"Stay Out of the South!" June 30, 2006

(Week 45)

This Friday's program will commemorate my wife's trip to Tennessee--and my steadfast reclusiveness. (Like certain wines, I really don't travel well.) There's lots to love about the lower Red states, and some things to feel ambivalent about--my selections are (mostly) respectful. (Many of these Dixie encomia were penned by guys sweating it out in the Brill Building in little ol' New York City.) Hospitable helpings of period Political Incorrectness have been included at no charge.

My (generally) polite nod to my neighbors below the Mason-Dixon Line begins Friday, June 30 at 7 PM EDT on WHCL:

Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orch. – South (1928) – Bluebird 3139-2-RB
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – Stay Out of the South (1927) – The Old Masters mb112
Mose Tapiero – William Tell Overture (1912) – Columbia 78 RPM
Ben Selvin and his Orch. – Shakin’ the Blues Away (1927) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5002
Al Lentz and his Orch. – Hello! Swanee, Hello! (1926) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5002
Coon-Sanders’ Nighthawks – I’m Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston(1925) – The Old Masters mb111
Jimmy Wade and his Dixielanders – Mississippi Wobble (1928) – Timeless CBC 1-050 JAZZ
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Mississippi Basin (1933) – RCA Victor 09026-68682-2
The Charleston Chasers – Mississippi Mud (1928) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5316
Bert Lown and his Orch. – I Can’t Get Mississippi Off my Mind (1931) – The Old Masters mb105
Charlie Palloy – Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia (1932) – The Old Masters mb118
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – He’s a Son of the South (1933) – RCA Victor 09026-68682-2
Memphis Jug Band – Memphis Boy Blues (1927) – Blues Collection 159622
Dixieland Jug Blowers – Memphis Shake (1926) – Frog DGF6
Memphis Jug Band – Memphis Shakedown (1934) – Blues Collection 159622
The Boswell Sisters – Got the South in My Soul (1932) – Collectibles Col-CD-6461
Marlow Hardy and his Alabamians – Georgia Pines (1929) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Mason Dixon Orch. – Alabammy Snow (1929) – The Old Masters mb107
Frank Trumbauer and his Orch. – I’m Comin’ Virginia (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-043 JAZZ
Bing Crosby – Cabin in the Cotton (1932) – Charly CDCD 1701
Bing Crosby – Sweet Georgia Brown (1932) – Charly CDCD 1701
Oscar Aleman Trio – Dear Old Southland (1939) – Acoustic Disc ACD-29
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Down South Camp Meeting (1936) – Bluebird 5630-2-RB
Jimmie Noone and his New Orleans Band – Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1936) – KJ 152 FS
Jacksonville Harmony Trio – Jacksonville Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8011
Marlow Hardy and his Alabamians – Song of the Bayou (1929) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
The Missourians – Missouri Moan (1929) – Masters of Jazz MJCD 105
Fred Hall’s Jazz Band – Missouri Squabble (1928) – The Old Masters mb106
The Boswell Sisters – Old Yazoo (1932) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 550
The Boswell Sisters – Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On (1931) – Collectibles Col-CD-6461
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch. – Virginia Lee (1930) – Classics 641
Jimmie Noone and his Orch. – Dixie Lee (1933) – Classics 641
Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Georgia May (1934) – Bluebird 07863 66618-2
Tom Lehrer – I Wanna Go Back to Dixie (1953) – Rhino R2 72776
West End Jazz Band (Leah LaBrea, vo.) – Birmingham Bertha (2002) – Legacy 2K 102
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Memphis Exorcism (1996) Mammoth MR0137-2
Fred Van Eps Quartet – Swanee (1920) – Pro Arte Digital CDD 433
James P. Johnson – Carolina Shout (1921) – Classics 658
Fletcher Henderson and his Orch. – Memphis Bound (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-003 JAZZ
Ben Pollack and his Orch. – Memphis Blues (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8015
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Memphis Mamie (1930) – Classics 691
Slim Lamar and his Southerners – Memphis Kick Up (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79006 JAZZ
Gene Kardos and his Orch. – Georgia on My Mind (1932) – The Old Masters mb121
Charles Fulcher and his Orch. – Atlanta Gal (1929) – Timeless CBC 1-038 JAZZ
Benny Goodman and his Orch. – Georgia Jubilee (1934) – Timeless CBC 1-065 JAZZ
Ross DeLuxe Syncopaters – Florida Rhythm (1927) – Jazz Oracle BDW 8011
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch – I Lost My Gal From Memphis (1930) – Classics 641
Slim Lamar and his Southerners – Mississippi Stomp (1929) – Retrieval RTR 79006 JAZZ
Paul Whiteman’s Orch. (w/Bing Crosby, vo.) – Southern Medley (1930) – Columbia CK 44304
Louis Armstrong and Buck Washington – Dear Old Southland (1930) – Columbia CK 46996
Louis Armstrong and his Orch. – Sweet Savannah Sue (1929) – CK 46148
Ray Starita and his Ambassadors’ Club Orch. – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929)