Kokomo Arnold - King Of The Bottleneck Guitar

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 71:13
Size: 163.1 MB
Released: 1992/2000
Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues
Art: Front

1. Milk Cow Blues (3:11)
2. Old Original Kokomo Blues (2:54)
3. Back To The Woods (3:04)
4. Sagefield Woman Blues (3:04)
5. Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues) (3:25)
6. Sissy Man Blues (3:09)
7. Front Door Blues (32 20 Blues) (3:25)
8. Back Door Blues (3:26)
9. The Twelves (Dirty Dozens) (3:11)
10. Biscuit Roller Blues (3:14)
11. Chain Gang Blues (3:05)
12. How Long How Long Blues (3:14)
13. Bo-Weavil Blues (3:07)
14. Busy Bootin' (2:30)
15. Policy Wheel Blues (2:57)
16. Milk Cow Blues No 4 (2:56)
17. Model T Woman Blues (2:56)
18. I'll Be Up Some Day (3:05)
19. Mister Charlie (2:45)
20. Back Fence Picket Blues (3:12)
21. Wild Water Blues (3:17)
22. Red Beans And Rice (3:05)
23. Buddie Brown Blues (Rolling Time) (2:52)

"Kokomo" was a popular brand of coffee early in the 20th century, and was the subject of Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell's first recorded blues in 1928. When slide guitar specialist James Arnold revamped this number as "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for Decca in 1934, little did he know that this would soon become his permanent handle -- Kokomo Arnold.
Kokomo Arnold was born in Georgia, and began his musical career in Buffalo, New York in the early '20s. During prohibition, Kokomo Arnold worked primarily as a bootlegger, and performing music was a only sideline to him. Nonetheless he worked out a distinctive style of bottleneck slide guitar and blues singing that set him apart from his contemporaries. In the late '20s, Arnold settled for a short time in Mississippi, making his first recordings in May 1930 for Victor in Memphis under the name of "Gitfiddle Jim." Arnold moved to Chicago in order to be near to where the action was as a bootlegger, but the repeal of the Volstead Act put him out of business, so he turned instead to music as a full-time vocation. ~Uncle Dave Lewis

King Of The Bottleneck Guitar

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Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 77:08
Size: 181,0 MB
Released: 2010
Styles: Slide Guitar Blues, Country Blues, Pre-War Blues
Art: Front

1. Milk Cow Blues (3:11)
2. It Feels So Good (3:14)
3. Salty Dog (2:49)
4. Busy Bootin' (2:28)
5. Old Original Kokomo Blues (2:54)
6. Dirty Dozens (3:11)
7. I'll Be Up Someday (3:06)
8. Bull Headed Woman Blues (2:58)
9. How Long Blues (3:14)
10. Sissy Man Blues (3:10)
11. Policy Wheel Blues (2:57)
12. Back To The Woods (3:04)
13. Chain Gang Blues (3:04)
14. Crying Blues (2:59)
15. Mister Charlie (2:45)
16. Bad Luck Blues (2:52)
17. Cold Winter Blues (3:11)
18. Workin' On This Project (3:04)
19. Dark Angel (3:09)
20. Front Door Blues (3:27)
21. Back Door Blues (3:25)
22. Biscuit Roller Blues (3:14)
23. Sagefield Woman Blues (3:05)
24. Gettin' It Fixed (3:16)
25. Milk Cow Blues Take 2 (3:09)

"Kokomo" was a popular brand of coffee early in the 20th century, and was the subject of Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell's first recorded blues in 1928. When slide guitar specialist James Arnold revamped this number as "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for Decca in 1934, little did he know that this would soon become his permanent handle -- Kokomo Arnold.
Kokomo Arnold was born in Georgia, and began his musical career in Buffalo, New York in the early '20s. During prohibition, Kokomo Arnold worked primarily as a bootlegger, and performing music was a only sideline to him. Nonetheless he worked out a distinctive style of bottleneck slide guitar and blues singing that set him apart from his contemporaries. In the late '20s, Arnold settled for a short time in Mississippi, making his first recordings in May 1930 for Victor in Memphis under the name of "Gitfiddle Jim." Arnold moved to Chicago in order to be near to where the action was as a bootlegger, but the repeal of the Volstead Act put him out of business, so he turned instead to music as a full-time vocation. ~Uncle Dave Lewis

