Booze and Blues
by
Ma Rainey
, boozy blues, and blues
Ma Rainey says:
Don't get much lower than this, but even when I'm low I can still be the last one standing. Haven't you heard? I can drink any man under the table. C'mon, let's head down to Harley's and have a few. ...
Shave 'em Dry Blues
blues
oh yes. One of my oldest recordings from 1924. This is the polite version too, you shoulda heard the nasty lyrics I really wrote for...
Stack O' Lee Blues
blues
One of the more famous traditional blues tunes. Stack 'O Lee was a bad man, but he was my man, and of course he done...
Don't Fish in My Sea
blues, acoustic blues, piano, delta
"If you don't like my Ocean, don't fish in my Sea". Ha! I've always been proud of this one. Check out James Blythe on the...
Georgia Cake Walk
blues, country blues, standards
Here's a dance we used to do back in my day. The cakewalk was one of the most popular of all early jazz styles of...
