Your favorite music from 1927

Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down

 

(Crying) Sam Collins - 'The Jail House Blues;


https://www.discogs.com/Sam-Collins-The-Jail-House-Blues-Riverside-Blues/release/13898229
Illustrated Sam Collins discography

 

Beale Street Sheiks (Frank Stokes & Dan Sane) - Mr. Crump Don't Like It

Blues as political commentary. Edward Hull "Boss" Crump (1874-1954) was the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, between 1910 and 1915. The song is about Crump’s continued influence over political appointments.

 

Sam Manning with Adolphe Thenstead's Mentor Boys


https://www.discogs.com/Sam-Manning-Lignum-Vitae-Emily/release/4110593
Sam Manning (musician) - Wikipedia

 

Kalama's Quartet


'Inikiniki Malie' (Gentle pinches of wind) ("Hawaiian Yodel")
https://www.discogs.com/Kalamas-Quartet-Medley-Of-Hulas-I-Nikiniki-Malie/release/14678023
Early Hawaiian Classics: 1927-1932 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

 

'Little Stream of Whiskey' - Burnett and Rutherford


78 Record: Burnett And Rutherford - Little Stream Of Whiskey (1927)
Cover versions of Little Stream of Whiskey by Burnett and Rutherford | SecondHandSongs

b/w ' A Short Life of Trouble'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9TT40CBW4&ab_channel=GoodTimeMusicGoodTimeMusic
Cover versions of A Short Life of Trouble by Burnett and Rutherford | SecondHandSongs

 

'Jack of Diamonds'


Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters featuring Jackson Young (vocal - Ben Jarrell)
https://www.discogs.com/Oran-Campbe...oung-That-Bad-Man-Stacklee-Ja/release/7213808
Cover versions of Drunkard's Song written by [Traditional] | SecondHandSongs

 

Sara Martin - 'Orn'ry Blues'


with Sylvester Weaver
OKeh matrix W81295. Orn'ry blues / Sara Martin - Discography of American Historical Recordings
https://bluesimages.com/museum-78s/...513-a-Sara-Martin-Loving-Is-What-I-Crave.html

 

''I wish my mother was on that train' - Blind Joe Taggart and Emma Taggart


sung as 'I wonder will my mother be on that train'
78 Record: Blind Joe Taggart And Emma Taggart - I'll Be Satisfied (1927)
Illustrated Blind Joe Taggart discography

 

Bela Bartok - String Quartet No. 3 composed September 1927
I'm not much of a classical music buff but I do like Bartok's string quartets.

 

High times for traditional Irish music

 

(Papa) Charlie Jackson


'Baby, don't you be so mean'
https://www.discogs.com/Charlie-Jac...ut-Papa-Dont-Tear-Your-Pants/release/13970294
Illustrated Papa Charlie Jackson discography

 

'Daniel in the Lion's Den' - Rev J.C. Burnett assisted by Sisters Grainger and Jackson


78 Record: Rev. J. C. Burnett - Daniel In The Lion's Den (1927)
Reverend J. C. Burnett - Wikipedia

 

Before the blind Dick Burnett (banjoist) bought a car, he and Rutherford walked or rode a horse drawn cart to perform on courthouse lawns near Wayne County, Kentucky. The music historian Charles K. Wolfe reproduced two "ballets" in his book Tennessee Strings. The ballets were cards with song lyrics about the size of playing cards. Burnett sold them for a penny or nickel to supplement tips. That was their income except for the basic payment for each side recorded. When a young man, Burnett was shot in the face during a robbery, making him one of several blind musicians at the dawn of country music.

 

Andrew and Jim Baxter


(father and son)
https://www.discogs.com/Andrew-And-Jim-Baxter-Bamalong-Blues-KC-Railroad-Blues/release/7075274
Illustrated Andrew and Jim Baxter discography
bamalong - what is it?

 

Another vote for Blind Willie Johnson. He recorded 6 songs in December 1927 including Nobody’s Fault But Mine and Motherless Children - later remade by Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton respectively. But this track is the deepest, and my favourite:

 

Barbecue Bob aka Robert Hicks


78 Record: Barbecue Bob - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues (1927)
Illustrated Barbecue Bob discography

 

Furry Lewis


'Why don't you come home blues'
https://www.discogs.com/Furry-Lewis...-Blues-Mean-Old-Bedbug-Blues/release/15471176
Illustrated Walter 'Furry' Lewis discography

 

Henry Thomas ("Ragtime Texas")


https://www.discogs.com/Henry-Thomas-Ragtime-Texas-John-Henry-Cottonfield-Blues/release/2058067
Cover versions of Cottonfield Blues by Henry Thomas | SecondHandSongs
Illustrated Henry Thomas discography

 

Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe - "Tuxedo Blues" / "Black Snake Blues" [Gennett 6212]

 

The flipside:

 

'Guitar Rag' - Sylvester Weaver


1927 version; first recorded by Sylvester Weaver in 1923
78 Record: Sylvester Weaver - Damfino Stump (1927)
Illustrated Sylvester Weaver discography

 

Jim Jackson


78 Record: Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues-Part 1 (1927)
Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues - Wikipedia

 

Victoria Spivey


'Garter Snake Blues'; Lonnie Johnson - guitar; Porter Grainger - piano
https://www.discogs.com/Victoria-Spivey-Garter-Snake-Blues-Christmas-Mornin-Blues/release/13839457

 

Butterbeans and Susie


'Oh Yeah!'
You're No Count Triflin' Man / Oh Yeah! by Butterbeans and Susie - RYM/Sonemic
Butterbeans and Susie - Wikipedia