The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The program will feature blues and bluesy R&B recordings from the year 1949. Included artists will range from those whose careers started before World War II like Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Minnie, and Big Bill Broonzy to bluesmen of the newly electrified Chicago blues like Muddy Waters, Eddie Boyd, and Robert Nighthawk, to jazz-influenced urban performers ranging from Big Joe Turner and Chubby Newsome to Dinah Washington and T-Bone Walker.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 2/10/2019 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Bostic and His Orch. | Sugar Hill Blues | Earl Bostic - The Earl Bostic Story | Proper Records 4 cd box set | Aug. 1949 New York rec. for King Records by alto saxist Bostic and band incl. Count Hastings (ts), Rufus Webster (p), unknown gtr., others |
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| Blind Willie McTell | Blues Around Midnight | Blind Willie McTell - Atlanta Twelve String | Atlantic | 1949 Atlanta rec. for Atlantic recording by 12-string guitarist McTell |
| Big Bill Broonzy and His Fat Four | I Love My Wiskey | VA - The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955 | Mercury 6 cd box set | Jan. 1949 Chicago rec. for Mercury by singer/guitarist Broonzy with Carl Sharp (p), Antonio Casey (as), Ransom Knowling (b), and Big Man Wallace (d) |
| Big Joe Williams | She's A Married Woman | VA - Bullet Records Story | SPV Blue Label | 1949 St. Louis rec. for Bullet by singer/guitarist Williams |
| Memphis Minnie | Sweet Man | Memphis Minnie - The Complete Post-War Recordings in Chronological Order Volume 3 | Wolf Records | April Chicago rec. for Columbia by singer/guitarist Minnie with Little Son Joe (gtr), prob. Sunnyland Slim (p), Ransom Knowling (b) |
| Walter Davis and His Bullet Hotshots | Got To See Her Every Night | VA - Bullet Records Story | SPV Blue Label | 1949 Nashville rec. for Bullet by singer/pianist Davis with prob. Henry Townsend (gtr), unknown bass |
| Memphis Slim and the House Rockers | A Letter Home | The Very Best Of Memphis Slim - Messin' Around With The Blues | Collectables/King | January Cincinnati rec. for King by Slim (voc/p), with Alex Atkins (as), Timothy Overton (ts), Betty Dupree Overton (b) |
| Brownie McGhee | Contact Me | Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - Back Country Blues | Southern Routes | March New York rec. for Savoy by singer/guitarist McGhee with Lannie Scott (p), Pritchard Cheesman (ts), Frank Skeete (b), Arthur Herbert (d) |
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| Little Esther with Johnny Otis Orch. | Get Together Blues | VA - Midnight At The Barrelhouse: Rockin' California Rhythm & Blues 1948-1950 | JSP 4 cd box set | November Los Angeles rec. for Savoy by Johnny Otis Orch. with Little Ester (voc). Orch. includes James Von Streeter (ts), Devonia Williams (p), Pete Lewis (gtr), others |
| B.B. King | Miss Martha King | VA - Bullet Records Story | SPV Blue Label | June Memphis rec. for Bullet by Riley B. King (voc/gtr) with band incl. Phineas Newborn Jr. (p), Phineas Newborn Sr. (d), others |
| Johnny Moore's Three Blazers | How Blue Can You Get | Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Los Angeles Blues (Complete RCA Recordings 1949-1950) | Westside 2 cd set | July Los Angeles rec. for RCA Victor/Camden by guitarist ohnny Moore with Billy Valentine (voc/p), Oscar Moore (gtr), Johnny Miller (b); song written by Leonard Feather was later rec. by B.B. King |
| Charles Brown Trio | Did You Ever Love A Woman | Charles Brown and Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Race Track Blues | KIX/Route 66 LP | March Los Angeles rec. for Aladdin rec. by singer/pianist Brown with Herman 'Tiny' Mitchell (gtr), Eddie Williams (b); song was written by singer Helen Humes |
| Rudy Render | Sneakin' Around | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century | Los Angles rec. for London by cabaret blues singer Render with band led by Maxwell Davis (ts). Song went to #2 on Billboard R&B charts and was covered by B.B. King in 1955. |
| Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten Orch. | Cuttin' Out | Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie - Creole Gal | KIX/Route 66 LP | Late 1949 New Orleans rec. for Regal by pianist Paul Gayten's band incl. Lee Allen (ts), with vocal from Annie Laurie |
