Very Special Old Blues

This week a selection of blues that got a special place in my heart - my own elite of the blues, my Very Special Old Blues. It's this music that make me realize why I got hooked to the blues from an era way before I was born. It's some of the music that I play over and over again, that get me the chills on my spine. I sincerely hope, listeners, that it will do that to you too.

Transcript

Playlist

Blind Richard Yates - I'm Gonna Moan My Blues Away
Mozelle Alderson - Mozelle Blues
Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson - New Black Snake Blues
Freezone - Indian Squaw Blues
Mabel Robinson - You Don't Know My Mind
Sidney Bechet - Sidney's Blues
Trixie Smith - Trixie Blues
Savannah Churchill & Her All-Star Seven - Tell Me Your Blues
Jimmie Gordon - L & N Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Roll 'Em Pete
Buddy Johnson - Please Mr. Johnson
Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson w. Cootie Williams Orchestra - When My Baby Left Me
Saunders King - S.K. Blues
John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen
Lightnin' Hopkins - Katie Mae

Outtro:

Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

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

Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
Cab Calloway - A Minor Breakdown (Rustle of Swing)
Cootie Williams - Fly Right (Epistrophy)
Eddie Durham - Moten's Swing
Georgia Washboard Stompers - Farewell Blues
Gladys Palmer & the Floyd Hunt Quartette - Harlem Breakdown
Lil Armstrong & her Dixielanders - Riffin' The Blues