Show 200
The 200th show for today, a good reason to look back at nearly four years of Legends of the Rocking Dutchman, and the many topics that went by. Like the many record label specials I did, some on the obscurest labels, and of course my complete sets on the Decca 7000 series, that I just finished last show, and the many times I mentioned its manager, J. Mayo Williams.
Among the many stories I told, some are seldomly heard. Like the origins of boogie woogie, that I did a special on just a few weeks ago, or the great work of the Red Saunders Research Foundation. Thanks to their groundbreaking research the post-war Chicago Rhythm & Blues scene is extensively documented.
I debunked the myth of Robert Johnson's pact with the devil, and that Bea Booze just was a stage name. It would have been a great artist's moniker, but Booze was her real name.
That for today, and the man, who taught the world that African American culture was cool, Cab Calloway - in pyjamas.
Playlist
- Cousin Ida - A Rough And Ready Man
- Blind Richard Yates - I'm Gonna Moan My Blues Away
- Ma Rainey - Rough and Tumble Blues
- Bertha Chippie Hill - Hangman Blues
- Bumble Bee Slim - Sail On Sail On
- Lee Brown - My Little Girl Blues
- Louis Jordan - Do You Call That a Buddy
- B.B. King - She's A Mean Woman
- Kitty Stevenson - Blues By Myself
- Red Saunders - Hambone
- T-Bone Walker - Sail On Boogie
- Cab Calloway - Harlem Camp Meeting
- June Richmond - Mr. Jackson From Jacksonville
- Earl Hines - Straight Life
- Cab Calloway - Aw You Dawg
- Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie Dream
Outtro:
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- Al 'Cake' Wichard Sextette - Piece Of Cake
- Cab Calloway - A Minor Breakdown (Rustle of Swing)
- King Brady's Clarinet Band - Embarressement Blues (Sidewalk Blues)
- Sonny Thompson- Backyard Affair
- Todd Rhodes - Blue Sensation
- Washboard Rhythm Kings - Bug-A-Boo