Milk Cow Blues

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Various - The Most Underrated Blues Players Ever! (2-Disc Set)

Album: The Most Underrated Blues Players Ever! (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 141:48
Size: 324.6 MB
Styles: R&B/Soul, Assorted blues styles
Year: 2012

[2:52] 1. Juke Boy Bonner - Rock With Me, Baby
[2:59] 2. Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love
[5:25] 3. Baby Face Leroy Foster - Rollin' And Tumblin'
[2:28] 4. Johnny Alston - Weary Blues
[2:43] 5. Carl Campbell - Goin' Down To Nashville
[3:06] 6. Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Little Boy Blue
[2:04] 7. Peppermint Harris - Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie
[3:04] 8. K.C. Douglas - Lonely Boy Blues
[3:29] 9. Madelyn James - Stinging Snake Blues
[2:40] 10. Long Cleve Reed - Original Stack O'lee Blues
[2:52] 11. Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
[2:53] 12. Mississippi Mud Steppers - Alma Waltz
[2:34] 13. The Five Keys - I'm So High
[3:03] 14. Carl Rafferty - Mr. Carl's Blues
[2:50] 15. Walter Vincent - Your Friends Gonna Use It Too
[2:47] 16. Chatman Brothers - Stir It Now
[2:39] 17. I.H. Smalley - Smalley's Jump
[2:55] 18. Sherman Blues Johnson - Blues Jumped A Rabbit
[3:07] 19. Olie Jackson - You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
[2:12] 20. Conrad Johnson - Fisherman's Blues
[3:19] 21. Texas Alexander - Seen Better Days
[2:47] 22. Calvin Frazier - She's A Double-Crossin' Woman
[1:52] 23. Marvin & Johnny - Smack Smack
[2:43] 24. Clarence Samuels - Hey Joe
[2:57] 25. Ramblin' Thomas - Sawmill Moan
[3:21] 26. Charlie McCoy - You Gonna Need Me
[3:00] 27. Ed Bell - Bad Boy
[2:50] 28. Lavarda Durst - I Cried
[2:57] 29. Eddie Lang - Add A Little Wiggle
[3:26] 30. David Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago
[2:03] 31. Blind Will Dukes - Hoodoo Man
[3:06] 32. Freeman Stowers - Railroad Blues
[3:05] 33. Birmingham Jug Band - Getting Ready For Trial
[2:45] 34. Charley Jordan - Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean
[3:05] 35. Joe Papoose Fritz - Better Wake Up, Baby
[3:24] 36. Texas Alexander - Frost Texas Tornado Blues
[2:01] 37. West Side Trio - West Side Jump
[3:22] 38. J.D. Short - Snake Doctor Blues
[2:44] 39. Little T-Bone - Christmas Blues
[2:46] 40. Funny Papa Smith - Good Coffee Blues
[2:08] 41. Belvin Jesse - Sugar Doll
[2:33] 42. The Sharps - Our Love Is Here To Stay
[2:48] 43. Crying Sam Collins - Jail House Blues
[2:36] 44. James Reed - You Better Hold Me
[2:18] 45. Walter Sandman Howard - Willow Tree Blues
[2:43] 46. Bonnie Evans - Good Luck To You
[2:50] 47. Violet Hall - (All Alone) I Sit And Cry
[2:43] 48. Charlie McCoy - It's Hot Like That
[1:44] 49. Blind Will Dukes - Mistreated So Long
[2:44] 50. Sheri Washington - I Got Plenty

