This is a follow-up post to our item on Ida May Mack and Bessie Tucker. That was Vol. 2 in Label "X"'s Backgrounds of Jazz series, and this is Vol. 3. (Don't have Vol. 1.)
Remarkably, most of these sides were recorded in Memphis during the same week of August 1928 as the Mack and Tucker recordings.
As with the earlier LP. this must be one of the first albums ever devoted to reissuing the blues records of the 1920s. I should mention, though, that many of these sides are not really blues, strictly speaking.
Jim Jackson and Frank Stokes were experienced medicine show entertainers. Furry Lewis lasted long enough to appear with the Rolling Stones. He even showed up on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Ishman Bracey may be the least known of the group, having produced only 16 sides.
The two Jim Jackson songs on this record may be familiar to those who grew up in the 60s because they were rerecorded by two good-timey folk rock bands - I'm Wild About My Lovin' by the Lovin' Spoonful and This Mornin' She Was Gone by the Youngbloods (under the title Grizzly Bear). I wonder if those groups knew this album.
The cover is by Paul Bacon, who also did the cover of the Mack-Tucker LP, in a much different style.
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Buster,
ReplyDeleteNice post and great concept for a blog. I look forward to perusing the rest of your archives.
RF
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Furry Lewis's 'Turn Your Money Green' was also recorded in 1966 on Tom Rush's second album for Elektra Records, Take a Little Walk with Me. Always liked Rush's version but it's great to hear the original.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Buster for this album.
@ Daver88,
ReplyDeleteThanks! That one escaped me, even though I have had the Tom Rush LP since it came out!
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