OTRS 141 R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM (part 59) “MUSIC OF ETHIOPIA & SOMALIA” special guest’s Robert Crumb & his glorious 78rpm records and that lovable scamp Eden Brower.

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John’s Old Time Radio Show R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM PT. 59 “Music of Ethiopia & Somalia”. John Heneghan, Robert Crumb & Eden Brower play R. Crumb’s fabulous 78 rpm records from Crumb’s record collection in France.

  1. Patriotic Association Orchestra
  2. Invocaxione a Dio di un cieco Amhara
  3. Demisee Desta with Harp
  4. Farede Galla
  5. Balaynesh Woubantie
  6. Talahoun
  7. Godudo Mohamed
  8. Ahmed Aoma with Choir
  9. illegible
John Heneghan & R. Crumb
edenandjohn eBay store!!!
R. Crumb & Eden Brower

OTRS 140 “ROOTS OF THE SUITS” part two w/ CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS CO-FOUNDERS R. CRUMB & ROBERT ARMSTRONG IN JOHN’S RECORD ROOM

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John’s Old Time Radio Show – Cheap Suit Serenaders co-founders Robert Crumb & Robert Armstrong reminisce about their time in the band and spin old 78 rpm records that influenced them and later an entire generation of old-time music musicians. Recorded in John’s record room and Mark Pollock’s house remotely.

1. Chasin’ Rainbows – Dallas String Band w/ Coley Jones

2. Chili Blues – Rodney Rogers’ Red Peppers

3. I Had But Fifty Cents – Jack Golding

4. Hapa Haole Hula Girl – Kalamas Quartet

5. I’m Gonna Get It – The Hokum Boys w/ Casey Bill Weldon & Big Bill Broonzy

6. En Liten, Liten, Liten Sportstuga – Sven-Olof Sandberg

7. Persian Rug – Louisiana Sugar Babies

8. Crying My Blues Away – Albert Wynne and His Gut Bucket Five

R. Crumb’s Banjo Boys
Cheap Suit Serenaders
Cheap Suit Serenaders
R. Crumb’s Cheap Suit Serenaders
Al Dodge & Crumb
edenandjohn eBay store!!!
John Heneghan & Robert Crumb
Robert Armstrong & Mark Pollock
Big Bill Broonzy
Casey B Weldon

OTRS 139 “ROOTS OF THE SUITS” part one w/ CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS CO-FOUNDERS R. CRUMB & ROBERT ARMSTRONG IN JOHN’S RECORD ROOM

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John’s Old Time Radio Show – Cheap Suit Serenaders co-founders Robert Crumb & Robert Armstrong reminisce about their time in the band and spin old 78 rpm records that influenced them and later an entire generation of old-time music musicians. Recorded in John’s record room and Mark Pollock’s house remotely.

  1. Laughing Rag – Sam Moore & Horace Davis
  2. Moana March – Andy Sanella
  3. Willie, The Chimney Sweeper – Ernest Rogers
  4. Make My Cot Where The Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows – Red Nichols’ Stompers
  5. Sing Song Girl – Leroy Shield & Victor Hollywood Orchestra
  6. On The Beach At Waikiki – The Waikiki Stone Wall Boys
  7. My Girl’s Pussy – Harry Roy & his Bat Club Boys
  8. Ready For The River – Wisconsin Roof Orchestra
Robert Armstrong, R. Crumb, Al Dodge – Cheap Suit Serenaders
Armstrong (L), Ward Kimball, Crumb(R)
Robert Armstrong, Alan Dodge, R. Crumb – Cheap Suit Serenaders
Alan Dodge & Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Alan Dodge
Terry Zwigoff
John Heneghan & Robert Crumb
Robert Armstrong & Mark Pollock
R. Crumb & Robert Armstrong

edenandjohn eBay store!!!
Robert Armstrong, R. Crumb, Al Dodge Cheap Suit Serenaders
Al Dodge, R. Crumb, Robert Armstrong Cheap Suit Serenaders
Red Nichols
Harry Roy

OTRS 138 “STUMP THE CHUMP pt2!” R. CRUMB (part 59) IN JOHN’S RECORD ROOM

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John’s Old Time Radio Show – THE SHOW’S NUMBER 1 GUEST ROBERT CRUMB, ARTIST AND CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS CO-FOUNDER, SITS IN HENEGHAN’S RECORD ROOM AND TRIES TO GUESS THE ARTISTS OF SOME ULTRA RARE DISCS WITH SPECIAL GUEST AND LOVABLE SCAMP EDEN BROWER.

