Thanksgiving Leftovers
“I gotta go somewhere, loosen my belt, and sit down for a while. If you wanna to make up a tin foil swan and fill it with stuffin', maybe I'll take it with me.”
“Thanks!”
The Singers and The Songs
Harry “Mac” McClintock – Hallelujah I'm a Bum
MORE DYLAN THANKSGIVING AFTER THE JUMP“He was a sheepherder, a railroader, a union organizer, a cowboy, a hobo, a muleskinner, and a musician.” as befits a show made up in part from songs unconsumed from earlier editions of TTRH, this can be found on a disc featured before, "When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven", a couple of tracks from which appeared in the Rich Man, Poor Man show.
Tampa Red & Big Maceo – Let Me Play With Your Poodle “On the Dog show I must have brought in like 50 records. We didn't get a chance to play em all, so let me share a couple of ‘em with ya today on our Leftovers show. Tampa Red & Big Maceo wanna play with your poodle. They're saying it's your poodle dog, but I have my doubts. This was recorded for the Bluebird record label, and it's a good example of what was known as the Bluebird Beat.” this song appears on volume 12 of Document's "Complete Recorded Works" of the amazingly prolific Tampa Red. Its also a likely contender for some of the various risque blues collections which appear from time to time.
Al Ferrier – Yard Dog Al is best known for his rockabilly sides. The Goldband CD I have this on, "Swampland Jewels" describes the song as being in cajun style. I'm not sure I'd go that far; its pretty different to everything else on the disc. The CD (which is the only place I turned it up after several searches) is deleted, but not hard to obtain, even new, from Amazon Marketplace dealers.
The Robins – The Turkey Hop “Even though we're mostly having leftovers, it seems appropriate that we should have one fresh dish.” this can be found on CDs such as "Johnny Otis Presents The Robins" on Savoy Jazz (which rounds up the sides the Otis orchestra made with the Robins before, in a hissy fit, they decamped because they felt they were overshadowed by Little Esther's appearance on one of their records! (the story ends happily of course when they hooked up with Leiber & Stoller, and evolved into the Coasters) Those who have a greater interest in the doings of Johnny Otis might be advised to look out JSP's five disc set "Midnight At The Barrelhouse", which contains everything on the Savoy set mentioned above, plus a whole bunch more stuff featuring Little Esther and others.
Fats Waller – Honeysuckle Rose this can be found on many discs. The one I have selected for this is "The Definitive Fats Waller, Vols 1 & 2" simply because it also contains the other Fats song Bob featured (in programme #32), which most of them don't.Betty Harris – Twelve Red Roses this can be found on a CD called "The Lost Soul Queen".Skeets McDonald – Don't Let the Starts Get in Your Eyes “His real first name was Enos, but he earned his nickname after an incident involving a swarm of mosquitoes.” for the dedicated there is a Bear Family box of Skeets' material under this title, but for us mortals this is on "And The Answer Is: Great Country Answer Discs From The 50s" also on Bear Family. If this whets your appetite, there's a second volume too!
Billie Holiday – Them There Eyes “With her soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright as sunlight on a stream.” top recommendation for this 1939 side has to be "Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday" on Sony. This 2-CD set is a distillation of the very wonderful 10-disc collection "Lady Day" which contains her complete Columbia recordings made between 1933-44. Billie later made a new version of this song for Decca in 1950; that can be found on a Decca CD, "Greatest Hits" - itself distilled from the 2-CD Complete Decca Recordings.
Jesse Belvin – Angel Eyes this song by the man with the voice of silk can be found on an Ace collection "Guess Who: The RCA-Victor Recordings".Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) – Gunslingers “We've told you before how Calypso is kind of like a musical commentary on the daily goings on. This song is no exception.” a second helping from "First Flight: Early Calypsos From The Emory Cook Collection".
Billy Wright – Let's Be Friends “Our next singer is a real character, and was a close friend of Little Richard. As a matter of fact, Richard credits him as being one of his biggest influences.” this is on a disc entitled "Don't You Want A Man Like Me".
The Bailes Brothers – Whiskey Is The Devil (In Liquid Form) “Another show that had a lot of extra songs was about the Devil. So we're gonna give the Devil his due again for a moment.” this song can be found on A Bear Family collection called "Oh So Many Years" and also on a disc from our other German friends at http://www.dagmar-anita-binge.de/home.htm called "The Bailes Brothers Sing Their Hearts Out For You". For the excellent booklet notes I have to recommend the Bear Family release this time.
Dinah Washington – Teach Me Tonight “Dinah was one of the greatest of the jazz singers, and her throaty sass, soulful vocal dips, and end of the lyric growls make this version…an invitation that's almost impossible to resist.” this song is on "The Definitive Dinah Washington" on Verve. Bob has played five Washington numbers during TTRH's first run, which unfortunately I have only found on three different discs. Crossover between them seems minimal though thankfully, and its all great music.
Rockpile – Teacher Teacher this is on the band's only album "Seconds Of Pleasure". It might possibly feature on one or other Dave Edmunds or Nick Lowe compilation, but I haven't looked at them all (life being finite in length!).
Muddy Waters – Iodine In My Coffee “Whoah. No matter how many times you hear it, it sends a chill up your spine.” another chance to spin a disc from "King Of Chicago Blues".
Harold Burrage – You Eat Too Much this can be found on "Messed Up: The Cobra Recordings 1956-1958".
Cisco Houston – Pie In The Sky we end with a song which can be found on "The Folkways Years 1944-1961".
“The phrase ‘pie in the sky' comes from the Wobblies , the labor organization formed in the United States in 1905 . They concentrated on organizing migrant and casual workers, and one of the ways they brought such fragmented groups together was by song. Every member got a little book that contained parodies of popular songs or hymns…This song, Pie In The Sky, from 1911, was aimed directly at the Salvation Army, an organization anxious to save the Wobblies' souls, while the Wobblies were more interested in putting food on the table. The song was a parody of the Salvation Army hymn, In The Sweet Bye and Bye.”
Other Singers, Players, etc.
The Wobblies
Carl Perkins
Elvis Presley
The Boppin' Billies
Brian Ferrier
Alan Toussaint
Perry Como
John Hammond
Bennie Goodman
Count Basie
Barry White
Sammy Kahn
Roy Akoff
Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams
The Creation
Nanny Doss
Willie Dixon
Wayne Bennett
Richard Simmons
Joe Hill
The Salvation ArmyOther Songs and Albums
Goodnight, My Love
Sparrow in Hi-Fi
Dust On The Bible
The Drunkard's Grave
In the Sweet Bye and Bye
The Places
Montgomery, LA
Philadelphia
Atlanta, GA
New York
Movies and other entertainment
Louisiana Hayride
A Day of Thanksgiving, 1951
Food jinglesRecord Labels
Sweet Potatoes
Avocados….mmmmmmm good
Delicious zucchini
Pie
Bluebird
Capital records
Cobra Records
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