The Legends of the Rocking Dutchman - episode 249
Uncle Sam's Got My Man
Today I bring you back to the first half of the forties, when the blues got a new subject to sing about - the war. From outright bravery and patriottism to the invonveniences of the rationing of sugar and liquor, from the women left behind with heartbreak while their men went to war, to their return, finding out that the spirit of America had changed. And a story easily forgotten, how Jim Crow ruled in the armed forces.
In the meanwhile the American Federation of Musicians declared their own war against the music industry. I'll dedicate a few words on that war too.
Playlist
- Doctor Clayton - '41 Blues
- Florida Kid - Hitler Blues
- Clarence Williams - Uncle Sammy, Here I Am
- Cootie Williams - Gotta Do Some War Work
- Louis Jordan - G.I. Jive
- Sonny Boy Williamson I - Win The War Blues
- Josh White - Uncle Sam Says
- Bea Booze - Uncle Sam Come And Get Him
- Etta Jones - Evil Gal Blues
- Buddy Johnson feat. Ella Johnson - When my man comes home
- Hot Lips Page - Uncle Sam Blues
- Louis Jordan - Ration Blues
- Bea Booze - War Rationin' Papa
- Nat King Cole - D-Day
- Jay McShann - Shipyard Woman Blues
- James 'Beale Street' Clark - Get Ready To Meet Your Man
Outtro:
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- Cootie Williams - Echoes of Harlem
- Count Basie - Sugar Blues
- Deryck Sampson - The Steady Time Special
- Duke Ellington - Carnegie Blues
- Lucky Millinder - Apollo Jump