  1. YELLOW DOG BLUES – DAVID N. BURROWS (HAWAII)
  2. NWATSHANZA MIHLOTI – GABRIEL MATABELA (MOZAMBIQUE)
  3. DOUGH ROLLER – SONNY JONES (USA)
  4. SWEET BIRD – HARKREADER AND POTEET (USA)
  5. SISIRKANA DHAR CHOUDHURY (INDIA)
  6. O ACTOS – TCHOUSI, DAMALAS & CO. (GREEK)
  7. KRITIKOS HOROS – UNKNOWN (GREECE CRETE)
  8. TRABZON OREN HAVASI – PIC OGLU OSMAN (TURKISH BLACK SEA)
  9. BONGUE – MATE MERA (SOUTH AFRICA)
  10. YAMANI – AL-BARHA YA ZAIN (PERSIAN GULF)
  11. LAB LE WOLD – DEMISSE DESTA WITH HARP (ETHIOPIA)
  12. DALMAR – AHMED AWAD WITH CHOIR (SOMALIA)
  13. HIGH SOCIETY – THE JOLLY BOYS OF LAFAYETTE (USA)
  14. WILL YOU MISS ME, DRLING MISS ME? – DEWY & GASSIE BASSETT (USA)
  15. NEVER DRIVE A STRANGER FROM YOUR DOOR – WILLIAM HARRIS (USA)
John Heneghan & Robert Crumb
Sisirkana Dhar Choudhury

OTRS 137 “STUMP THE CHUMP!” R. CRUMB (part 58) IN JOHN’S RECORD ROOM

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John’s Old Time Radio Show – THE SHOW’S NUMBER 1 GUEST ROBERT CRUMB, ARTIST AND CHEAP SUIT SERENADERS CO-FOUNDER, SITS IN HENEGHAN’S RECORD ROOM AND TRIES TO GUESS THE ARTISTS OF SOME ULTRA RARE DISCS WITH SPECIAL GUEST AND LOVABLE SCAMP EDEN BROWER.

  1. Pentozali (Cretan Dance) – Harilaos Kritikos
  2. Konya Folklord – Konya Bozkir Folklor Ekibi
  3. Unknown – Sj. Haridas Ganguly
  4. Miss Handy Hanks – Archie Lewis
  5. Rising Sun Blues – Ashley and Foster
  6. Rent Man Blues – Jenny Pope (aka Jennie Clayton)
  7. Down The Highway – Charlie Pickett
  8. Thou Carest Lord For Me – Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers
  9. You’ve Got To Get Hot – Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
John Heneghan & Robert Crumb
Clarence Ashley
Harliaos Kritikos
Fletcher Henderson
R. Crumb & Eden Brower

possibly Jennie Clayton aka Jennie Pope
Will Shade

OTRS 136 “VOCAL POTPOURRI SHOW”.

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John’s Old Time Radio Show – “VOCAL POTPOURRI SHOW” w/ ROBERT ARMSTRONG & MARK POLLOCK. Listen to great old 78 records featuring top vocal performances from the collections of Hawaiian steel great & Cheap Suit Serenaders co-founder Robert Armstrong, fellow record collector Mark Pollock and yours truly. Thanks to Mark for helping record this show remotely.