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Album: The Most Underrated Blues Players Ever! (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 152:11
Size: 348.4 MB
Styles: R&B/Soul, Assorted blues styles
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:59] 1. Banjo Joe - Madison Street Stomp
[2:49] 2. Funny Papa Smith - Howling Wolf Blues
[2:29] 3. Margie Hendricks - Everytime
[3:00] 4. Sleepy John Estes - 222 Milk Cow Blues
[3:11] 5. Emery Franklin - Lonesome Blues
[2:53] 6. Sylvester Scott - Going Home Blues
[2:58] 7. Walter Jacobs - Mississippi Low Down
[2:13] 8. The Lovers - Let's Elope
[3:11] 9. Frank Stokes - 'tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
[2:59] 10. L. C. Williams - Louisiana Boogie
[6:15] 11. The Paramount All Stars - Home Town Skiffle
[2:56] 12. Elmore Nixon - Married Woman Blues
[2:57] 13. Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In
[2:24] 14. Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
[5:20] 15. Johnny Shines - Moanin' And Groanin' The Blues
[2:36] 16. Baby Boy Warren - Stop Breaking Down
[2:50] 17. Funny Papa Smith - County Jail Blues
[3:11] 18. Jackson Blue Boys - Sweet Alberta
[2:49] 19. Chatman Brothers - Wake Me Just Before Day
[4:00] 20. Calvin Frazier - Lilly Mae No. 1
[2:55] 21. Ashley & Foster - Bay Rum Blues
[3:06] 22. Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
[2:54] 23. Blip Thompkins - Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'
[3:05] 24. Cal Lucas - Left With The Blues
[2:51] 25. The Carols - My Search Is Over
[3:12] 26. Chatman Brothers - If You Don't Want Me, Please Don't Dog Me Around
[3:05] 27. Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
[2:53] 28. Little Willie Littlefield - Little Willie's Boogie
[3:04] 29. Johnny Temple - Lead Pencil Blues
[2:57] 30. Mississippi Blacksnakes - Grind So Fine
[2:52] 31. Frank Palmes - Ain't Gonna Lay My 'ligion Down
[3:02] 32. Little Caesar - Big Eyes
[2:26] 33. Homesick James - Long Lonesome Day
[2:43] 34. The Mello Felows - My Friend Charlie
[2:24] 35. Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer
[2:53] 36. Mercy Dee Walton - The Main Event
[3:00] 37. Chicken Wilson - House Snake Blues
[2:52] 38. Blind Roosevelt Graves - Guitar Boogie
[2:58] 39. Charlie McCoy - Blue Heaven Blues
[3:15] 40. Ben Curry - The Laffing Rag
[3:03] 41. Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
[3:01] 42. Georgia Cotton Pickers - Diddle-Da-Diddle
[2:54] 43. Lee Brown - My Driving Wheel
[3:12] 44. Rubberlegs Williams - That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch
[2:52] 45. Lonnie Lyons - Down In The Groovy
[2:57] 46. Chuck Darling - Blowin' The Blues
[2:40] 47. Little T-Bone - Love's A Gamble
[2:54] 48. Funny Papa Smith - Hoppin' Toad Frog
[2:57] 49. Mississippi Blacksnakes - It Still Ain't No Good
[2:48] 50. Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues

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Kokomo Arnold - Cold Winter Blues: The Best Of Kokomo Arnold

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:41
Size: 113.8 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:08] 1. Cold Winter Blues
[2:41] 2. Mister Charlie
[3:05] 3. Backfence Picket Blues
[3:01] 4. Red Beans And Rice
[2:37] 5. Sister Jane Cross The Hall
[2:39] 6. Shake That Thing
[3:01] 7. Money Tree Man
[3:02] 8. Delmar Avenue
[3:07] 9. Laugh And Grin Blues
[2:54] 10. Cutter Blues
[2:45] 11. Long And Tall
[3:04] 12. Fool Man Blues
[3:11] 13. Wild Water Blues
[2:56] 14. Mean Old Twister
[2:40] 15. Set Down Gal
[2:57] 16. Try Some Of That
[2:46] 17. Sally Dog

