"Potent Potables" May 9, 2008

(Week 122)

This RADIOLA! is a virtual bender in honor of a station-wide email sent last week by WHCL's General Manager: We will NOT be airing on Friday evening. It is ILLEGAL to be on the air when one is intoxicated, so don't even try it.

First of all, RADIOLA! will be on, as usual, at 8 PM Eastern on WHCL (with streaming HERE)--and the evening broadcasters tend to be "sober men and true." Although tonight anything might happen. I'll upload the broadcast to Live365 once the room stops spinning.

Also, we toast the memory of Chicago tenor sax legend Franz Jackson, who died May 6.

Paul Whiteman and his Orch – Just a Little Drink (1925) – Naxos 8.120628
Ruben “River” Reeves and his River Boys – Screws, Nuts, and Bolts (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Ipana Troubadors – Wake Up, Chill’un, Wake Up (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch – Hittin’ the Bottle (1935) – Proper P1598
Gene Kardos and his Orch – A Hot Dog, a Blanket, and You (1931) – The Old Masters mb121
Tiny Parham and his Musicians – Doin’ the Jug-Jug (1930) – Timeless CBC 1-022/2
Una Mae Carlisle – Hangover Blues (1938) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5092
Harlem Hamfats (Joe McCoy, v.) – You Drink Too Much (1937) – Document DOCD 5272
Bessie Smith – Gimme a Pigfoot (1933) – Excelsior EXL-2-5317
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four – A Mug of Ale (1927) – JSP CD 3402/1
Waring’s Pennsylvanians – Hello, Montreal! (1928) – Viper’s Nest VN-179
Miff Mole and his Molers – Feelin’ No Pain (1927) – Living Era CD AJA5632
Frank Crumit – I Married the Bootlegger’s Daughter (1925) – Victor 19739-A
Noah Beery – One Little Drink (1930) – Brunswick 4828
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (Sid Garry, v.) – Stein Song (1930) – Velvet Tone 2120-V
Ruben “River” Reeves and his River Boys – Zuddan (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Al Gallodoro – Manhattan (2003) – “Sarasota Saxes” Golden Rooster Records
George Broderick – Down Deep Within the Cellar (1900) – Berliner 01053
Billy Murray – Under The Anheuser Bush (1904) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Arthur Collins – Schooners that Pass in the Night (1909) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Vernon Dalhart – Alcoholic Blues (1919) – UCSB Cylinder Collection
Duke Ellington – Cocktails for Two (1934) – Victor 24617
Gene Gifford and his Orch – Squareface (1935) – Hep CD 1077
Eddie’s Hot Shots – I’m Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee (1929) – Gold Sound DCD-772-2
Ethel Merman – Make it Another Old Fashioned Please (1940) – Naxos 8.120627
Paul Whiteman (Ramona Davies, v.) – I Get a Kick Out of You (1934) – Victor 24769
Phil Harris and his Orch. – Pink Elephants (1933) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5191
Ruben “River” Reeves and his River Boys – Yellow Fire (1933) – Timeless CBC 1-039
Adrian Rollini and his Orch – Tap Room Swing (1936) – ASV Living Era CD AJA CD AJA 5424
Larry Clinton and his Orch (Bea Wain, v.) – You Go To My Head (1938) – Victor 25849
The Andrews Sisters – Beer Barrel Polka (1939) – Decca 2462A
California Ramblers – Show Me The Way to Go Home (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-053