  1. OH MONAH! – Maple City Four
  2. THE BOOK ON ETIQUETTE – Mona Motor Oil Twins
  3. CUBA – Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
  4. WHAT’S THE MATTER NOW – Norfolk Jazz Jubilee Quartet
  5. CLANKA A LANKA – Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham
  6. TURN AWAY Lubbock Texas Quartet
  7. LOOKIN’ GOOD BUT FEELIN’ BAD – Fats Waller and His Buddies
  8. DOG-GONE! – The Nifty Three
  9. THE STATION WILL BE CHANGED – Jubilee Gospel Team
  10. LILIUE – Kalama’s Quartette
  11. NEW ORLEANS STOP TIME Bumble Bee Slim & Memphis Minnie
  12. BRING IT ON HOME TO GRANDMA – Mississippi Mud Mashers
  13. SAM THE OLD ACCORDION MAN – Williams Sisters
  14. READY FOR THE RIVER – The Rounders
  15. WHEN SUMMER IS GONE – Kalama’s Quartette
Robert Armstrong & Mark Pollock
Kalama Quartet
Kalama Quartet
Kalama's Quartet
Kalama’s Quartet
FATS WALLER
Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy
Bumble Bee Slim by R. Crumb
Robert Armstrong & Mark Pollock
The Maple City Four
Norfolk Jazz Quartette

Robert Armstrong

OTRS 135 “Great Grey Gulls” Wacky Grey Gull bands and their subsidiary labels.

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John’s Old Time Radio Show – “Great Grey Gulls” w/ ROBERT ARMSTRONG & MARK POLLOCK – “SQUEEZEBOX HEROES OF DAYS GONE BY”. Listen to great old 78 records featuring top Grey Gull house bands and more from the collections of Hawaiian steel great & Cheap Suit Serenaders co-founder Robert Armstrong, fellow record collector Mark Pollock and yours truly. Thanks to Mark for helping record this show remotely

  1. Just You Honey – Louisville Master Players (Mike Mosiello)
  2. Lone Western Blues – Unknown Grey Gull House Band
  3. The Terror – Cliff Jackson & his Krazy Kats
  4. There’s A Czecho Slovak Waiting For Me – Arthur Fields & Fred Hall
  5. Dixie Favorites – John Cali
  6. Arkansas Hoedown – Home Folk Fiddlers
  7. Just Blues – Memphis Jazzers (Mike Mosiello)
  8. Cryin’ For The Carolines – Atlanta Syncopators (Mike Mosiello/ Andy Sanella)
  9. “Taint No Sin – Kansas City Blue Boys (Fred Hall)
  10. Moana March – Kalua Players (Andy Sanella)
  11. Blue Waters – University Syncopators (Mike Mosiello/ Andy Sanella)
  12. Mindanao March – Honolulu Players (Benny Nawahi/ Harry Volpe/ James Ferraro)
  13. Scotchie – Casino Jazzers
  14. ‘Leven Cent Cotton And Forty Cent Meat – Bill Barnes & Joey Lane (Bob Miller)
  15. Ja Da Blues – Joy Dispensers (Mike Mosiello)
Robert Armstrong & Mark Pollock
Cliff Jackson & his Krazy Kats
Cliff Jackson & his Krazy Kats
Mike Mosiello
andy sanella
andy sanella
john cali
John Cali
Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong interviews King Bennie Nawahi 1980
Benny Nawahi

OTRS 133 LESSER KNOWN COUNTRY BLUES RECORDS OF THE 1920’s & 30’s Part 2

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John’s Old Time Radio Show – “LESSER KNOWN COUNTRY BLUES RECORDS OF THE 1920’s & 30’s Part 2”. FANTASTIC OLD BLUES RECORDS THE AVERAGE COLLECTOR MAY BE UNAWARE OF. FROM HENEGHAN’S 78 RPM COLLECTION.

