Legends Mix

Reviewers and critics can be very sour and today I'll tell you an example of this. The reviewer in Billboard complains of lack of originality in the blues of Joe Turner, but with singing the blues he always did, he managed to become a teenage idol as a middle aged man, in a time when Rock 'n Roll had pushed all blues shouters out of work.

There's more - like a cripple tap dancer, an acoustical guitar duet and the man who had both Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong in his band, has Hannah Johnson's Big Jack Ass for sale. Really.

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Playlist

Margaret Johnson - When a 'Gator Hollers Folks Say It's a Sign of Rain
Clarence Williams - For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Big Jack Ass)
Cab Calloway - Creole Love Song (Creole Love Call)
Lovin' Sam Theard - That's Chicago's South Side
Blind Teddy Darby - Low Mellow
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn - Bull Frog Moan
Cripple Clarence Lofton - Lofty Blues
Richard & Welly Trice - Come On In Here Mama
Meade Lux Lewis - Far Ago Blues
Monette Moore & the Sam Price Trio - Another Woman's Man
Doc Wheeler And His Sunset Orchestra - How 'Bout That Mess
Joe Turner - Boogie Woogie Baby
T.J. Fowler - T.J. Boogie
King Porter feat. Alton Redd - Should Have Rationed Myself
Johnny Otis - Helpless
Wild Bill Moore - Blues at Dawn

Outtro:

Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

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

Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
Georgia Washboard Stompers - Farewell Blues
Harlem Hamfats - Growling Dog
Hen Gates & his Gaters - Moondog Rock
King Brady's Clarinet Band - Embarressement Blues (Sidewalk Blues)
Lil Armstrong & her Dixielanders - Riffin' The Blues
Lloyd Glenn - Chocolat Drop