Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, July 13, 2021 (10:00 to 12:00 noon)
At the heart of this week’s program a selection of guitar blues from the 1927-1931 era. Blues from Victor, Vocalion and Gennett but half from the Paramount label which had extraordinary success in finding down-home artists starting with Blind Lemon and Charley Patton but including many others who made only a few records in their lives, like Freddie Spruell, and those who recorded once or twice to see just a handful of sides appear on Paramount. Also on the program some blues from Detroit; a Cajun segment; Southern Gospel from 1960 and just beyond.
“Down so long, down don’t worry me. I’ve been down so long, down don’t worry me” — Ishman Bracey
On the Show:
Montana Taylor – Baby Boy Warren – Eddie Kirkland – Michael Jerome Browne – Chris Thomas King – Copper Crow Blues Band – Ed Bell – Mr. Freddie Spruell – Tommy Johnson – Geeshie Wiley – Robert Bertrand & the Lake Charles Playboys – Bill Matte – Sister Lucille Barbee – Jimmy Jones & the Northern Airs – and others
Listen to the program each week at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.ca. The program will be available to stream or download until for eight weeks until September 7th as a podcast. Just go the website, scroll through 40 shows to Tuesday 10:00 am bring up the right playlist and stream or download the show.
Next Week:
We’ll be off next week. There will be a repeat broadcast. We’ll tell you what is playing closer to the broadcast date.
Errors and omissions:
- Contrary to what we stated on air, there is no mandolin on “Trouble-Hearted Blues”
2. We played “Indiana Avenue Stomp” not “Boogie” as misstated on air.
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