  1. Wild About My Loving – Lonnie Coleman
  2. Whole Soul Blues – Papa Egg Shell (Lawrence Casey)
  3. Dough Roller – Sonny Jones
  4. Lazy Black Snake Blues – Joshua White
  5. Death Cell Blues – Mary Johnson
  6. Our Family Doctor – Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charlie
  7. Corn-Bread Blues – Texas Alexander & Lonnie Johnson
  8. Happy Home Blues – Mississippi Matilda, Sonny Boy Nelson & William Harris
  9. Little Rock Blues – Pearl Dickson
  10. All Night Long – “Brownsville” Son Bonds & Hammie Nixon
  11. Who Stole the Lock On The Hen House Door? – Georgia Browns
  12. You Better Not Go To 35th and State No More – Irene & Arnold Wiley
  13. Jesse James Blues – Washboard Sam/ Big Bill Broonzy/ Louis Lasky
  14. Dice Blues – Walter Roland
  15. Mama Let Me Lay It On You – Walter Coleman
  16. Now I’m Talking About You – Bull City Red
  17. Coast Line Blues – Tallahassee Tight
Josh White
Lonnie Johnson
Hammie Nixon
Texas Alexander

OTRS 132 “LESSER KNOWN COUNTRY BLUES RECORDS OF THE 1920’s & 30’s”

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John’s Old Time Radio Show “LESSER KNOWN COUNTRY BLUES RECORDS OF THE 1920’s & 30’s”. FANTASTIC OLD BLUES RECORDS THE AVERAGE COLLECTOR MAY BE UNAWARE OF. FROM HENEGHAN’S 78 RPM COLLECTION.

  1. Red River Blues – Virgil Childers
  2. Down The Highway – Charlie Pickett
  3. Lookin’ For My Baby – The Devil’s Daddy-In-Law
  4. Cotton Field Blues – Charlie “Dad” Nelson and his Guitar
  5. Black Ants Blues – Harry Chatmon
  6. All Alone Blues – Peetie Wheatsraw The Devil’s Son-In-Law
  7. In The Mornin’ – Johnson, Nelson & Porkchop
  8. I Won’t Be Dogged Around – Bull City Red
  9. Let’s Go To Dinner – Mississippi Mud Mashers
  10. Southern Casey Jones – Jesse James
  11. Blues Before Daylight – Bumble Bee Slim, Ted Bogan & Carl Martin
  12. It May Be My Last Night – Carl Davis & The Dallas Jamboree Band
  13. I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop – Bogus Ben Covington
  14. House Raid Blues – Andy Boy
Peetie Wheatstraw
Bumble Bee Slim by R. Crumb
Ted Bogan, Carl Martin, Howard Armstrong (l-r)
Carl Martin, Ted Bogan (center), Louie Bluie

OTRS 131 “HENEGHAN’S RECENT ACQUISITIONS”

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John’s Old Time Radio Show “HENEGHAN’S RECENT ACQUISITIONS”. JOHN PICKS RANDOM 78 RPM RECORDS FROM HIS SHELF. NEW ADDITIONS, UPGRADEDS, IT’S FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!!!

  1. That’s What I Call Keen” – Eddie South and His Alabamians
  2. Skirts – Slatz Randall and His Orchestra
  3. She’s A Great Great Girl – Hal Kemp and His Orchestra of N. Carolina
  4. Waikiki Blues – Hawaiian Beach Combers
  5. Happy Days Are Here Again – Hawaiian Beach Combers
  6. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed – Joshua White
  7. Homoine – Brito Tshivela
  8. iselesele – Mchunu & Mtsomi
  9. Medene Wasala – Issa Solo
  10. Meko Hyia Ayeforo – E. K.’s Band
  11. All Alone Blues – Peetie Wheatstraw
  12. Old Jim Canan’s – Robert Wilkins
  13. Smiles – Jimmy Yates’ Bo Weevils
  14. Babe – East Texas Serenaders
  15. Rising Sun Blues – Ashley & Foster
  16. Everything’s Made For Love – Art Fowler & his Ukulele

Eddie South
Eddie South & His Alabamians
Joshua White
Slatz Randall
Ashley, Walsh & Foster
East Texas Serenaders
Peetie Wheatstraw
Hal Kemp
Robert Wilkins