The Legends of the Rocking Dutchman - episode 158
Decca releases, 1940/41
My more regular listeners will know that every now and then I spell out the catalog of the Decca 7000 "Race" series. This series ran from 1934 to '42 and it showed off that Decca had become the leading label for African-American music.
And while the music isn't that hard to find - most of it has been re-released - it's mainly forgotten and seldomly played on radio anymore. Of course that's the main reason for me to bring these blues in the spotlights.Playlist
- Peetie Wheatstraw - Gangster's Blues (Decca 7815)
- Blind Teddy Darby - Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More (7816)
- Johnnie Temple - Bowleg Woman (7817)
- Bill Gaither - Wintertime Blues (7818)
- Georgia Pine Boy - One More Greasing (7822)
- Peetie Wheatstraw - What's That (7823)
- Big Joe Turner - Doggin' The Dog (7824)
- Johnnie Temple - Corrine Corrina (7825)
- Bill Gaither - Sweet Woman Blues (7826)
- Joe Turner - Careless Love (7827)
- Pigmeat Terry - Black Sheep Blues (7829)
- Al Miller - Juicy Mouth Shorty (7830)
- Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues (7832)
- Roosevelt Sykes - 47th Street Jive (7833)
- Cabineers - Lindy (7835)
- Yack Taylor - Knockin' Myself Out (7836)
- Peetie Wheatstraw - My Little Bit (7837)
Outtro:
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- Andy Kirk & Mary Lou Williams - Scratchin' in the Gravel
- Lil Armstrong & her Dixielanders - Riffin' The Blues
- Mary Lou Williams - Overhand
- Skeets Tolbert & His Gentlemen Of Swing - Jumpin' Jack
- Tiny Parham - Moving Day