Big Bill Broonzy Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Record Shelves #242 – In the Evening – I made my first trip to Paris in 1969 and came back with an LP featuring one of my idols. It starts with this tune by Leroy Carr. I put it on the turntable, and the outstanding vocal performance, the guitar playing, and (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #200 – Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home – “Big Bill certainly was big, and his death in 1958—when he succumbed to cancer— removed one of the greatest singers from the active blues scene.” The uncredited comment on the sleeve (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #152 – Come On Mama – Thomas A. Dorsey, who got his nickname Georgia Tom by Paramount’s recording director Mayo Williams, wrote about two hundred blues songs between 1923 and 1932. After that, he became an important pioneer (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #30 – Gee, But It’s Hard. This record has a worn out sleeve. For two reasons. First and foremost because me and a friend as teenagers used to copy and play and sing the tunes on the record and secondly because (…) read more and listenread more and listen