The Sonic Blues Thu Jul 18 with Sonny Boy Williamson III on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

@ Sonny Boy III Lovin' the Bowie and Hendrix tracks! Perfect for Esoterica -subbing.

And I loved the two versions of "Muleskinner Blues." Very impressive that the very young Bob Dylan tried to sing in a genre-authentic low blues voice -- and IMHO, he succeeded wonderfully. But I was _much_ less impressed by recordist Karen Wallace's "vocalizations." Sorry, but none of the info and insights she was trying to impart to a friend (to whom, it seems, she was going to send the tape) justified her commenting periodically over Dylan's performance. GHEEESH!!!

I agree Richard... I wonder if there's a cleaner version out there in circulation

This was pressed on Vinyl somewhere in Europe in 2018

Turned up at PREX

@ Sonny Boy Williamson III (host) Maybe it could be like the latest (and last?) of the recent post-Beatles releases that were created from John Lennon cassette demos ... for "Now and Then," for example, the producers were able to filter out sounds from a living room TV set in the background. But here, with Ms. Wallace right on top of the microphone, it might be an exponentially bigger challenge.

I'd buy it richard!

Me too! Seriously!! :-))

Hey, thanks for playing Bill & Charlie Monroe. Always awesome.

Of course!

Peetie Wheatstraw's "Gangster's Blues" is a terrific period piece, the popular music eqivalent of a late 1930s-early '40s James Cagney or Edward G. Robinson movie about "bad guys."

With Lil Armstrong on piano apparently!

Recorded n 1940

Lil Armstong on piano for Peetie Wheatstraw? Wow!

Thanks also for the East Texas Serenaders cut. Who else but R. Crumb, as talented a 78s collector as he is a cartoonist, would find that one?

:) that cd came in the back of a book that anthologized is illustrations for a series of trading cards made for record stores and the like back in the day

https://www.amazon.com/Crumbs-Heroes-Blues-Jazz-Country/dp/0810930862

I recall that R. Crumb tradiomng blues hereos trading card series! Thanks.

And while i'm dishing the superlatives ... I'd rather hear Joseph Spence scat-mumble than most people straight sing!

Great show, thanks!

I'm with you on Spence! And thank you!

11:58 AM		Charlie Christian Stardust, Pt. 1 Charlie Christian Archive of Folk & Jazz Music 1957 w/ Thelonius Monk and Dizzy Gillespie
12:08 PM		Charles Mingus Track B-- Duet Solo Dancers (Hearts' Beat and Shades in Physical Embrace) The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
12:10 PM		Hakushi Hasegawa Doku Somoku Hodo - EP Brainfeeder 2018 Old Emph
12:13 PM		David Bowie Neuköln (2017 Remaster) "Heroes" (2017 Remaster) Parlophone UK 1977
12:18 PM		The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? Are You Experienced?
12:23 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:23 PM		Bob Dylan Muleskinner Blues The Karen Wallace Tapes St. Paul, Minnesota, May 1960
12:27 PM		Jimmie Rodgers Muleskinner Blues This is Jimmie Rodgers
12:30 PM		Townes Van Zandt You Are Not Needed Now The Best of Townes Van Zandt Fat Possum 2018
12:34 PM		Vampire Weekend Married in a Gold Rush (feat. Danielle Haim) Father of the Bride Columbia 2019
12:38 PM		Cal Fish Glimmer in yr Tears (40 days on ocean avenue) N Indecision Songs Call Waitn 2024
12:44 PM		Built to Spill Hazy Do So Large I Cannot See Past It
12:52 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:53 PM		Schizo Fun Addict Peace Walks by My Side The Last Wave Flicknife 2020 Old Emph
12:56 PM		Otis Redding I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) The Very Best of Otis Redding Rhino Atlantic 1992
12:59 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:00 PM		Iggy Pop Sister Midnight The Idiot Virgin Records 2017
1:05 PM		Pissed Jeans Anti-Sapio N Half Divorced Sub Pop Records 2024
1:06 PM		Memphis Sanctified Singers The Great Reaping Day The Harry Smith B-Sides
1:09 PM		Vernon Dalhart Wreck of the Old '97 When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 10: East Virginia Blues RCA Bluebird 2004
1:13 PM		Charlie Poole and the North Caroline Ramblers Monkey on a String The Harry Smith B-Sides
1:15 PM		The Monroe Brothers Will the Circle Be Unbroken East Virginia Blues
1:20 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:20 PM		Luther Georgia Boy Snake Johnson I'm So Glad The Muddy Waters Blues Band
1:23 PM		Ma Rainey Stack O' Lee Blues Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
1:26 PM		Detroit Jr. Too Poor Chess Blues Geffen 1992
1:29 PM		Son House The Jinx Blues Delta Blues
1:33 PM		The Bubbling Over Five Dont Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend American Primitive, Vol. II - Pre-War Revenants Revenant 2005
1:36 PM		Frank Crumit Frankie and Johnny When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 1: Walk Right In (Remastered) RCA Bluebird 2002
1:39 PM		Skip James Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues (1994 Remastered) The Complete Early Recordings 1930 (1994 Remastered) Yazoo 1994
1:42 PM		Taskiana Four Dixie Bo Bo Walk Right In
1:45 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:46 PM		Albert King Down Don't Bother Me Born Under a Bad Sign
1:50 PM		Eddie Lang I'll Never Be the Same Blue Guitars Yazoo 2006
1:52 PM		Blind Willie Dunn's Gin Bottle Four Jet Black Blues Blue Guitars King Oliver, J.C. Johnson, Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson, Hoagy Carmichael (percussion and scat vocal); NYC 4/30/1929
1:55 PM		Jimmy Reed Honest I Do Chicago Blues
1:59 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:00 PM		Paul Gayten Right To Love You (feat. Myrtle Jones) Chess Blues Geffen 1992
2:03 PM		Eddie Boyd Third Degree Chicago Blues
2:06 PM		Leo Reisman and His Orchestra & Milton Douglas Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (From the Musical Review "Americana") Poor Man's Heaven - Blues and Tales of the Great Depression - When the Sun Goes Down Series (Remastered) RCA Bluebird 2003 Lyrics by Yip Harburg
2:09 PM		Blind Roosevelt Graves Telephone to Glory Blind Roosevelt Graves (1929-1936)
2:12 PM		Blind Boy Fuller Baby, You Gotta Change Your Mind Blind Boy Fuller
2:16 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:17 PM		Chuck Berry School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell) 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Berry Geffen 1999
2:19 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:20 PM		Sylvester Weaver Guitar Rag The Slide Guitar: Bottlneck, Knives, and Steel
2:23 PM		The Delta Rhythm Boys Take the "A" Train Night Train
2:26 PM		Ruth Brown Hello Little Boy Jump Blues Classics
2:29 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:29 PM		Elmore James One Way Out Absolutely the Best of the Blues Fuel 2000 2006
2:32 PM		Etta Baker John Henry One-Dime Blues Rounder 1991
2:37 PM		Mississippi Sheiks Sweet Maggie Stop and Listen Yazoo 1992
2:42 PM		Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers Kansas City Stomps R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country
2:43 PM		Peetie Wheatstraw Gangster's Blues Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 7 1940-1941 Document Records 1994
2:46 PM		East Texas Serenaders Mineola Rag R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country
2:49 PM		Joseph Spence There Will Be a Happy Meeting In Glory Joseph Spence: The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 1992
2:58 PM		Blind Blake Guitar Chimes The Best of Blind Blake Yazoo 2000
2:58 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------

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