"Kokomo" was a popular brand of coffee early in the 20th century, and was the subject of Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell's first recorded blues in 1928. When slide guitar specialist James Arnold revamped this number as "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for Decca in 1934, little did he know that this would soon become his permanent handle -- Kokomo Arnold. Kokomo Arnold was born in Georgia, and began his musical career in Buffalo, New York in the early '20s. During prohibition, Kokomo Arnold worked primarily as a bootlegger, and performing music was a only sideline to him. Nonetheless he worked out a distinctive style of bottleneck slide guitar and blues singing that set him apart from his contemporaries. In the late '20s, Arnold settled for a short time in Mississippi, making his first recordings in May 1930 for Victor in Memphis under the name of "Gitfiddle Jim." Arnold moved to Chicago in order to be near to where the action was as a bootlegger, but the repeal of the Volstead Act put him out of business, so he turned instead to music as a full-time vocation. From his first Decca session of September 10, 1934 until he finally called it quits after his session of May 12, 1938, Kokomo Arnold made 88 sides under his own name for Decca, which rejected only nine of them -- two of the rejected titles have since been recovered. On some sides he was joined on piano by Peetie Wheatstraw, although most of Kokomo Arnold's records were made solo. Arnold also played guitar on two tunes cut in July 1936 by Oscar's Chicago Swingers, a dance band led by singer Sam Theard. Judging from the overall size of his recorded output, you might suspect that he was a success as a recording artist, and this was true; along with Peetie Wheatstraw and Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim), Kokomo Arnold was a predominant figure among blues singers in the Decca Race catalogues of the 1930s. He was also well-known as a live performer as well, appearing mainly in Chicago, but also on at least a couple of occasions in New York. Some of Kokomo Arnold's songs proved highly influential on other musicians. His first issued coupling on Decca 7026 paired "Old Original Kokomo Blues" with "Milk Cow Blues." Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson must've known this record, as he re-invented both sides of it into songs for his own use -- "Old Original Kokomo Blues" became "Sweet Home Chicago," and "Milk Cow Blues" became "Milkcow's Calf Blues." "Milk Cow Blues" ultimately proved of use, more or less, in its original form with some "real gone" modifications, to another artist a little further down the line: Elvis Presley. As for Kokomo Arnold himself, he quit the music business in disgust in 1938 and went into factory work in Chicago. He was rediscovered there by blues researchers in 1962, but didn't show much enthusiasm for reviving his musical career, and certainly did not resume recording. Kokomo Arnold died of a heart attack at the age of 67. Some blues pundits have drawn a direct qualitative value between Peetie Wheatstraw and Kokomo Arnold, with Arnold coming out on top. There was a popular re-issue album in the 1960s featuring eight songs by each artist which seemed to support this conclusion. This has no real relevance however; although they were personally acquainted and recorded together, Kokomo Arnold and Peetie Wheatstraw were really working different ends of the 1930s blues spectrum. Their main connection to one another is their combined influence on Robert Johnson, and in this respect Wheatstraw seems to have had the upper hand. ~bio by Uncle Dave Lewis

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Kokomo Arnold - Old Original Kokomo Blues

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1999
Styles: Blues
Time: 70:21
Size: 162,8 MB
Covers: Full

(2:45) 1. Mr. Charlie
(3:04) 2. Sagefield Woman Blues
(2:59) 3. Mean Old Twister
(3:03) 4. Monday Morning Blues
(3:12) 5. The Twelves (Dirty Dozens)
(2:50) 6. Salty Dog
(2:57) 7. Policy Wheel Blues
(2:57) 8. Travelin' Rambler Blues
(2:50) 9. The Honeydripper
(3:23) 10. Front Door Blues
(3:04) 11. Lonesome Southern Blues
(3:06) 12. I'll Be up Someday
(3:08) 13. Sissy Man Blues
(3:24) 14. Back Door Blues
(3:10) 15. Milk Cow Blues
(3:18) 16. Paddlin' Madeline Blues
(2:48) 17. Long and Tall
(2:53) 18. Old Original Kokomo Blues
(3:14) 19. How Long, How Long Blues
(3:15) 20. You Should Not A' Done It
(2:43) 21. Big Leg Mama
(3:02) 22. 'Cause You're Dirty
(3:06) 23. Fool Man Blues

