Show #992

Detour Thru The Past Once More

Spinner produced another episode with only very old blues music. Every track is at least 60 years old and a lot of it is even much older.

01. Mamie Smith - Goin' Crazy With The Blues [1931] (3:02) (Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey, Document Records, 2001) 02. Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:04) (45 RPM Single, Cobra Records, 1956) 03. Rosa Henderson - Can't Be Bothered With No Sheik [1931] (3:27) (Blue Ladies, Fat Boy Records, 1995) 04. 'Roosevelt' Antrim - Station Boy Blues [1937] (3:06) (Carolina Blues Guitar 1936-1939, Old Tramp Records, 1994) 05. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Do It If You Wanta (2:30) (78 RPM Shellac, Trumpet Records, 1951) 06. Red Nelson - Detroit Special [1935] (2:55) (Red Nelson 1935-1947, Old Tramp Records, 1995) 07. Buster Brown - I Get The Blues When It Rains [1959] (2:17) (The Sky Is Crying-The Fire Records Story, One Day Music, 2014) 08. Bo Carter - Pin In Your Cushion (3:04) (78 RPM Shellac, Okey Records, 1931) 09. James De Berry & his Memphis Playboys - Zugity Zugity Stomp [1939] (2:39) (Complete Recordings 1939, Old Tramp, 1993) 10. Earl Hooker - Tanya [1962] (2:56) (Slidin'-A Collection Of The Blues 'Slide' Guitar, Chess/Charlie, 1991) 11. Charlie Spand - Rock And Rye [1940] (2:40) (Charlie Spand / Big Maceo 1940-1952, Old Tramp Records, 1994) 12. Riff Ruffin - All My Life [1959] (2:17) (The Sky Is Crying-The Fire Records Story, One Day Music, 2014) 13. Barrel House Annie - If It Don't Fit Don't Force It [1937] (2:53) (Blue Ladies, Fat Boy Records, 1995) 14. Elmore James - My Best Friend [1953] (2:44) (Slidin'-A Collection Of The Blues 'Slide' Guitar, Chess/Charlie, 1991) 15. Doctor Clayton - Angels In Harlem [1946] (3:09) (Complete Recordings 1946-1947, Old Tramp Records, 1995) 16. Larry Davis - Angels In Houston [1959] (2:23) (I Pity The Fool-The Duke Records Story, One Day Music, 2013) 17. Jimmie Gordon - Little Red Dress (Mary Usta Wear) [1936] (2:49) (The Remaining Titles 1934-1938, Old Tramp, 1993) 18. Sarah Vaughan - Black Coffee [1949] (3:17) (Lady Sings The Blues, Virgin/Circa Records, 2002) 19. Cedar Creek Sheik - Don't Credit My Stuff [1936] (2:52) (Carolina Blues Guitar 1936-1939, Old Tramp Records, 1994) 20. Little Sonny - I Gotta Find My Baby [1958] (2:34) (I Pity The Fool-The Duke Records Story, One Day Music, 2013) 21. Jimmy Reed - Boogie In The Dark [1954] (2:32) (You Got Me Dizzy, Charly Records, 1981) 22. Eddie Boyd - Got Lonesome Here [1951] (3:17) (Blues Roots Vol. 20, Chess Records, 1982) 23. Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - It's Against The Rule [1939] (2:34) (Complete Recordings 1939, Old Tramp, 1993) 24. Memphis Slim -  Sitting And Thinking [1952] (2:59) (Boogie Uproar-Gems from the Peacock Vaults, One Day Music, 2014) 25. Joe Turner - Teenage Letter [1957] (2:26) (Jumpin' With Joe, Charlie Records, 1984) 26. Big Maceo - It's All Up To You [1941] (2:22) (Charlie Spand / Big Maceo 1940-1952, Old Tramp, 1994) 27. Edgar Blanchard & the Gondoliers - Creole Gal Blues [1950] (2:30) (Boogie Uproar-Gems from the Peacock Vaults, One Day Music, 2014) 28. John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson - Sloppy Drunk Blues [1941] (3:17) (The Original Sonny Boy, Saga Records, 2004) 29. Willie Mabon - I Don't Know (3:05) (78 RPM Shellac, Parrot Records, 1952) 30. Lonnie Johnson - Playing With The Strings (3:09) (78 RPM Shellac, Okey Records, 1928)

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