Has Spring Sprung?
The days are getting nicer, but will they last? Either way, here’s a solid list of blues laden hits to get anyone by in this ideal weather pocket.
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Tampa Red, “Things 'Bout Coming My Way”
from Presenting Tampa Red
Universal Digital Enterprises - 1928
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Big Joe Williams, “Whistling Pines”
from Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues (B)
JSP Records - 2003
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Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, “Rocky Road Blues”
from The Essential Bill Monroe (1945-1949)
Legacy/Columbia - 1945
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Mississippi Sheiks, “Grinding Old Fool”
from Jazz Figures / Mississippi Sheiks (1930), Volume 1
Collector Records Greece - 2007
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The Cats And The Fiddle, “I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water”
from Jazz Roots Ultimate Collection, Vol. 40
Diamond Days - 2013
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The Golden Gate Quartet, “The Sun Didnt Shine”
from Milestones of Legends: Golden Gate Quartet, Vol. 3
Document
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Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock, “Utah Carl (Carroll)”
from Haywire Mac
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 2004
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Elder Curry, “Hard Times”
from Hard Times Come Again No More: Early American Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships, Vol. 1
Yazoo - 2006
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Hal Kemp and His Orchestra, “With Plenty of Money and You”
from The Great Depression: American Music In the '30s
Legacy/Columbia - 1993
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Eddie Lang, “There'll Be Some Changes Made”
from Pioneers of Jazz Guitar - 1927-1939
Retrieval - 1997
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Blues Birdhead, “Mean Low Blues (Remastered)”
from Mean Low Blues (Remastered) - Single
Bacci Bros Records
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Don Redman and His Orchestra, “Swingin' With the Fat Man”
from On the Sunny Side of the Street (In Chronological Order 1934 - 1937)
HotJazz - 2012
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Cannon's Jug Stompers, “Walk Right In (Remastered)”
from Walk Right In (Remastered) - Single
Bacci Bros Records
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Georgia White, “I'll Keep Sittin' On It”
from Top 95 Classics - The Very Best of Georgia White
GRR Music - 2020
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Ambrose and His Orchestra, “Pu-leeze Mister Hemingway”
from Aint Nuthin Like a Big Band - Ambrose Vol. 24
Foyer
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McKinney's Cotton Pickers, “Never Swat A Fly”
from McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Selected Hits, Vol. 2
Charly Records - 2006
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James "Stump" Johnson, “The Duck's Yas Yas Yas (AB-2007)”
from James "Stump" Johnson 1929-1964
Document Records - 1994
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Cow Cow Davenport, “Jim Crow Blues”
from Top 90 Classics - The Very Best of Cow Cow Davenport
GRR Music - 2019