Kokomo Arnold's recording career lasted just four short years (from 1934 to 1938) when he had disagreement with Decca's Mayo Williams. After that, nobody wouls succeed in returning him to the studio. As you an hear, his performances were the equal of any of his peers. Only when the blues was rediscovered in the early 1960s, he was persuaded to return to the stage for a handul of club performances. Born in Georgia, he was raised down South and learned his first guitar licks from a cousin. When he moved North to New York, it was not to play his music, but to work as a farmhand, before working in a steel plant. In the late 1920s he settled in Chicago, where he ran a operation bootlegging liquor in the midst of the Prohibition. In 1930 he recorded his first sides as Gitfiddle Jim for Victor in Memphis. He'd lay the guitar down flat across his knees, in an old-fashioned style that was practiced in only a few southern states, and this made him unique in both sight and sound. The Kokomo Arnold story would start four years later when he began cutting blues for Decca. Arnold's "Old Original Kokomo Blues", his first hit for Decca, is a joyous piece of acoustic blues delivered with sly humor ("Don't drink because I'm dry, mama, don't drink because I'm blue/Reason I drink pretty mama, can't get along with you") and a fiery, staccato slide guitar riff. It's not startlingly different from any number of similar blues songs, but it's an exemplar of the style.

Old Original Kokomo Blues
Old Original Kokomo Blues artwork

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Kokomo Arnold - The Essential

Singing slide guitarist Kokomo Arnold (1901-1968) left a substantial quantity of blues recordings for posterity as primary artist, accompanist, and session man. When in the '90s Document reissued 91 chronologically arranged titles in four volumes as his "complete recorded works", early blues lovers were given the opportunity to pig out and absorb the man's legacy in all its glory. Those who seek a more modest and less systematic sampling of his amazing artistry may opt for The Essential Kokomo Arnold, a 36-track double-disc package filled with randomly arranged chestnuts dating from the years 1934-1938. In addition to Arnold's expressive voice and creative bottleneck guitar, listeners will meet up with guest vocalists Peetie Wheatstraw, Alice Moore, Mary Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes, and Lovin' Sam Theard, a hokum-styled comedian backed by Arnold and clarinetist Odell Rand as members of pianist John Oscar's Chicago Swingers. This collection highlights Arnold's stylistic versatility and may incite some listeners to pursue and obtain his complete recorded works. -- Allmusic

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues
Time: 53:52 + 55:19
Size: 124,2 MB + 127,5 MB
Covers: Full

Album: The Essential Disc 1
(2:30) 1. Busy Bootin'
(2:48) 2. Long and Tall
(3:10) 3. Milk Cow Blues
(3:10) 4. Dark Angel
(3:11) 5. Cold Winter Blues
(3:05) 6. Back to the Woods
(2:45) 7. Little House (I'm Gonna Chase These Peppers)
(3:25) 8. Back Door Blues
(3:22) 9. Jet Black Snake
(2:40) 10. Shake That Thing
(3:12) 11. Black Mattie
(2:44) 12. Mister Charlie
(2:50) 13. Salty Dog
(2:49) 14. Bad Luck Blues
(2:43) 15. Set Down Gal
(3:04) 16. Sagefield Woman Blues
(3:05) 17. Delmar Avenue
(3:11) 18. Wild Water Blues

Album: The Essential Disc 2
(3:00) 1. Mean Old Twister
(3:15) 2. Feels So Good
(3:11) 3. The Twelves (Dirty Dozen)
(3:05) 4. Red Beans and Rice
(3:10) 5. Laugh and Grin Blues
(3:04) 6. Working on the Project
(2:57) 7. Policy Wheel Blues
(3:12) 8. Hobo Blues
(3:07) 9. Stop, Look and Listen
(2:57) 10. Grass Cutter Blues
(3:08) 11. Fool Man Blues
(2:56) 12. Milk Cow Blues No. 4
(2:49) 13. The Honey Dripper
(3:15) 14. Feels So Good
(3:23) 15. Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues)
(3:00) 16. Try Some of That
(2:56) 17. Bull Headed Woman Blues
(2:46) 18. Bad Luck Blues

The Essential Disc 1
The Essential Disc 2
The Essential artwork

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Kokomo Arnold - Kokomo Arnold Vol. 2 (1935-1936)

Size: 154,5 MB
Time: 67:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Country Blues
Art: Front

