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OTRS 146 THE INFLUENCE OF BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON “Exploring the Texas guitar legend and hearing some rare 78 rpm records recorded by some of those that were influenced by his music”.

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John’s Old Time Radio Show THE INFLUENCE OF BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON. John Heneghan plays fabulous 78 rpm records from his record collection of various guitarists from the 1920’s & 30’s who were listening to the Texas Blues master.

  1. Match Box Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson (from Okeh)
  2. Match Box Blues – Larry Hensley
  3. Johnson City Blues – Clarence Greene
  4. Chattanooga Blues – Lester McFarland
  5. The Miner’s Blues – Frank Hutchinson
  6. Match Box Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson (from Paramount)
  7. The Match Box Blues – Roy Shaffer
  8. Soap Box Blues – Deb “Slim Jim” Mays
  9. Corrina Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson
  10. One Morning Blues – Texas Alexander
  11. Texas Blues – Willie Reed
  12. Rabbit Foot Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson
  13. Rabbit Blues – Deb “Slim Jim” Mays
  14. Easy Rider Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson
  15. Easy Rider Blues – Texas Alexander
  16. Black Snake Moan – Blind Lemon Jefferson (from Okeh)
  17. Bite Back Blues – Kid Prince Moore
  18. My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down – Homer Callahan
  19. Texas Blues – Lester Pete Bivins
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Lester McFarland (left) & Robert Gardner.
Frank Hutchinson
Homer Callahan
Texas Alexander
Roy Shaffer

OTRS 145 R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM part 63 “8 Inches of R. Crumb’s Records”

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John’s Old Time Radio Show R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM PT. 63 “8 Inches of R. Crumb’s Records”. John Heneghan, Robert Crumb & Eden Brower play fabulous 78 rpm records from Crumb’s record collection in France.

  1. The Promise True And Grand – Bukka Washington White
  2. Married Woman Blues – George Torey
  3. Skinner – Winston Holmes & Charlie Turner
  4. Kansas City Dog Walk – Winston Holmes & Charlie Turner
  5. Texas Easy Street Blues – Henry Thomas
  6. Dupree Blues – Willie Walker & Sam Brooks
  7. Spirit Of ’49 Rag – George H. Tremer
  8. Jug Band Special – Whistler & His Jug Band
  9. Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule – Casey Will Weldon
  10. Ballin’ The Jack – Too Bad Boys
  11. That’s No Way To Get Along – Robert Wilkins
  12. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed – Joshua White
Whistler & His Jug Band
Bukka White
John Heneghan & Robert Crumb
R. Crumb point to the “8 inches of 78 records” used in this podcast.
Drawing of Henry Ragtime Thomas by R. Crumb
Bukka White
Whistler & His Jug Band

Robert Wilkins

OTRS 144 R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM part 62 “Not So Nice Party Records”

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John’s Old Time Radio Show R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM PT. 62 “Not So Nice Party Records”. John Heneghan, Robert Crumb & Eden Brower play fabulous 78 rpm records from Crumb’s record collection in France.

  1. Rangdangdoo – (likely) McFarlane & Gardner
  2. Tillie The Tooter – Unknown female singer w/ guitar & piano
  3. Her Man Of War – Unkown Singer w/ Piano
  4. Hot Nuts & My Blue Ointment – Fred Shaw
  5. Thing-A-Ma-Jig – Billy Cullen
  6. Feel Good – Hartman’s Heartbreakers w/ vocal by Betty Lou
  7. Shave Em Dry – Lucille Bogan
  8. My Girl’s Pussy – Harry Roy & His Bat Club Boys
  9. What An Insect – Cliff Edwards
  10. Give It To Marry With Love – Cliff Edwards
  11. I’m A Bear In A Ladies Boudoir – Cliff Edwards
  12. When You Gotta Go You Gotta Go – Ben Light & His Surf Club Boys
Crumb holds up a copy of “My Girl’s Pussy” by Cheap Suit Serenaders sent to him by an upset “Fan”.
Sent to Crumb by a “Fan”
CLIFF EDWARDS
Lucille Bogan
Harry Roy

OTRS 143 R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM part 61 “WALTZ OF THE PENITENTIARY & Other Beautiful Early Cajun Masterpieces”

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John’s Old Time Radio Show R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM PT. 61 “WALTZ OF THE PENITENTIARY & Other Beautiful Early Cajun Masterpieces”. John Heneghan, Robert Crumb, Eden Brower & Guillaume Veillet play fabulous 78 rpm records from Crumb’s record collection in France.

  1. I’VE GOT A GAL – DIXIE RAMBLERS
  2. VALSE DU LA PENITENCIER – DENNIS MCGEE & SADY COURVILLE
  3. JOLIE BLONDE – HACKBERRY RAMBLERS
  4. LA VALSE CRAWLEY – CLEOMA FALCON
  5. MAMA ROSIN – LITTLE YVONNE LEBLANC
  6. GROSSE MAMAM – LEO SOILEAU & MOISE ROBIN
  7. LA TURTAPE DE SAROIED – AMEDIE ARDOIN
  8. MADAM ATCHEN – AMEDIE ARDION & DENNIS MCGEE
  9. VALSE DE POINTE NOIRE – ANGELAS LE JEUNNE
  10. IT’S THE TOP OF EVERYTHING – MILLER’S MERRYMAKERS
John Heneghan & Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb & Guillaume Veillet

Robert Crumb & Guillaume Veillet

DIXIE RAMBLERS

DENNIS MCGEE

Dennis Mcgee & Sady Courville

Hackberry Ramblers

Crumb’s record room

YVONNE LEBLANC

LEO SOILEAU

Crumb’s record room
Crumb’s record room

AMEDIE ARDOIN

ANGELAS LE JEUNNE

Crumb’s record room

OTRS 142 R. CRUMB’S RECORD ROOM (part 60) “Rare & Fantastic Country Records” 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. 60 “Rare & Fantastic Country Records”. John Heneghan, Robert Crumb & Eden Brower play R. Crumb’s fabulous 78 rpm records from Crumb’s record collection in France.

  1. Dill Pickle Rag – Corn Cob Crushers
  2. Mike The Turk – Dusty Rhodes And His Guitar
  3. Some Little Bug Is Gonna Get You Some Day – Bradley Kincaid
  4. Coughdrop Blues – Scottdale String Band
  5. Waiting For The Robert E. Lee – Scottdale String Band
  6. Broadway Blues – Brock Sisters
  7. Bring Me Back My Darling – Brock Sisters
  8. Bibb County Hoe Down – Seven Foot Dilly And His Dill Pickles
  9. The Droan Waltz – Grapevine Coon Hunters
  10. 1199 Blues – Duke Clark
  11. Sullivan’s Hollow – Freeny’s Barn Dance Band
  12. Don’t You Remember The time – Freeny’s Barn Dance Band
Seven Foot Dilly
West Virginia Coon Hunters
Perry Hilburn “Dusty” Rhodes

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
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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
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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

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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