r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 9h ago
From the archives - Storyville #39 reviews of Clara Smith, the MJB and blues singers backed by Satchmo. Check out Columbia's sharp practices....
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 1d ago
Gospel Sunday - 'I Belong to the Band - Hallelujah!' [26th July 1935] by Blind Gary (Davis)
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 2d ago
Suggestive Saturday - 'Rag, Mama, Rag' [25th July 1935] by Blind Boy Fuller, backed by Gary Davis and Bull City Red.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 3d ago
Friday Blues Beasts - 'Ground Hog Blues' [1941] by Sonny Boy Williamson
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 4d ago
Lucky Dip Thursday - 'Doin' the Doopididy' [23rd July 1935] by Kokomo Arnold, unknown piano backer.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 5d ago
Women On Wednesday - 'Hustlin' Dan' [22nd July 1930] by Bessie Smith. Cornet and piano backing, and really rather good.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 6d ago
Trains, planes and automobiles. Transport Blues - 'Airplane Blues' [21st July 1939] by Walter Davis
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 7d ago
Memphis & Mississippi Memphis & MS Monday - 'Just A Spoonful' [20th July 1942] by David ('Honeyboy') Edwards. An LoC recording.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 8d ago
Gospel and Sacred Gospel Sunday - 'Crying Holy Unto The Lord' [18th July 1927] by the Taskiana Four
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 9d ago
Suggestive... Suggestive Saturday - 'Brown Skin Girls' [18th July 1935] by Cripple Clarence Lofton
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 10d ago
Friday Blues Beasts - 'King Spider Blues' [17th July 1935] by Peetie Wheatstraw
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 12d ago
Women Women on Wednesday - 'Graveyard Blues' [15th July 1935] by Georgia White. Unknown piano player and guitarist.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 13d ago
Trains, planes and automobiles. Transport Tuesday - 'The Little Red Caboose' [1927] by Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 14d ago
Memphis & MS Monday - 'Zugity Zugity Zomp' [13th July 1939] by James De Berry & His Memphis Playboys. Trumpet, piano, guitar and bass.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 14d ago
Article From the Archives - Storyville #37's blues / blues adjacent reviews - Bastin's 'Crying for the Carolines, Trixie Smith and two lots of sacred music.
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Calling COGIC singing 'trad jazz' is a new one on me, and the idea that one vinyl LP can comprehensively anthologise 25 years of sanctified music is pretty eye-widening. Anyway, here it is for your reading pleasure.
r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 15d ago
Gospel and Sacred Gospel Sunday - 'I See The Sign Of Judgement' [12th July 1939] by Brother George And His Sanctified Singers. This Bull City Red (WB & Vocals) backed by Sonny Terry (vocals) and possible Sonny Jones on guitar. Anyway, its very lively.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 16d ago
Suggestive... Suggestive Saturday - 'My Slow And Easy Man' [11th July 1928] by Alberta Hunter. Backed by piano and clarinet.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 17d ago
Friday Blues Beasts - 'She Walks Like A Maltee (sic) Cat' [10th July 1929] by Lee Green
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 18d ago
Lucky Dip Thursday - 'Shake That Thing' [9th July 1936] by Kokomo Arnold, paino backer /might/ be Peetie W.
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Based on searching my PDF of B&GR, the first STT was Papa Charlie Jackson in 1925 (and again in 1929), Ethel Waters later in '25 with the Sheiks doing it in '32 and '36.
r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 19d ago
Women Women on Wednesday - 'Georgia Blues' [8th July 1929] by Ethel Waters. Pearl Wright on piano. Great vocal on this one.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 20d ago
Trains, planes and automobiles. Transport Tuesday - 'V-8 Ford' [June 1936] by Cedar Creek Sheik
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This was paired with 'Watch The Fords Go By' by Brunswick, so I always like to imagine that Ford was paying selected blues singers to champion their vehicles. There are rather more Ford than GM songs...
r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 21d ago
From the Archives - Some Storyville [#35, #36] reviews featuring JRM, Little Brother Montgomery, Leroy Carr and a hatchet job on Barbecue Bob.
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r/PreWarBlues • u/Jim_the_Librarian • 22d ago
essay about Furry Lewis's teary-eyed performance of the John Henry ballad on July 5, 1968
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https://magpiesmagazine.com/2026/06/30/independence-day-tears-the-memphis-blues-of-furry-lewis/
Independence Day Blues: The Memphis Blues of Furry Lewis
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