01. Southern Railroad Blues (3:02)
02. Bo Weavil Blues (3:06)
03. Busy Bootin' (2:29)
04. Let Your Money Talk (2:50)
05. 'Cause You're Dirty (3:03)
06. Tonic Head Blues (2:51)
07. Policy Wheel Blues (2:57)
08. Traveling Rambler Blues (2:57)
09. Stop, Look And Listen (3:07)
10. Doin' The Doopididy (2:59)
11. The Mule Laid Down And Died (2:55)
12. Big Leg Mama (John Russell Blues) (2:43)
13. Milk Cow Blues #3 (2:52)
14. Milk Cow Blues #4 (2:56)
15. Down And Out Blues (3:05)
16. Model T Woman Blues (2:57)
17. Jet Black Snake (3:22)
18. I'll Be Up Someday (3:07)
19. I Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff (2:39)
20. Desert Blues (2:55)
21. Bull Headed Woman Blues (2:56)
22. Sundown Blues (2:42)
23. The Honey Dripper (2:49)

By 1935 Kokomo Arnold was firmly ensconced in Chicago. He was still a country boy to many of his associates but, never an unworldly man; he was quickly getting wise to the big city and its ways. Despite his dedication to his basement bootlegging business and a strong desire to "go fishing instead" he had become a fixture on the local entertainment scene, working beside most of the big names in the blues at that time.

The session on July 23th 1935 saw the first use of a piano to support his highly personal slide style and speculation among collectors has it that this was his first collaboration with Peetie Wheatstraw. It was during the period covered by this CD that Kokomo returned to Milk Cow Blues; covering his own hit in an attempt to recreate its success. This concentration on a winning theme may have made sense commercially but artistically Kokomo had much more to offer.

He drew his subject matter from all over and if in April he was celebrating that rural scourge/hero the boll weavil by July he was commenting on the big city preoccupation of Policy. The mysterious John Russell also reappears in the sub title to Big Leg Woman where he seems to be giving Kokomo considerable trouble. I wonder if this was a real person who Kokomo felt the need to castigate in song or a fictional character from black urban mythology.

Kokomo Arnold Vol. 2 (1935-1936)

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VA - The History Of Rhythm & Blues

Size: 168,0+171,8+172,6+172,1 MB
Time: 71:02+72:34+72:50+72:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Austin Coleman - My Soul Is A Witness (3:13)
02 Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine (3:15)
03 Jessie May Hill - The Crucifixion Of Christ (3:02)
04 Papa Charlie Jackson - Shake That Thing (3:05)
05 Blind Joe Reynolds - Outside Woman Blues (2:59)
06 Frank Stokes & The Beale Street Sheiks - It's A Good Thing (3:00)
07 Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues (3:44)
08 Blind Lemon Jefferson - Match Box Blues (3:04)
09 Blind Blake - Diddie Wah Diddie (3:01)
10 Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues (3:03)
11 Barbecue Bob - Ease It To Me Blues (3:01)
12 Curley Weaver - No No Blues (3:12)
13 Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey - Appaloosa Blues.mp3 (0:00)
14 Pearl Dickson - Little Rock Blues (3:03)
15 Jim Jackson - Kansas City Blues (3:17)
16 Jimmie Rodgers - Train Whistle Blues (3:01)
17 Memphis Minnie - Goin' Back To Texas (3:05)
18 Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues (3:04)
19 Skip James - If You Haven't Any (2:58)
20 Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues (3:06)
21 Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That (3:04)
22 Bryant's Jubilee Quartet - Didn't It Rain (2:34)
23 Jed Davenport - Beale Street Breakdown (3:00)
24 Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues (3:06)

CD 2:
01 Bennie Moten & The Kansas City Orchestra - Get Low-Down Blues (3:03)
02 Lonnie Johnson - Mr Johnson's Blues (2:41)
03 Bessie Smith - Backwater Blues (3:18)
04 Louis Armstrong - Knockin' A Jug (3:15)
05 Muggsy Spanier - Bullfrog Blues (2:57)
06 Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (3:22)
07 Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (3:07)
08 Blind Roosevelt Graves & Uaroy Graves - Guitar Boogie (2:55)
09 Leroy Carr - How Long, How Long Blues (3:05)
10 Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen (3:14)
11 Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues (2:58)
12 Rufus & Ben Quillian - Sweet Miss Stella Blues (2:56)
13 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Minnie The Moocher (3:13)
14 The Mills Brothers - St. Louis Blues (2:20)
15 The Three Keys - Somebody Stole Gabriel's Horn (3:00)
16 Leroy Carr - Midnight Hour Blues (3:08)
17 Bennie Moten & The Kansas City Orchestra - Lafayette (2:49)
18 Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Flaming Reeds And Screaming Brass (2:59)
19 Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing (2:58)
20 Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother For You (2:59)
21 Harlem Hamfats - Weed Smoker's Dream (3:20)
22 Lil Johnson - Press My Button (3:20)
23 Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time (2:51)
24 Georgia White - The Blues Ain't Nothing But (2:40)

