Legends Mix
Imagine you're on Chicago's South Side, at the famous Club DeLisa enjoying a whiskey and a top Rhythm & Blues act - and all of a sudden, in the midst of the singer's signature blues he breaks off - to start a gospel. I guess the band will have wondered what happened and chances are fair that the audience will have started booing. That happened somewhere in January of 1949 with Gatemouth Moore, soon to be the Rev. Gatemouth Moore. He suddenly decided to devote his talents to the Lord and to leave the blues behind.
There's always a legendary story or the most wonderful music on here - today I also tell you why vocal group the Four Vagabonds were such a great asset for RCA Victor, you'll get a heartwrenching goodie of Julia Lee and then there's the mother of a seven year old African-American president of the United States. Who said Barack Obama was the first?
Playlist
- Gatemouth Moore - Hey, Mr Gatemouth
- Jimmie Lunceford & the Delta Rhythm Boys - The Honeydripper
- Ink Spots - Swingin' On The Strings
- Orioles - See See Rider
- Four Vagabonds - Murder He Says
- Four Clefs - The Jive Is Jumpin
- St. Louis Jimmy - The Girl I Love
- Leadbelly - Don't You Love Your Daddy No More
- Ollie Shepard - Honey Bee (Let Me Be Your Honey Bee)
- Ethel Waters - I've Found a New Baby
- Florida Kid - Teena Girl Blues
- Jay McShann and his Orchestra - Hootie Blues
- Sonny Thompson - Sugar Cane
- Johnny Hodges - That's The Blues Old Man
- Julia Lee - I Was Wrong
- Joe Houston - Way Cross Mama
- Slim Tinsley - 606 Blues
Outtro:
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- Earl Bostic - Bostic's Jump
- Eddie Chamblee - All Out
- Jay McShann - Swingmatism
- Plas Johnson - Downstairs
- Sidney Bechet - I've Found A New Babe