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 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