Vaudeville dominated the national entertainment scene until radio kept everybody tuned in at home. In those heady days of live entertainment (primarily the late teens and early 1920s), the blues began to take form. And contrary to the image we have of blues singers today, back then they were mostly female and remarkably self-assured. This collection focuses 4 CDs on those classic vaudevillians and their songs that ranged from morality tales to the sexually lurid and provocative.
6 Find Me at the Greasy Spoon (If You Miss Me Here)
7 Scoop It
8 Mama, Let Me Scoop for You
9 Bow Legged Papa
10 How Can I Miss You When I've Got Dead Aim
11 Railroad Bill
12 Hard Headed Mama
13 Git' Goin
14 He May Be Your Man (But He Comes to See Me Sometimes)
15 Devil in the Lion's Den
16 Uncle Sam Blues
17 Everybody Mess Around
18 Twistin' Your Stuff
19 Don't Shake It No More
20 Fouth Street Mess Around
21 How Come You Do Me Like You Do
22 Beat You Doing It
23 Slow Up Papa
24 Honey You're Going Too Fast
25 Penitentiary Bound Blues
26 Death Cell Blues
Vaudeville dominated the national entertainment scene until radio kept everybody tuned in at home. In those heady days of live entertainment (primarily the late teens and early 1920s), the blues began to take form. And contrary to the image we have of blues singers today, back then they were mostly female and remarkably self-assured. This collection focuses 4 CDs on those classic vaudevillians and their songs that ranged from morality tales to the sexually lurid and provocative.
