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The Legends of the Rocking Dutchman - episode 250

The birth of Decca 7000

This is show number 250 and I could have done some show to celebrate that quarter of a thousand, looking back at nearly five years of Legends of the Rocking Dutchman. Instead, I chose to revive a subject I done quite a few shows on - spelling out the catalog of the Decca 7000 'Race' series. I've done such shows starting in 1940 - but there's been six years more of the label.

So here is the birth of that legendary series. It comes with some information on the Decca company and its producer J. Mayo Williams, and of course great music.

Transcript

Playlist

  1. Alabama Jug Band - Ida Sweet As Apple Cider (Decca 7000)
  2. Alabama Jug Band - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (7001)
  3. Georgia Washboard Stompers - Everybody Loves My Baby (7002)
  4. Georgia Washboard Stompers - Who Stole The Lock (7004)
  5. Georgia Washboard Stompers - After You've Gone (7006)
  6. Peetie Wheatstraw - Doin' The Best I Can (7007)
  7. Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - Someday I'll Be In The Clay (7008)
  8. Joe McCoy - Meat cutter blues (7009)
  9. Willie 'Poor Boy' Lofton - Poor Boy Blues (7010)
  10. Roosevelt Sykes - Ethel Mae Blues (7011)
  11. Mary Johnson - Those Black Man Blues (7012)
  12. Barrelhouse Buck McFarland - Lamp Post Blues (7013)
  13. Mary Johnson - Deceitful Woman Blues (7014)
  14. Charley Jordan - It Ain't Clean (7015)
  15. Lee Green - Number 44 Blues (7016)
  16. St. Louis Jimmy - Pipe Layin' Blues (7017)

Outtro:

  • Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
The following music served as background music during the spoken parts:
  • Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
  • Chick Webb - Blue minor
  • Earl 'Fatha' Hines - Angry
  • Fletcher Henderson - Limehouse Blues
  • Fletcher Henderson - Memphis Blues
  • Jimmie Lunceford - Mood Indigo