CD 3:
01 Louie Lasky - Teasin' Brown Blues (2:48)
02 Leroy Carr - Barrelhouse Woman (2:55)
03 Johnnie 'Geechie' Temple - Lead Pencil Blues (3:07)
04 Bumble Bee Slim - Policy Dream Blues (2:50)
05 Bill Gaither - Naptown Stomp (2:38)
06 Walter Davis - Sloppy Drunk Again (3:07)
07 Jazz Gillum - Jockey Blues (2:51)
08 Elder Otis Jones - Holy Mountain (3:10)
09 The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbour (2:51)
10 Johnnie Tempbe - Louise Louise Blues (3:03)
11 Big Bill Broonzy - Barrelhouse When It Rains (2:53)
12 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (3:02)
13 Robert Johnson - Preachin' Blues (2:55)
14 Jimmie Gordon - Number Runner's Blues (2:54)
15 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Tell Me Baby (2:55)
16 Big Bill Broonzy - Rockin' Chair Blues (2:51)
17 Washboard Sam - Diggin' My Potatoes (2:58)
18 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train (2:42)
19 Tampa Red - Don't You Lie To Me (2:57)
20 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Jivin' The Blues (2:57)
21 Big Bill Broonzy - I Feel So Good (2:50)
22 Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:56)
23 Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues (2:46)
24 Doctor Clayton - Ain't No Business We Can Do (3:11)
25 Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Mean Ol' Frisco (2:36)

CD 4:
01 Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings - Boogie Woogie Stomp (3:03)
02 Count Basie - Boogie-Woogie (3:15)
03 Count Basie Orchestra - One O'clock Jump (3:02)
04 Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing (4:16)
05 Louis Jordan - Keep A-Knockin' (2:30)
06 Jimmie Lunceford - T'aint What You Do (3:03)
07 Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jive (2:46)
08 Nat King Cole - I Like To Riff (2:50)
09 Three Sharps & A Flat - That's The Rhythm (2:39)
10 The Cats & The Fiddle - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (2:47)
11 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra - After Hours (3:22)
12 Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy - Floyd's Guitar Blues (3:09)
13 Peetie Wheatstraw - Gangster's Blues (2:46)
14 Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Roll'em Pete (2:52)
15 Will Bradley - Down The Road A Piece (3:10)
16 Lionel Hampton - Central Avenue Breakdown (3:06)
17 Lewis Bronzeville Five - Natchez Mississippi Blues (3:00)
18 Pete Johnson - Death Ray Boogie (2:36)
19 Jay McShann - Confessin' The Blues (2:51)
20 Louis Jordan - What's The Use Of Getting Sober (2:56)
21 Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy - Take It And Git (3:16)
22 Ella Mae Morse - Cow Cow Boogie (3:14)
23 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Flying Home (3:15)
24 T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World (2:51)

