00:10 Welcome to Episode #011 of Confessing the Blues!

02:24 New Music!

• “Dust My Broom” off the eponymous Taj Mahal, available on eMusic and Amazon.
• “Every Day I Have the Blues” by Luther Johnson on Born in Georgia, found on eMusic and Amazon.
• “Hold That Train Conductor” done by Byther Smith on the album Hold That Train, findable on eMusic and Amazon.
• “Basin Street Blues” performed by Johnny Maddox on Dixieland Blues, available on eMusic and Amazon.

15:55 The Jook and the Ballroom: We Continue to Discuss

Prompted by an email from Tim Jones in Australia, we continue the discussion about the music played for the two different venues and how it matters to us.  We offer up a ton of music to show the differences and go over some of the nuances that set the music and dance styles apart.

• “Paper Wooden Daddy” by Dennis McMillon, available on the compilation East Coast Blues Classics on eMusic.
• “Sugar Blues” done by Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the album The Hurricane Sessions, available on eMusic; another version is available on New Orleans Preservation Vol. 1 which you can get on their website.
• “Black and Tan Fantasy” off The Great Summit – The Master Takes by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, available on Amazon.
• “Hoodoo Hoodoo” by Sonny Boy Williamson off of Mean Old World: The Blues From 1940-1994 Vol. 1, painfully available on Amazon, less painfully so on Mississippi Blues on eMusic.
• “Gangster’s Blues” by Peetie Wheatstraw on Peetie Wheatstraw vol. 7, found on eMusic or on Amazon.
• “Rose Get Your Clothes” done by Wynonie Harris, available on the Properbox Rockin’ the Blues which can be found on Amazon.
• “Let’s Fall In Love Again” by Harlem Hamfats, found on Harlem Hamfats Vol. 2 on eMusic.
• “You Ought to Be Ashamed” by Byther Smith on Hold That Train, found on eMusic and Amazon.
• “St. Louis Blues” as performed by Ruth Brown on Blues on Broadway, obtainable on eMusic or Amazon.

54:08 Blues Shout! Instructors’ Choices

• Joe Demers gives us “Come On In My Kitchen” by Porterdavis on Live at Eddie’s Attic, available on eMusic or on their website.
• Damon Stone loves some Keb’ Mo’ and wants you to hear “Gimme What You Got” off of The Door, found on eMusic or Amazon.

59:12 Feedback

• Tim Jones emails from Australia to draw our attention to C.W. Stoneking.  We play “I Heard the Marchin’ of the Drum” off of Jungle Blues. You can find his music on his Myspace and on his website.
• Jenn Santiago draws our attention to a couple of articles via Facebook.  The discussion regards whether or not the music of Robert Johnson is being reproduced in the same way as it was originally recorded.  The original column is here; the follow-up on the discussion is here.

72:35 Thanks!

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