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The Legends of the Rocking Dutchman - episode 140

The Parrot label

Today's show is somewhat of a request of a friend of me, a man who lived in Chicago in the early fifties and he used to visit the clubs on the South Side of Chicago, such as the famous DeLisa. He asked me to help him acquire some music related to his old friend and DJ Al Benson for his own radio show that he does every Sunday on WSLR of Sarasota, FL.

I turned this request into a radio show on Al Benson's record label, Parrot, and that gives a nice insight in the Chicago Rhythm & Blues scene; and information is easy to find, thanks to the groundbreaking research work of the Red Saunders Research Foundation.

Transcript

Playlist

  1. Willie Mabon - I Don't Know (Parrot 1050)
  2. Parrots - Weep Weep Weep (772)
  3. Mabel Scott - Mr. Fine (780)
  4. Chocolateers - Bartender Blues (781)
  5. Curtis Jones - Cool Playing Blues (782)
  6. Coleman Hawkins - I'll Follow My Sacred Heart (784)
  7. Play Boy Thomas - No Doubt About It (785)
  8. Marvin Phillips - Salty Dog (786)
  9. Lowell Fulson - Jukebox Shuffle (787)
  10. Jo Jo Adams - Rebecca (788)
  11. Rockettes - Love Nobody (789)
  12. Ernest Lewis - West Coast Blues (791)
  13. Paul Bascomb - Jan (792)
  14. Pelicans - White Cliffs Of Dover (793)
  15. Mabel Scott - Do The Thing (794)
  16. Marvin Phillips - Honey Baby (795)

Outtro:

  • Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
The following music served as background music during the spoken parts:
  • Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
  • Coleman Hawkins - I'll See You Later (Parrot 783)
  • Lonnie Simmons Quartet - I Can't Get Started (790)
  • Herbie Fields - I Love You (806)
  • Herbie Fields - Mr. Jump (806)