Bluebird Mix, 1940

Today's selection comes from the Bluebird label, some releases from 1940. It's good for some real juicy stories - there's Sindey Bechet and Lead Belly, both got in trouble with the law more than once. For that, Lead Belly even made it to a three-page article in Life magazine, complete with a full-page color picture - pretty rare in 1937.

But also Alberta Hunter makes for a nice bio - and some wonderful Youtube-clips of the elderly lady doing some of the dirty blues. As I read in one of her biographies: at her old age, she doesn't belt the blues, she insinuates them.

Transcript

Playlist

1. Sidney Bechet - Sidney's Blues
2. Bo Carter - My Little Mind
3. Jelly Roll Morton - Georgia Swing
4. Cats & The Fiddle - Hep Cat's Holiday
5. Lil Green - Romance In The Dark
6. Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway
7. Lonnie Johnson - Get Yourself Together
8. Walter Davis - If It Hadn't Been For You
9. Alberta Hunter - My Castle's Rockin'
10. Tommy McClennan - My Baby's Doggin' Me
11. Johnny Dodds - Bucktown Stomp
12. Leadbelly - Alberta
13. Washboard Sam - I'm Going To St. Louis
14. Tampa Red - What Am I Going To Do
15. Sonny Boy Williamson I - I Been Dealing With The Devil
16. Florida Kid - Hitler Blues

Outtro:

• Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

• Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
• Sidney Bechet - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
• Bennie Goodman - Farewell Blues
• Earl Hines - Easy Rhythm
• Fats Waller - Scram