The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The program will delve into blues roots from the World War II years and feature blues and blues/jazz recordings made from late 1941 to early 1945. From one of Muddy Waters' early Library of Congress recordings on Stovall's Plantation, country artists like Sleepy John Estes and Big Joe Williams to the big band sophistication of Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson with Cootie Williams Orchestra and Wynonie Harris with Lucky Millinder's Orchestra, the program will review the spectrum of blues-oriented music supported by the African-American communities across the U.S.A. during the war years.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 2/05/2017 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Jimmy | Going Down Slow | VA - The Secret History Of Rock & Roll: That's Chicago's South Side | BMG/RCA/Bluebird | Nov. 1941 Bluebird recording self-penned by Jimmy Oden backed by pianist Roosevelt Sykes; it became a blues standard. |
| Sleepy John Estes | Working Man Blues | Sleepy John Estes - Jailhouse Blues | Past Perfect | Sept. 1941 Decca recording by singer/guitarist Estes with the Delta Boys |
| Julia Lee with Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers | Trouble In Mind | VA - Kansas City Blues 1944-49 | Capitol Blues Collection 3 cd set | Nov. 1944 Capitol rec. by singer/pianist Julia Lee, a version of the Richard M. Jones standard; septet backing incl. McShann (p), Walter Page (b), Baby Lovett (d). |
| (Aaron) T-Bone Walker with Freddie Slack Trio | Mean Old World | VA - Electric Guitar Story 1935/1945 | EPM Jazz Archives | July, 1942 Capitol recording, which was T- Bone Walker's first electric guitar recording session |
| Doctor Clayton | Ain't No Business We Can Do | Doctor Clayton & His Buddy - Pearl Harbour Blues | RCA International/Camden LP | March, 1942 Bluebird recording by singer Peter Clayton backed by John Davis (p), Ransom Knowling (tuba), Alfred Elkins (b) |
| Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup | Mean Ol' Frisco Blues | Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - The Father Of Rock And Roll: 1941-1954 Recordings | RCA Bluebird LP | April, 1942 Bluebird recording by singer/guitarist Crudup |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Cecil Gant | I Wonder | VA - Let Me Tell You About The Blues West Coast: The Evolution Of West Coast Blues | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | June, 1944 Bronze label recording as by Pvt. Cecil Gant "The G.I. Sing-Sation' (voc/piano); Gant had a giant hit with this blues ballad |
| (Oran) Hot Lips Page Band | Lips Blues (aka Double Trouble Blues) | VA - Blind John Davis/Hot Lips Page - The Blues Jumped The Rabbit: Nothing But The Blues | Membran 2 cd set | Sept. 1944 Savoy recording by singer/trumpeter Page and 12-piece orch. incl. Vic Dickinson, Earl Bostic, Don Byas, Ike Quebec, Clyde Hart, Tiny Grimes |
| Dinah Washington with Lionel Hampton Sextet | Evil Gal Blues | Dinah Washington - The Queen Sings | Proper 4 cd box set | Dec. 1943 Keynote rec. by singer Washington backed by group incl. Joe Morris, Arnett Cobb, Milt Buckner, L. Hampton (v) |
| Wynonie Harris with Lucky Millinder & His Orch. | Hurry, Hurry | Wynonie Harris - Rockin' The Blues | Proper 4 cd set | May, 1944 Decca recording, the first by singer Harris who joined the Lucky Millinder Orch. two months earlier; trumper solo by Freddie Webster; Benny Carter compos. |
| Walter Brown with the Jay McShann Orchestra | Hometown Blues | Jay McShann Orchestra - Blues From Kansas City: The Original Decca Recordings | GRP/Decca Jazz | Dec. 1943 Decca recording Jay McShann & Orch. featuring vocalist Brown in N.Y. |
| Memphis Slim | You Gonna Worry Too | Memphis Slim - Bluebird No. 3 | French RCA Black & White series LP | Dec. 1941 Bluebird rec. by singer/pianist Slim (Peter Chatman) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Tommy McClennan | Bluebird Blues | VA - Bluebird Blues | RCA Victor Vintage Series LP | Feb. 1942 Bluebird by singer/guitarist McClennan; his final recording |