Wow, what a wondrous thing this is!! 'The History Of Rhythm And Blues Part 1, 1925 to 1942' is a voyage of discovery, an enchanting and learned compilation stretching over four discs. Call it history, call it roots - it matters not! What's important is that what you hear within these four stunning discs helped to shape and model today's music. And hey, this is only part one - there's obviously more to come - what a work, what a commitment, and what a blast!! This superb anthology is split into four discreet and seamless sections as follows ; Disc 1 - Country Blues And Spirituals, Jug Bands And Hokum, Disc 2 - Piano Boogie-Woogie, Ragtime And Jazz, Disc 3 - Urban Blues And Gospel and lastly, Disc 4 - After Hours Swing And Jive. The compilers have been careful not to simply make this a 'blues' work; they've been realistic and honest in their work which finds blues, folk, gospel and other urban styles melding into more syncopated forms such as jazz, swing, jive and so on. Thus, you start to get the bigger picture as you work your way through this epically proportioned anthology - you see gaps being filled and ideas and forms being stretched over time. There are famous names and not so famous names, there are songs that you'll recognise and there are songs that you'll hear for the first time - but, all played their part in shaping the big rock and roll explosion of the 50's and all influenced what you listen to today under multi-genre headings, individual styles and nuances and so on. 'The History Of Rhythm And Blues' is as important as it is educational - this is quite possibly the best put together assemblage of 'roots' music - ever. Lovingly compiled by Nick Duckett and Consultant Stewart Tippett and beautifully presented with an enclosed booklet which 'tells the story', this is like an 'everyman's guide to the development and growth of modern, popular music'. Musical purists and scholars will love this work simply for its facts - music lovers from all age groups will find this work fascinating and rewarding and anyone who has the slightest interest in musical history should find this a joy to behold. Scratchy and naive maybe but that's how it was and that how it has to be. Listen to the lyrics and realise that what these innovators sang about doesn't differ very much from today's outpourings. Pick out nuances, syncopations, riffs and melodies that occur and re-occur through the ages. See where we learned, feel what influenced us and just enjoy the truth of it all!! Marvel at the creativity of these artists and take into consideration what they had available to them back then - be amazed at the content, the gritty believability, the passion and the dedication to a cause. Compare what's on offer here to where we are today - listen and learn, feel and be touched! Educational and fulfilling, it's as rewarding as it is fascinating - a piece of musical history that'll sit well in anyone's collection - glory in it's depth, revel in its creation and just enjoy all ninety-seven tracks for exactly what they are - an important musical history lesson, moments in musical time that shaped what we listen to today. 'The History Of Rhythm And Blues Part 1, 1925 to 1942' is a genuine beauty!! ~Peter J Brown aka toxic pete

Thanks to DrPeak.
The History Of Rhythm & Blues CD 1
The History Of Rhythm & Blues CD 2
The History Of Rhythm & Blues CD 3
The History Of Rhythm & Blues CD 4

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Kokomo Arnold - Original Kokomo Blues 1934-1938

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:46
Size: 136.8 MB
Styles: Pre-war blues, Chicago blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. Old Original Kokomo Blues
[3:07] 2. Milk Cow Blues
[3:00] 3. Back To The Woods
[3:06] 4. Sissy Man Blues
[3:22] 5. Front Door Blues
[3:07] 6. The Twelves
[3:11] 7. Feels So Good
[3:00] 8. Chain Gang Blues
[3:10] 9. How Long Blues
[2:25] 10. Busy Bootin'
[2:53] 11. Policy Wheel Blues
[3:02] 12. I'll Be Up Someday
[2:54] 13. Bull Headed Woman Blues
[3:06] 14. Dark Angel
[2:41] 15. Mister Charlie
[3:07] 16. Cold Winter Blues
[2:46] 17. Salty Dog
[3:00] 18. Working At The Project
[2:56] 19. Crying Blues
[2:51] 20. Bad Luck Blues

"Kokomo" was a popular brand of coffee early in the 20th century, and was the subject of Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell's first recorded blues in 1928. When slide guitar specialist James Arnold revamped this number as "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for Decca in 1934, little did he know that this would soon become his permanent handle -- Kokomo Arnold.

Kokomo Arnold was born in Georgia, and began his musical career in Buffalo, New York in the early '20s. During prohibition, Kokomo Arnold worked primarily as a bootlegger, and performing music was a only sideline to him. Nonetheless he worked out a distinctive style of bottleneck slide guitar and blues singing that set him apart from his contemporaries. In the late '20s, Arnold settled for a short time in Mississippi, making his first recordings in May 1930 for Victor in Memphis under the name of "Gitfiddle Jim." Arnold moved to Chicago in order to be near to where the action was as a bootlegger, but the repeal of the Volstead Act put him out of business, so he turned instead to music as a full-time vocation. ~Uncle Dave Lewis

Original Kokomo Blues 1934-1938

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