Blind Willie McTell 'Bell Street Lightnin'

[magnetic_tarantula]

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=CT3s8dfo ... T3s8dfoFW4

Absolutely love it!!

[njscofflaw]

I love bell Street Lightnin'.


Here's one of my favorite prohibition inspired songs. I have original sheet music for it, but coming across the actual 78 has proven a bit more difficult.

How Are You Goin' to Wet Your Whistle? (When the Whole Darn World Goes Dry) by Billy Murray.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmjcmqgB_aI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

[Durace11]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BILLY-murray-yo ... 337d4aaf6b

[njscofflaw]

How did I know that there would be a copy on Ebay in the wake of me saying something. I hadn't looked in the last month, I knew I should have looked before I opened my mouth .

Thanks Durace11.



::EDIT:: Scratch that. It was sold 2 months ago. Bummer...

[magnetic_tarantula]

Are you into 20's/30's Blues at all Durace/NJScofflaw?? I'm currently trying to put together a compilation of all Blues sides recorded from 1890-1943 based on Dixon's "Blues and Gospel Records 1890-1943", it is about a 1300 page book that contains all known info on about 30k recorded tracks. Curious if you are interested in that era blues we might talk about what's in your collection. Let me know

[njscofflaw]

I listen to and collect a lot of 1910s-1920s 78s. The bulk of my collection is ragtime / foxtrot and jazz, though I do like blues as well. I willd efinitely have to keep an eye out for that book. I have a book from the 1920s that catalogs victor's operatic albums of the era, though nothing near as complete as what you're speaking of.

[blind drunk]

This is an interesting song about drinking canned heat, also known as sterno -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBCkUD3ijls" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

[njscofflaw]

Rather than start a new thread, I figured I'd just continue this one.

I'm doing a historical presentation on Prohibition in our city, and for a part of the lecture, I need a good hour or two worth of original recordings with an alcohol and/or prohibition / temperance theme. The recordings should be from 1910ish - 1930ish. I have somewhere around 20-25 in my collection as of now, though I'm not a big fan of all of them.

Any help / ideas are appreciated.

[magnetic_tarantula]

Prohibition/temperance only or also Moonshine/Whiskey themed?

I could do a simple search in my database......though the book has an index of songs. What keywords do you think I should look for?

[magnetic_tarantula]

Rev. I. B. Ware 'You Better Quit Drinking Shine' 1928-11-early DOCD5101
Bessie Smith 'Moonshine Blues' 1924-04-09 BS2-1
Georgia White 'Moonshine Blues' 1937-05-19 DOCD5302
Blind Willie McTell with Curley Weaver - 'Bell Street Lightnin' 1933-09-21 JSPBWM
Lucille Bogan 'Cravin' Whiskey Blues' 1927-06-xx BDCD6036
Lucille Bogan 'Whiskey Selling Woman' 1930-03-Late BDCD6036
Bill 'Jazz' Gillum 'You Drink To Much Whiskey' 1941-12-05 OMC
Robert 'Barbecue Bob' Hicks 'Me And My Whiskey' 1929-11-03 DOCD5047
Jenny Pope - 'Whiskey Drinkin Blues' 1929-09-23 DOCD5686
Black Ace(B.K. Turner) 'Whiskey and Women' 1937-02-15 DOCD5143

a simple search of what I have

[njscofflaw]

Thanks OMF,

Was missing 3 of those! Forgot to look up good ole' Lucy Bogan. Found a few others for "Barbeque Bob" Hicks as well.

This should be great!

[magnetic_tarantula]

Love BBQ Bob, probably my favorite of all 20's Blues singers!

[magnetic_tarantula]

Mississippi Sheiks 'Jake Leg Blues' 1930-06-30 DOCD5083
Tommy Johnson 'Alcohol And Jake Blues' 1929-12-xx DOCD5001
Bootleg Rum Dum Blues by Blind Blake May 1928

possibly:
Alcohol Mama by Big Boy Teddy Edwards December 1930
Alcoholic Blues by De Ford Bailey April 1927
Alki Blues by LeRoy Carr February 1929
Bad Liquor Blues by Scrapper Blackwell 1935
Bad Whiskey Blues by Black Boy Shine April 1935
Barrel of Whiskey Blues by James Stump Johnson 1932
Bay Rum Blues by El Watson 1928
Been Drinkin White Lightnin by Manuel(peter hatcher) Jones November 1940
Bootleggers Blues by Lucille Bogan August 1934
Bootleggers blues by Mississippi Sheiks June 1930
Bootlegging Blues by Jim Jackson Feb 1928
Bootlegging Daddy by George Williams April 1926
Booze by Sam Robinson 1926
Booze and Blues by Ma Rainey October 1924
Booze Crazy Man Blues by Ida Cox 1928
Canned Heat Blues by Sloppy Henry August 1928
Canned Heat blues by Tommy Johnson August 1928
Canned Heat Blues by Keghouse November 1928
Corn Licker and Gasoline by Rev. J.M. Gates April 1930
Corn Licker Blues by Leroy Carr February 1934
Corn liquor Blues by Lewis black December 1927
Corn Liquor Blues by Papa Charlie Jackson December 1928
Corn Whiskey blues by J.T. "Funny Paper" Smith February 1931


That's a start.

[njscofflaw]

Whoah! There's some research for me . You really ARE into your 1920s Blues. My record collection has mostly been orchestras / bands , ragtime, jazz etc.

Looks like I'll be expanding my collection a bit

[magnetic_tarantula]

I have a number of them in MP3 let me know if you want them, they are easy enough to email.

That was only partway through the D's

[magnetic_tarantula]

Don't Drink It In Here by Bill Johnsons Louisiana Jug Band March 1929
Drink and Shine by Dennis Crumpton and Robert Summers June 1936
Drinkin Corn by Lonnie McIntorsh May 1930
Drinking Shine by Elder Charles Beck December 1930
Drinking Shine by Rev W.M. Mosley March 1927
Drunken Barrel House Blues by Memphis minnie March 1934

A few more