| McKinley Morganfield (aka Muddy Waters) | Take A Walk With Me | Muddy Waters - The Complete Plantation Recordings: The Historic 1941-42 Library of Congress Field Recordings | MCA/Chess | July, 1942 Library of Congress field recording in Stovall, Miss.; with Son Simms, 2nd guitar |
| Big Joe Williams | Please Don't Go | Big Joe Williams - Bluebird No. 8 | French RCA Black & White series LP | Dec. 1941 Bluebird rec. by singer/9-string guitarist Williams; song became a blues standard |
| Brownie McGhee (as Blind Boy Fuller 2) | Back Home Blues | Brownie McGhee - Back Home Blues | Past Perfect | Oct. 1941 Okeh rec. by singer/guitarist McGhee with Sonny Terry (hca) |
| John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson | Check Up On My Baby | Blues Classics By Sonny Boy Williamson | Blues Classics LP | Dec. 1944 Bluebird rec. by Williamson (voc/hca) with Blind John Davis (p), Ted Summit (g), Jump Jackson (d) |
| Washboard Sam (Robert Brown) | River Hip Mama | Washboard Sam - Rockin' My Blues Away | BMG/RCA/Bluebird | Feb. 1942 Bluebird rec. by Sam (voc/washbd) with Bill Broonzy (g), Roosevelt Sykes (p), Frank Owens (sax) |
| Memphis Minnie and Little Son Joe | Black Rat Swing | Blues Classics By Memphis Minnie | Blues Classics LP | Dec. 1941 Columbia rec. as by Little Son Joe (voc/gtr), Memphis Minnie (g), Alfred Elkins (b) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Saunders King Rhythm | S.K. Blues, Part 1 | VA - Let Me Tell You About The Blues West Coast: The Evolution Of West Coast Blues | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | June, 1942 recording on Rhythm label in S.F. by singer/guitarist King |
| Lonnie Johnson | He's A Jelly Roll Baker | VA - The Secret History Of Rock & Roll: That's Chicago's South Side | BMG/RCA/Bluebird | Feb. 1942 Bluebird recording by singer/guitarist Johnson backed by Blind John Davis (piano) |
| Joe Liggins | The Honeydripper (Part 1) | VA - Let Me Tell You About The Blues West Coast: The Evolution Of West Coast Blues | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | Nov. 1944 recording on Bronze label by singer/pianist Liggins and band |
| Champion Jack Dupree | She Makes Good Jelly | Champion Jack Dupree - The First 16 Sides From Joe Davis 1944-1945 | Interstate/Red Pepper LP | April, 1945 rec. for Joe Davis label in N.Y. by singer/pianist Dupree |
| Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson | Cherry Red Blues | A Proper Introduction To Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Kidney Stew Blues | Proper | Jan. 1944 Hit/Majestic label rec. by trumpeter Cootie Williams Orch. feat. Vinson (voc), Lockjaw Davis (ts), Bud Powell (p) |
| Billy Eckstine with the DeLuxe All Stars | Good Jelly Blues | Billy Eckstine - The Legendary Big Band featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Sarah Vaughan | Savoy Jazz 2 cd set | April, 1944 DeLuxe label rec.; band incl. Dizzy Gillespie, Budd Johnson, Wardell Gray, Clyde Hart |
| Billie Holiday | Billie's Blues | Billy Holiday - The Commodore Master Takes | GRP Records | April, 1944 Commodore rec. with Holiday backed by Eddie Haywood Trio |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Robert Lockwood | Little Boy Blue | VA - The Secret History Of Rock & Roll: That's All Right | BMG/RCA/Bluebird | July, 1941 Bluebird rec. by Lockwood (voc/gtr) |
| Lil Green | I'm Wasting My Time On You | Lil Green - Romance In The Dark | RCA Bluebird LP | Jan. 1942 Bluebird rec. by singer Green |
| Big Bill (Broonzy) and His Chicago Five | I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town | Big Bill Broonzy - 1930's Blues | Biograph LP | March, 1942 Okeh rec. by Broonzy (voc/gtr) with Punch Miller (t), Buster Bennett (as), Memphis Slim (p), Judge Riley (d) |
| Big Joe Turner | I Got A Gal For Every Day In The Week | Joe Turner - Every Day In The Week | GRP/Decca | Oct. 1944 Decca rec. by singer Turner backed by Pete Johnson (p), Ernest Ashley (g), Dallas Bartley (d) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Tiny Grimes Quintet with Charlie Parker | Tiny's Tempo | VA - Tiny Grimes: Electric Guitar Master | EPM/Jazz Archives | Sept. 1944 Savoy rec. by guitarist Grimes with Charlie Parker (as), Clyde Hart (p), Jimmy Butts (b), Doc West (d) |