| Dinah Washington | Baby Get Lost | Dinah Washington - The Queen Sings | Proper 4 cd box set | March New York rec. for Mercury by singer Washington acc. by drummer Teddy Stewart's Orch.; Washington's version of Leonard Feather composition went to #1 on Billboard R&B charts and was covered by Billie Holiday on Decca |
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| Muddy Waters | Little Geneva | Muddy Waters - The Complete Aristocrat & Chess Singles As & Bs 1947-62 | Acrobat Music 4 cd box set | July Chicago rec. for Aristocrat by Waters (voc/gtr) with Ernest 'Big' Crawford (b) |
| The Nighthawks | Sweet Black Angel | VA - Drop Down Mama | Chess Vintage Series LP | July Chicago rec. for Aristocrat by singer/slide guitarist Robert Lee McCollum (aka Robert Nighthawk) with Ernest Lane (p), Willie Dixon (b) |
| Eddie Boyd and His Trio | I Can Trust My Baby | VA - Chicago Blues Electric Guitar | EPM Blues Collection | unissued June Chicago rec. for RCA Victor by singer/pianist Boyd with Sam Casimir (gtr), Ransom Knowling (b) |
| Big Maceo | Just Tell Me Baby | VA - Chicago Is Just That Way: They Came To Chicago To Make A Living. They Made History | JSP 4 cd box set | April Chicago rec. for Specialty by singer Big Maceo Merriweather with Johnny Jones (p), Tampa Red (gtr), Ransom Knowling (b), Odie Payne (d) |
| St. Louis Jimmy with Sunnyland Slim's Orch. | Shame On You Baby | VA - The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955 | Mercury 6 cd box set | April Chicago rec. for Mercury by singer Jimmy Oden with Sunnyland Slim (p), Oliver Alcorn(ts), Sam Casimir (gtr), Big Crawford (b) |
| Willie Mabon as Big Willie | It Keeps Rainin' | VA - Chicago Is Just That Way: They Came To Chicago To Make A Living. They Made History | JSP 4 cd box set | August Chicago rec. for Apollo by singer/pianist Mabon with Sam Casimir (gtr), Andrew Harris (b) |
| John Lee Hooker | Hobo Blues | John Lee Hooker -The Legendary Modern Recordings 1948-1954 | Virgin/Flair | late 1948 Detroit rec. for Modern by singer/guitarist Hooker |
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| Ivory Joe Hunter and His Band | Landlord Blues | Ivory Joe Hunter -Jukebox Hits 1945-1950 | Acrobat Music | late 1947 Nashville rec. for King by singer/pianist Hunter with sextet |
| Little Willie Littlefield | It's Midnight (No Place To Go) | VA - 100 Hot Rhythm & Blues Tunes From The R&B Years: 1949 | Secret/Boulevard Vintage 4 cd box set | June Houston rec. for Modern by Littlefield (voc/p) with trio |
| Baby Davis with the Buddy Banks Sextet | Happy Home Blues | Buddy Banks Sextet - Happy Home Blues | Offical Record Co. LP | Summer 1949 Los Angeles rec. for Specialty by Buddy Banks (ts) with Sexter incl. Frosty Pyles (gtr), Fletcher Smith (p), with vocal from Baby Davis |
| The Maxin Trio with Ray Charles (Robinson) | Confession Blues | Ray Charles - The Birth Of A Legend 1949-1952 | Ebony Records 2 cd set | late 1948 Seattle rec. for Down Beat by singer/pianist Ray with Gosady McKee (gtr), Milton Garret (b) |
| Blue Lu Barker | Now You're Down In The Alley | Blue Lu Barker -Here's A Little Girl | Pathe Marconi/EMI/Capitol LP | March Los Angeles rec. for Capitol by singer Barker acc. by sextet incl. Dave Cavanaugh (ts), Gerald Wiggins (p) |
| Joe Turner & His Band | I Don't Dig It | Big Joe Turner - Shout, Rattle and Roll | Proper 4 cd box set | June 1948 Los Angeles rec. for M-G-M by singer Big Joe with band incl. Pete Johnson (p), Maxwell Davis (ts), Herman Mitchell (gtr), others |
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| Pee Wee Crayton | Long After Hours | Pee Wee Crayton - Rocking Down On Central Avenue | AceKent Treasure Series LP | July Los Angeles rec. for Modern by singer/guitarist Crayton with six-piece band |
| T-Bone Walker | Description Blues | T-Bone Walker - The Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings | Capitol Blues Collection 3 cd set | Nov. 1947 Los Angeles rec. for Comet by singer/guitarist Walker with band incl. Willard McDaniel (p), Bumps Myers (ts) |
| Edgar Blanchard and The Gondoliers | Creole Gal Blues | VA - Texas Blues: Houston Hotshots, Volume 1 | Acrobat Records | Houston rec. for Peacock by singer/guitarist Blanchard with Papa Lightfoot (hca), Tommy Ridgely (p), others |
| Chubby Newsome | New Orleans Lover Man | Chubby Newsome - The Original Hip Shakin' Mama | Official Records LP | January New Orleans rec. for DeLuxe by singer Newsome backed by band led by trumpeter Dave Bartholomew with Herb Hardesty (ts), Salvador Doucette (p), Earl Palmer (d) |