Legends Mix

As usual in my Legends Mix shows, I have an allsorts of Rhythm & Blues and today one of the blues I play, brings the story of the jug bands, poor men's bands that used homemade instruments like the washboard, homemade banjos, bathtub bass, stovepipes and jugs - especially popular around Memphis in the twenties and thirties.

But also a the name of a now noted musician who had to adopt a Latin name in order to book a hotel room - for a black man in the forties still a challenge; a favorite of mine that I found out I never played on here; and of course the big names and the obscure - as always.

Transcript

Playlist

Wynonie Harris - Do It Again, Please
Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Home Boy
Effie Smith - Root-Lie-Voot
Babs Gonzales - House Rent Party
Zola Taylor - Make love to me
Vivian Greene - Bowlegged Boogie
Etta Jones - Blow Top Blues
Floyd Hunt Quartette - Harlem Breakdown
Freddie Hall - Knock Me Out
Four Blackamoors - Break It Up Charlie
Wingy Carpenter - Team Up
Clara Smith - It's Tight Like That
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Bring It With You When You Come
Arthur McKay & Roosevelt Sykes - She Squeezed My Lemon
Harlem Hamfats - Move Your Hand
Big Son Tillis - When I Come In This House Woman
Willie Mabon - Monday Woman

Outtro:

Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

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

Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
Al 'Cake' Wichard - Piece Of Cake
Cecil Gant - Rose Room
Kin Folks - Recipe
Lynn Hope - Tenderly
Maxwell Davis - Popsicle
Tiny Grimes - Jealousy