillum And His Jazz Boys  Time: 2:26
    • Willie the Weeper - Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon  Time: 1:54
    • Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan  Time: 2:35
    • Blue Rag - Freddy Taylor  Time: 2:25
    • A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant & His Orchestra  Time: 2:41

Viper Mad Blues

1. Kickin' the gong around (3:25) cab calloway & his cotton club orchestra: Calloway (vcl) directing: Doc Cheatham, Edwin Swayzee, Lamar Wright (tp); DePriest Wheeler, Harry White (tb); Eddie Barefield, Andrew Brown, Arvile Harris, Walter Thomas (reeds); Benny Paine (p); Roy Smeck (g); Al Morgan (b); Leroy Maxie (d); 1933.
    
2. Dope head blues (3:14) victoria spivey(vcl); and lonnie johnson (g); 1927.
    
3. Cocaine habit blues (1:48) the memphis jug band: Will Slade (hca, g, vcl); Ben Ramey (kazoo, vcl); Charlie Burse (g); Hambone Lewis (jug); unknown banjo; Charlie Nickerson (vcl); 1930.
    
4. Pipe dream blues (3:10) hazel meyers (vcl); accompanied by Howard Scott (cor); Fletcher Henderson (p).
    
5. Smoking reefers (3:04) larry adler (hca vcl); 1938.
    
6. Take a Whiff On me (1:58) leadbelly: (Huddie Ledbetter) (vcl, g); 1934.
    
7. Killin' jive (2:51) the cats & the fiddle: Austin Powell, Jimmy Henderson (g); Ernie Price (uke); Chuck Barksdale (b); 1939.
    
8. You'se a viper (3:14) stuff smith & his onyx Club boys: Smith (vcl,vln) directing: Jonah Jones (tp); James Sherman (p); Bobby Bennett (g); Cozy Cole (d); 1936.
    
9. The stuff is here and it's mellow (1:43) Cleo brown (p, vcl) accompanied by Perry Botkin, Sr. (g); Artie Bernstein (b); Gene Krupa (d); 1935.
    
10. Reefer man (1:40) baron lee & the blue rhythm band: Shelton Hemphill, Ed Anderson, Wardell Jones (tp); Henry Hicks, George Washington (tb); Joe Garland, Gene Mikell, Crawford Wethington (reeds); Edgar Hayes (p); Benny James (g); Hayes Alvis (b); O'Neil Spencer (d); Chick Bullock and members of the ensemble (vcl); 1932.
     
11. The Onyx hop (1:46) frankie newton & his uptown serenaders: Newton (tp, vcl) directing: Edmond Hall (cl); Pete Brown ( as, vcl); Gene Johnson (as); Cecil Scott (ts); Don Frye (p); Frank Rice (g); O'Neil Spencer (d); Leon LaFell (vcl); 1937.
     
12. knockin' myself out (2:58) Lil green accompanied by Simon Henry (p); Big Bill Broonzy (g); Ramson Knowling (b); 1941.
     
13. Junker's blues (2:41) champion jack dupree (p, vcl) with Wilson Swain (b); 1940.
     
14. Reefer hound blues (2:44) curtis Jones (p, vcl) accompanied by unknown electric guitar and drums; 1938.
     
15. The reefer song (2:52) fats waller (p, vcl); 1943.
     
16. I'm Feelin' High and Happy (2:42) (The Do-Do Bird's Theme from "Porky In Wackyland") gene krupa & his orchestra: Krupa (d) directing: Tom DiCarlo, Tom Gonsoulin, Dave Schultze (tp); Charles McCamish, Bruce Squires (tb); Murray Williams, George Siravo, Vido Musso, Carl Biesacker (reeds); Milton Raskin (p); Ray Biondi (g); Horace Rollins (b); Helen Ward (vcl); 1938.
     
17. When I get low, I get High (2:26) Ella fitzgerald with chick webb & his orchestra: Chick Webb (d) directing: Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp); Sandy Williams, Claude Jones (tb); Pete Clark, Edgar Sampson. Elmer Williams, Wayman Carver (reeds); Joe Steele (p); John Truehart (g); Bill Thomas (b); April 1936.
     
18. Ol' man river (smoke a little tea) (1:48) cootie Williams & his rug cutters: Cootie Williams (tp); Joe Nanton (tb); Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney (reeds); Duke Ellington (p); Billy Taylor (b); Sonny Greer (d); Jerry Kruger (vcl); April 1938.
     
19. blue reefer blues (2:55) richard m. Jones & his jazz wizards: Eddie McLaughlin, Jimmy McLeary, Luther Henderson (tp); Edward Saint (tb); John Davis, John McCullin, ?? Heard (reeds); George Reynolds (p); Huey Long (g); Bob Frazier (b); Eddie Green (d); 1935.
20. Cocaine (3:01) dick justice (vcl).
     
21. reefer head woman (3:00) jazz gillum & his jazz boys: Big Bill Broonzy (g); George Barnes (elec g); unknown (b); Washboard Sam (wbd); 1938.
22. Willie the Weeper (l:10) frankie "half-pint" jaxon accompanied by Blanche Smith Walton (p); 1927.
23. Cocaine blues (3:12) luke jordan; 1927.
     
24. Blue Drag (3:00) freddy taylor & his swing men from harlem: Freddy Taylor (tp, vcl) directing: Charlie Johnson (tp); Chester Lanier, Fletcher Allen (reeds); John Ferrier (p); Oscar Aleman (g); Eugene d'Hellemmes or Joe Riesta (b); William Diemer (d); Paris, March 1935.
     
25. A Viper's Moan (3:13) Willie bryant & his orchestra: Robert Cheek, Richard Clark, Edgar Battle (tp); John Haughton, Robert Horton, George Matthews (tb); Glyn Paque, Stanley Payne, Johnny Russell (reeds); Teddy Wilson (p); Arnold Adams (g); Louis Thompson (b); Cozy Cole (d); Willie Bryant (vcl); January 4, 1935.

cover design Jennifer Schaffer
MOJO RECORDS, 1996

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