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American Music Grows Up: Evolution of “Livery Stable [Barnyard] Blues”
Here’s a great example of the strides American popular music made in the 1920s — the classic “Livery Stable Blues” (a.k.a. “Barnyard Blues” thanks to a rancorous dispute… more →
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American Music Grows Up: Evolution of "Livery Stable [Barnyard] Blues"
wrote 1 month ago: Here’s a great example of the strides American popular music made in the 1920s — the classic … more →
Friday's Playlist (Mar. 15) • Walter Barnes & his Royal Creolians
wrote 2 months ago: (Note: All recorded takes are shown in brackets — The Brunswick pressings and ledgers for this perio … more →
Friday's Playlist • Hot White Regional Dance Bands (1924-1925)
wrote 4 months ago: Download: art-landry_itll-get-you.mp3 // ART LANDRY & HIS ORCHESTRA: It’ll Get You Los Ang … more →
Friday's Playlist (January 4) • Hot White Bands in Texas — 1929
wrote 4 months ago: Download: clapp_we-cant-use.mp3 // SUNNY CLAPP & HIS BAND O’ SUNSHINE (Bob Hutchingson, vo … more →
Friday's Playlist (Dec. 28) • Memphis Jazz, 1927–1928
wrote 4 months ago: Download: memphis-stompers_hold-it.mp3 // MEMPHIS STOMPERS: Hold It Still Memphis Auditorium: Februa … more →
Friday's Playlist (Dec. 14) • Harlem Bands on Brunswick (1927–1928)
wrote 5 months ago: . Download: lew-leslie-blackbirds_bandana1.mp3 // LEW LESLIE’S BLACKBIRDS ORCHESTRA: Bandana D … more →
Ginger Ale and the California Ramblers
wrote 7 months ago: A neat bit of Prohibition-era cross-marketing, from an undated clipping (plus a couple of our favori … more →
Friday's Playlist • The Midway Gardens Orchestra (Chicago, 1923)
wrote 9 months ago: Elmer Schoebel’s band at Chicago’s Midway Gardens had something of an identity crisis on … more →
Friday's Playlist (Aug 17) • Hartzell "Tiny" Parham
wrote 9 months ago: . Download: parham-closer1.mp3 // TINY PARHAM & HIS “FORTY” FIVE: A Little Closer Pa … more →
Friday's Playlist (August 10) • Joe Candullo & his Everglades Orchestra
wrote 9 months ago: Download: candullo_henderson.mp3 // DEEP HENDERSON New York: June 1926 Regal 8089 (mx. 6656-3; cont … more →
Friday's Playlist (August 3) • Red Nichols
wrote 9 months ago: Download: cr-charlestonback.mp3 // WITH THE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS: I’m Gonna Charleston Back to … more →
Friday's Playlist (July 13) • Hot Kazoos
wrote 10 months ago: Download: kazoos-mcbb-lang.mp3 // MOUND CITY BLUE BLOWERS (EDDIE LANG, guitar): Gettin’ Told N … more →
Friday's Playlist (June 29) • More Grey Gull Jazz
wrote 11 months ago: Four more torrid titles by obscure little bands on the Grey Gull labels. These records have been the … more →
California Ramblers' 1925 Cameo Record Catalog Page (and some MP3s)
wrote 11 months ago: When Ed Kirkeby’s California Ramblers signed their Columbia contract, Columbia got exclusive r … more →
Friday's Playlist (June 1) • Piron's New Orleans Orchestra, 1923–1924
wrote 11 months ago: . Download: piron-kissme.mp3 // PIRON’S NEW ORLEANS ORCHESTRA (vocal: Armand J. Piron & Ch … more →
Friday's Playlist (May 11) • White Jazz Bands on Gennett, 1924
wrote 1 year ago: OUR 200th POST! The first selection is from the previously undocumented Claxtonola we reported some … more →
Friday's Playlist (April 27) • Early California Jazz — A Sunset Record Sampler (1925)
wrote 1 year ago: . Download: white-slippery-elm.mp3 // STEVE WHITE & HIS DANCELAND ORCHESTRA: Slippery Elm Los An … more →
Friday's Playlist (April 13) • Proto-Jazz: Jim Europe, Ford Dabney, Wilbur Sweatman
wrote 1 year ago: . Download: 04-europe_memphis-blues.mp3 // LIEUT. JIM EUROPE’S 369th U.S. INFANTRY (“HEL … more →
Friday's Playlist (February 10) • The Original Memphis Five
wrote 1 year ago: Download: om5-backotown.mp3 // ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE: Back o’ Town Blues Paramount 20281 (mx. … more →
