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BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 9/5/10
 BLUES FROM FEBRUARY 1928!!! - OH MY!

This week on Blues Before Sunrise we'll listen to records that were made during the month of February in 1928. Country Bluesmen didn't really get into the recording studios until 1926 - and even then the true wave of Country Blues didn't start until after 1929. So this short slice from 1926 to 1928 had some of the true pioneers in the studios - Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Tommy Johnson, Jim Jackson - and even Big Bill Broonzy! Country Blues and Gospel were coming on strong - Classic Blues singers were fading out. Hear it all happen in February of 1928  - Only on BBS!

HOUR #1

I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU

INK SPOTS

EASY MONEY

SCATMAN CROTHERS

A SMILE WILL GO A LONG WAY

SCATMAN CROTHERS

HOT ROD COWBOY

SCATMAN CROTHERS

SHUFFLEBOARD BLUES

SCATMAN CROTHERS

SWING MR. CHARLIE

INK SPOTS

SHOUT BROTHER SHOUT

INK SPOTS

THE LAMPLIGHTER SERENADE

INK SPOTS

OLD MAN MOSE INK SPOTS
DON'T SWEETHEART ME INK SPOTS
PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME HONEY INK SPOTS
HOW MANY HEARTS HAVE U BROKEN INK SPOTS
ROLL 'EM JOE LIGGINS
I COVER THE WATERFRONT JOE LIGGINS
THREE O'CLOCK JUMP PTS I&II JOE LIGGINS
DON'T MENTION MY NAME RAVENS
YOU LEFT ME ALL ALONE ILLINOIS JACQUET
HOUR #2
CGANGABLE WOMAN CHARLES BROW
HEY BA-BA-REBOP PTS I&II WYNONIE HARRIS
I WONDER WHAT THE POOR FOLKS GENE PHILLIPS
ROCK-A-BYE BABY LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD
SWEET ADELINE PIGMEAT MARKHAM
TRIED TO REASON WITH YOU BABY LITTLE CAESAR
BLOW JAY BLOW BIG JAY McNEELY
CHIMES BLUES COW COW DAVENPORT
RIDE JOCKEY RIDE TRIXIE SMITH
GOING DOWN TO THE LEVEE MONETTE MOORE
CAN'T GET ENOUGH WALLACE & BURSTON
JOOK JOINT STOMP CRIPPLED CLARENCE
GOING TO WALK THE GOLDEN STREET BESSEMER SUNSET FOUR
A WITNESS FOR JESUS REV J. F. FOREST
GONNA WALK RIGHT OUT PILGRIM TRAVELERS

HOUR #3

WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW FRANK STOKES
MY MONDAY WOMAN JIM JACKSON
COOL DRINK OF WATER TOMMY JOHNSON
BIG ROAD BLUES TOMMY JOHNSON
THINKING BLUES BESSIE SMITH
PICKPOCKET BLUES BESSIE SMITH
I USED TO BE YOUR SWEET MAMA BESSIE SMITH
NOBODY'S DIRTY BUSINESS MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT
STOMPIN' 'EM ALONG SLOW LONNIE JOHNSON
AWAY DOWN IN THE ALLEY LONNIE JOHNSON
TIGER FLOWER'S LAST FIGHT REV J.M. GATES
BLIND LEMON'S PENITENTIARY BLUES BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
'LECTRIC CHAIR BLUES BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
BIG BILL'S BLUES BIG BILL BROONZY
RAMBLIN' MIND BLUES RAMBLIN' THOMAS
FOUR #4
MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE ELMORE JAMES
MEAN & EVIL ELMORE JAMES
BOOGIE WOOGIE LITTLE JOHNNY JONES
SO MEAN TO ME ELMORE JAMES
NO LOVE IN MY HEART ELMORE JAMES
SWEET LITTLE WOMAN LITTLE JOHNNY JONES
I GOT TO GO LITTLE WALTER
FLYING SAUCER LITTLE WALTER
CUT THAT OUT JR. WELLS
LORD LORD JR. WELLS
LORD LORD (ALT) JR. WELLS
TOBACCO ROAD JR. WELLS
TRAIN I RIDE JR. WELLS
YOU KNOW MY LOVE OTIS RUSH
CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY THE COVER BO DIDDLEY
LOVE MY BABY JR. PARKER
WOLFCALL BOOGIE HOTSHOT LOVE
FLYPAPER BOOGIE JAMES SCOTT/L.B.LAWSON
IF YOU DON'T WANT ME WOODROW ADAMS
BABY PLEASE DON'T GO GUITAR RED

HOUR #5

EASY STREET

PIED PIPERS

LONELY DREAM

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY

TEARDROPS IN THE RAIN

ARTHUR PRYSOCK

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

SARAH VAUGHAN

THE GOOD LIFE

DON PATTERSON

HERE COMES THE HONEY MAN

MILES DAVIS

BESS YOU IS MY WOMAN

MILES DAVIS

SUMMERTIME

MILES DAVIS

MISS MUFFIT

ARCHIBALD

TARZAN & THE SIGNIFYIN' MONKEY

BIG MAMA THORNTON

WORRIED DREAM B.B. KING
SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING VALERIE WELLINGTON
WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT LIL GREEN
DOWN HOME GIRL MEMPHIS MINNIE
DON'T BE SO EVIL LOWELL FULSON
BLUES NEVER FAIL LOWELL FULSON

ALBATROSS

FLEETWOOD MAC

 

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