"The Codger never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see bad ones. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness, blind to light, always mousing for vermin and never seeing noble game." — H.W
09.22.2021 - By Courtney T. Edison and WFMU
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Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "Doing Things" - Victor 21561
Ruth Etting - "I Want to Meander in the Meadow" - Columbia 1883-D [0:03:01]
George Formby - "Swimmin' with the Wimmin" - Decca F-3666 [0:10:10]
Jimmie Rodgers - "Pistol Packin' Papa" - Victor 22554 [0:12:57]
Noël Coward - "Poor Little Rich Girl" - The Old Codger's Secret Stash of Noel Coward demos [0:15:43]
Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang - "Louisiana" - Okeh 41173 [0:18:55]
Gus Bodenheim - "Gus Delivers an Apology but Refuses to Resign" - Touching Explanations [0:24:32]
Slatz Randall and His Orchestra - "Skirts" - Brunswick 4779 [0:27:59]
Los Cuatro Huasos - "Veinticinco Limones" - It is not known [0:30:13]
Thomas Waller with Thomas Morris and His Hot Babies - "He's Gone Away" - Victor 21202 [0:32:35]
Fred Elizalde - "Siam Blues" - It is not known [0:35:16]
Gus Bodenheim - "Old Codger Broadcast Academy" - Gus Bodenheim's Commercial Scams [0:40:08]
J.H. Squire Celeste Octet - "Baby's Sweetheart" - It is not known [0:42:26]
Flip the Frogggg - "Chinaman's Chance" - Flip the Frogggg's Perilous Antics [0:47:23]
Keller Sisters & Lynch with the Jean Goldkette Orchestra - "Sunday" - Sunday Sunday! [0:55:15]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/106526