The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this week. The first hour will present sixteen candidates culled from a 3-CD collection called The First Rock And Roll Record. Needless to say, the ones to be played on this program will all be blues. They will range from Trixie Smith's My Man Rocks Me (1922) and Sonny Boy Williamson's New Early In The Morning (1940) to Erline Harris's Rock And Roll Blues (1949). The second hour will feature blues and bluesy R&B from the year 1961 including such artists as Jump Jackson, Etta James, Freddie Robinson, Albert King, Miss LaVell, Earl Hooker, Irma Thomas, Bobby Bland, and Ace Holder.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 4/14/2019 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trixie Smith with the Jazz Masters | My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) | VA - The First Rock And Roll Record | Famous Flames Recordings 3-cd set | 1922 rec. for Black Swan/Paramount by singer Trixie Smith with unknown band prob. incl. Fletcher Henderson (p) |
| Charley Patton | Going To Move To Alabama | Charley Patton - Founder of the Delta Blues 1929-34 | Yazoo | Oct. 1929 rec. for Paramount by Patton (voc/gtr) with Henry Sims (vln) |
| The Harlem Hamfats | Oh! Red | Harlem Hamfats - Hot Chicago Jazz, Blues & Jive 1936-37 | Folklyric LP | April 1936 Chicago rec. for Decca by jazz/blues group incl. Herb Morand (tpt), Odell Rand (cl), Horace Malcolm (p), Joe & Charlie McCoy (voc/gtr), others |
| Robert Johnson | Cross Roads Blues | Robert Johnson - The Complete Collection | Not Now 2 cd set | Nov. 1936 San Antonio rec. for ARC/Vocalion by singer/guitarist Johnson |
| Mississippi Jook Band | Skippy Whippy | The Melotone Blues Story | One Day Music 2-cd set | July 1936 rec. for ARC/Melotone by group consisting of Roosevelt Graves (gtr), Cooney Vaughn (p), Uaroy Graves (tam) |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Rock Me | Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Original Soul Sister | Proper 4-cd box set | Oct. 1938 NYC rec. for Decca by singer/guitarist Tharpe |
| Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson | Roll 'Em Pete | Big Joe Turner - Shout, Rattle and Roll | Proper 4-cd box set | Dec. 1938 NYC rec. for Vocalion by singer Joe Turner and pianist Pete Johnson |
| Sonny Boy Williamson | New Early In The Morning | The Original Sonny Boy Williamson: The Later Years 1939-1947 | JSP 4-cd box set | May 1940 Chicago rec. for Bluebird by Sonny Boy (voc/hca), Joshua Altheimer (p), Fred Williams (d) |
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| Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet | Be Baba Leba | The Chronological Helen Humes 1927-1945 | Classics | 1945 LA rec. for Philo/Aladdin by singer Humes with band incl. Wild Bill Moore (ts), Doggett (p), others |
| Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup | That's All Right Mama | Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - The Definitive Collection 1941-62 | Acrobat 4 cd box set | Sept. 1946 Chicago rec. for RCA Victor by singer/guitarist Crudup with Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d) |
| Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack | The House Of Blue Lights | VA - Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' | Capitol Blues Collection 2 cd set | 1946 LA rec. for Capitol by singer Morse acc. Don Raye's Orch. incl. Freddie Slack (p) |
| Wild Bill Moore | We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll | VA - The First Rock And Roll Record | Famous Flames Recordings 3-cd set | Dec. 1947 Detroit rec. for Savoy by Moore (as/bs), T.J. Fowler (p), others incl. vocal ensemble |
| Wynonie Harris | Good Rockin' Tonight | Wynonie 'Mr. Blues' Harris - Good Rocking Tonight | Charly R&B | Dec. 1947 Cincinnati rec. for King by singer Harris with band incl. Hot Lips Page (tpt), Hal Singer & Tom Archia (ts), others |
| Erline Harris | Rock And Roll Blues | VA - The First Rock And Roll Record | Famous Flames Recordings 3-cd set | April 1949 New Orleans rec. for DeLuxe by singer Erline Harris with sextet |
| Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats | Rocket 88 | VA - A Proper Introduction to Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston | Proper Records | March 1951 Memphis rec. for Chess by Brenston (voc/bs) with Raymond Hill (ts), Ike Turner (p), Willie Kizart (gtr), Willie Sims (d) |
| Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton | Hound Dog | Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings | MCA/Peacock | Aug. 1952 Houston rec. for Peacock by singer Thornton with 9-piece band led by Johnny Otis incl. Devonia Williams (p), Pete Lewis (gtr) |
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| Elliott Shavers & His Blazers | Way Down Home Blues | VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1961 | Rhythm And Blues Records 2 cd set | Aug. 1961 LA rec. for Imco/King by tenor saxist Shavers with band incl. Arthur Wright (gtr), Jim Wynn (bs) |
| Lowell Fulson | Hung Down Head | Lowell Fulson - Trouble, Trouble: The Definitive Early Years Collection | Fantastic Voyage 3-cd set | Aug. 1961 LA rec. for Checker by Fulson (voc/gtr) with band incl. Lloyd Glenn (p), Big Jay McNeely (ts), Irving Ashby (gtr), others |
| Etta James | Don't Cry Baby | Etta James - The Second Time Around | MCA/The Original Chess Masters LP | 1961 Argo by singer James |
| Barbara George | Love (Is Just A Chance You Take) | VA - Gulf Coast Girls: Swamp Pop Revisited 1958-1962 | Jasmine 2 cd set | 1961 New Orleans rec. for AFO by singer George |
| Bobby Bland | I Pity The Fool | Bobby Bland - The Best of Bobby Bland | MCA/Duke | Houston rec. for Duke by singer Bland reached #1 on the Billboard R&B charts beg. Feb. 1961 with a 16 week run |
| Miss LaVell | Look At You Fool | VA - Gulf Coast Girls: Swamp Pop Revisited 1958-1962 | Jasmine 2 cd set | 1961 response song on Duke to Bobby Bland's hit by label mate singer Miss LaVell |
| Freddy King | Lonesome Whistle Blues | The Very Best of Freddy King Volume 1 | Collectables/King | Jan. 1961 Cincinnati rec. for Federal by singer/guitarist KIng with Sonny Thompson (p), Gene Redd, Clifford Scott (ts), Fred Jordan (gtr), others |
| Ace Holder & His Blues Rockers | Lonesome Harmonica | VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1961 | Rhythm And Blues Records 2 cd set | 1961 LA rec. for Pioneer by Albert 'Ace' Holder (hca) with band incl. Gus Jenkins (p) |
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| Jump Jackson Band | Midnight Shuffle (Soul Guitar) | VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1961 | Rhythm And Blues Records 2 cd set | 1961 Chicago rec. for Fay/LaSalle by drummer Jackson with Craig Horton & Freddy Young (gtrs) |
| Earl Hooker | Rockin' Wild | VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1961 | Rhythm And Blues Records 2 cd set | May 1961 Chicago rec. for Chief by guitarist Hooker with Johnny Walker, Lafayette Leake, A.C. Reed, others |
| Howlin' Wolf | Little Baby | Howlin' Wolf - Two On One: Howlin' Wolf & Moanin' In The Moonlight | MCA/Chess | May 1961 Chicago rec. for Chess by singer Wolf with Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers (gtrs), Jimmy Jones (p), Willie Dixon (b), Sam Lay (d) |
| Berna Dean | Little Willie | VA - Gulf Coast Girls: Swamp Pop Revisited 1958-1962 | Jasmine 2 cd set | 1961 New Orleans rec. for Imperial by singer Dean with group led by Dave Bartholomew (tpt) |
| Reggie 'Guitar' Boyd | Nothing But Good | VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1961 | Rhythm And Blues Records 2 cd set | 1961 Chicago rec. for Age by Boyd (gtr) with A.C. Reed (ts), Earl Hooker (gtr), Earnest Johnson (b), Casey Jones (d) |
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| Freddy Robinson Orch. with Paul Hankins | The Hawk | VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1961 | Rhythm And Blues Records 2 cd set | 1961 Chicago rec. for Queen by Robinson (gtr) with Hankins (org), Wardell Reese (ts), Jerry Brown (b), Billy Davenport (d), Monk Higgins (cg) |
| Muddy Waters | Lonesome Bedroom Blues | Muddy Waters - The Complete Aristocrat & Chess Singles As & Bs 1947-62 | Aristocrat 4-cd box set | July 1961 Chicago rec. for Chess by singer Waters with Otis Spann, Matt Murphy, others |
| Albert King | Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong | Albert King - The Complete King & Bobbin Recordings | Collectables/King | Sept. 1961 St. Louis rec. for Bobbin by King (voc/gtr) |
| Irma Thomas | I Done Got Over It | VA - Gulf Coast Girls: Swamp Pop Revisited 1958-1962 | VA - Gulf Coast Girls: Swamp Pop Revisited 1958-1962 | 1961 New Orleans rec. for Minit by singer Thomas |
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| B.B. King | Don't Touch | VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1961 | Rhythm And Blues Records 2 cd set | March 1961 Crown album Easy Listening Blues by King (gtr) with Lloyd Glenn (p), Maxwell Davis (org), others |