Legends Mix

Today's mixed bag of tunes brings us too many blues - at least that's what we start with. There are some nice contrasts in today's selection. Blues as they got popular and most people have them in their mind, versus dirty blues of the thirties. A banjo solo turning into a small-combo swing number. Bluesmen who lived in poverty and one who drove up from Memphis to Chicago with his pockets full of money. And one of the greatest on the saxophone - dishonorably discharged from the army.

Transcript

Playlist

Mabel Robinson - I've Got Too Many Blues
Lee Brown - Lock And Key Blues
George Crawford & The Four Blazes - Jack You Just Ain't Booted
Banjo Ikey Robinson - A Minor Stomp
Monte Easter - Monte's Blues
Memphis Slim - Life is Like That
Buddy Johnson - Mush Mouth
Margie Day - Mole In The Hole
Peppermint Harris - It's You Yes It's You
L.C. Williams - My Darkest Hours
Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' At Midnight
Lucille Bogan - B.D. Woman's Blues
Sunnyland Slim - Jivin' Boogie
Lester Young - Jammin' With Lester
Saunders King - Lazy Woman Blues
Earl Bostic - That's The Groovy Thing

Outtro:

Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

The following music served as background music during the spoken parts:

Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
Cab Calloway - A Smo-o-o-oth One
Count Basie - Jumping At the Woodside
Sonny Thompson - Blues Mambo
Sonny Thompson- Backyard Affair MP3