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1.1 Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones1.2 Sweet Mama Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones1.3 So Tired - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones1.4 Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones1.5 Chasin' Rainbows - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones1.6 I Used to Call Her Baby - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones1.7 Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones1.8 Sugar Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones1.9 Mama Blues - William McCoy1.10 Train Imitations and the Fox Chase - William McCoy1.11 Just It - William McCoy1.12 How Long Baby - William McCoy1.13 Out of Doors Blues - William McCoy1.14 Central S Blues - William McCoy1.15 Central Avenue Blues - Will Day1.16 Sunrise Blues - Will Day1.17 Texas and Pacific Blues - Frenchy's String Band1.18 Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band1.19 Monkeyin' Around - Jake Jones ; the Gold Front Boys1.20 Southern Sea Blues - Jake Jones ; the Gold Front Boys1.21 Elm Street Woman Blues - Carl Davis ; the Dallas Jamboree Band1.22 It May Be My Last Night - Carl Davis ; the Dallas Jamboree Band1.23 Dusting the Frets - Carl Davis ; the Dallas Jamboree Band1.24 Flying Crow Blues - Carl Davis ; the Dallas Jamboree Band |
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| Number of discs: |
1 |
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| Extra-Infos: |
...dance Music. Incl. Dallas String Band, William Mccoy |
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| Description: | The title of the album as it appears here is misleading. The Actual title is "Black Country dance music". The 24 tracks presented here contain many great blues and rags. The Dallas String Band plays pre-blues hokum and rags with excellent playing and the singing and some in the songster tradition. If you like mandolin - you will love this. William McCoy is an excellent harmonica player using the upper range of the harmonica very effectively and playing with a lot of energy. He plays instrumental numbers and sings the blues in the old country style playing, reminding one of Jaybird Coleman from Alabama. On his last two tracks he is accompanied by a good clarinet player - creating a sound you rarely here on record. Will Day is also a bluesman who is accompanied by guitar and clarinet, slightly straddling over towards a primitive jazz / blues feel. The same goes for Frenchy's String band. The trumpet lead with a solid rhythm provided by the banjo is just goodtime music at it's best. The Gold Front Boys are another blues group that feature a clarinet and sound like "country jazz" of the late 20's. Carl Davis' band closes with a guitar and washboard sound, backing rusty blues vocals. This is also a band that plays a happy blues, though the lyrics are traditional blues lyrics. A clarinet is featured after the vocals in the first track, played in rough and vocalized style. Overall - this is a very good and enjoyable CD of Dallas black music from the 20's and early 30's, that will interest anyone who loves early blues and jazz musicMade in EU.
Recording places and dates:
Tracks 1-2, 9-10: Dallas, Tex., 6 December 1927
Tracks 3-4: Dallas, Tex., 8 December 1928
Tracks 5-6: Dallas, Tex., 9 December 1928
Tracks 7-8: Dallas, Tex., 6 December 1929
Tracks 11-12: Dallas, Tex., 7 December 1928
Tracks 13-14: Dallas, Tex., 8 December 1928
Tracks 15-16: New Orleans, La., 25 April 1928
Tracks 17-18: Dallas, Tex., 5 December 1928
Tracks 19-20: Dallas, Tex., 27 October 1929
Track 21: Dallas, Tex., 20 September 1935
Tracks 22-24: Dallas, Tex., 25 September 1935 |
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| No. of tracks: |
24 |
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| Manufacturer No.: |
DCU5162.2 |
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