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John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show

Don Kent – Early Country Blues Records from Don’s 78 rpm record collection Part Three.

1. The Spasm – Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
2. Lamp Post Blues – Buck House Buck
3. I Gotta Go Blues – Buck House Buck
4. 45 Blues – Funny Papa Smith
5. Whiskeyhead Blues – Funny Papa Smith
6. Wake, Shake Me, Don’t Let Me Sleep Too Long – Wright Brothers
7. Honey Dripping Papa – Kid Prince Moore
8. Kennedy Rag – Stripling Brothers
9. Stealin’ Blues – Cow Cow Davenport
10. New Cow Cow Blues – Cow Cow Davenport
11. Dry Gin Rag – Narmour & Smith
12. Tired As I Can Be – Lucille Bogan
13. One More Time – James “Boodle It” Wiggins

Don Kent

Don Kent

Yazoo Collector’s Get Together NJ summer 1997
(l. to r.) back: Chris Moreton, Pat Conte, Steve Calt, Bernie Klatzko, Don Kent, Sherwin Dunner, Howard Berg; front: Richard Nevins, Russ Shor, Ken Romanowski, Rob Fleder

Peetie Wheatstraw

Cow Cow Davenport

Funny Papa Smith

Stripling Brothers

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John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show

Don Kent – Early Country Blues Records from Don’s 78 rpm record collection Part Two.

1. The Storm Is Passing Over – Blind Joe Taggart
2. Little Leg Woman – Big Joe Williams
3. Loping Blues – Lincoln Jackson
4. So Long, Baby, So Long – Bo Carter
5. Last Go Round – Bo Carter
6. Bamalong Blues – Andrew & Jim Baxter
7. Ain’t No Bugs On Me – Fidlin’ John Carson & Moonshine Kate
8. Broken Bed Blues – Kansas City Blues Strummers
9. Chicken You Can’t Roost Too High For Me – Uncle Tom Collins
10. Hula Shake That Thing – Kaai Serenaders
11. Oh Dem Golden Slippers – Jess Johnson & Roy Harvey
12. High Water Everywhere Part 1 – Charley Patton
13. Long Tall Disconnected Mama – Sloppy Henry
14. Got The Blues, Can’t Be Satisfied – Mississippi John Hurt

Don Kent

Big Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams

Don Kent

Blind Joe Taggart record ad

David Honeyboy Edwards

Son House

Great performance Don talks about of Son House and a young Buddy Guy:

Son House

Son House

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John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show

Don Kent – Early Country Blues Records from Don’s 78 rpm record collection Part One.

1. Long Ago Blues – Henry Townsend
2. If You Want Me Baby – Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
3. Liquor Store Blues – Sleepy John Estes
4. Coffee Grinder Blues – Jaybird Coleman
5. You Can’t Get Enough Of That Stuff – Famous Hokum Boys

Don Kent

Maxwell Street Chicago

Chicken Man

Daddy Stovepipe circa 1927

Daddy Stovepipe cica 1960

Don

Robert Nighthawk on Maxwell Street

Henry Townsend circa 1960

Mr. Kent

Bob Koester at the Jazz Record Mart circa 1960.

Bob Koester at the Jazz Record Mart today.

Chicken Man on Maxwell Street

Don’s Flyin’ Crow Label

Genial Fat Boys Flyin’ Crow

Don’s Mamlish Label.

Maxwell Street circa 1930

Unknown Street Musician

Chicken Man on Maxwell Street circa 1955

Don Kent & John Heneghan

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Dom Flemons Part 2
Great American Songsters, 78 rpm records from John’s collection.

1. Dry Land Blues – Furry Lewis
2. Nobody’s Business – Frank Stokes
3. Beans – “Beans” Hambone & El Morrow
4. Beans Beans Beans – Opel Cooper
5. Sweet Nora Shanon – W. L. “Rustic” Waters
6. I Surely Am Living A Ragtime Life – Lindsay & Alvin Conder
7. Mississippi Sawyer – Ernest Thompson
8. Davey Crockett – Chubby Parker
9. Pickaninny Lullaby Song – Uncle Dave Macon
10. The Girl Who Lived On Polecat Creek – Willard Hodgins
11. But They Got It Fixed Right On – Georgia Tom Dorsey
12. James Alley Blues – Richard Rabbit Brown
13. Bright Eyes – Papa Charlie Jackson
14. Do It Right – Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charlie

Dom Flemons

Frank Stokes

Furry Lewis

Furry Lewis circa 1960

“bean beans beans” sheet music

drawing by R. Crumb

Uncle Dave Macon

papa charlie jackson

papa charlie jackson

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Dom Flemons Part 1
Records from Dom’s collection.

1. Hold Em Joe Medley – Blind Blake (Blake Alponso Higgs)
2. I’m Sorry Mama To My Heart – Leadbelly
3. interview/ Poor Howard – Leadbelly
4. Jim & John – Ed & Lonnie Young
5. Emmaline Take Your Time – Alec Askew
6. Buttermilk – Miles & Bob Pratcher
7. Live At Newport – Joe Patterson & The Georgia Sea Island Singers
8. The Fox And The Hounds – Henry Thomas
9. Little Liza Jane – Pete Harris
10. Knoxville County Stomp – Tennessee Chocolate Drops

Blind Blake

Sheet Music

Leadbelly

Blind Blake Alponso Higgs

sheet music

Eden & John’s East River String Band w/ Dom Flemons & R. Crumb

Sid Hempill

Lonnie Young

Henry Thomas record ad

Dom Flemons

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R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 5
John’s Old Time Radio Show w/ R. Crumb “Religious Music & Sermons” of the 1920’s & 30’s. Special Guest Robert Crumb plays 78 rpm records from his fabulous record collection from the South of France on John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show with Eden Brower.

R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 5

1. I’m So Happy – Rev. Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux & His Congregation
2. I’m Gonna Shout All Over God’s Heaven – Forbes Randolph’s Kentucky Jubilee Choir
3. The Whole World In His Hand – Bessie Johnson’s Sanctified Singers
4. Will My Mother Know Me There? – Blind Connie Rosemond
5. I’ll Just Stand And Ring My Hands And Cry – Rev. J. C. Burnett with Thomas
Waller on organ & Sisters Ethel Grainger and Odette Jackson singing
6. Zions Hill – Rev. Calbert & Sister Billie Holstein
7. I Wonder How They Live At Home – Rev. Edwin, Olive & Mrs. Boone
8. At The River – Tennessee Moutaineers
9. The Bible’s True – Uncle Dave Macon
10. You Can’t Make A Monkey Out Of Me – Eva Quartet
11. Jubilate – Benedictine Choir

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R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 4
John’s Old Time Radio Show w/ R. Crumb “Banjo Records” from the 1920’s & 30’s. Special Guest Robert Crumb plays 78 rpm records from his fabulous record collection from the South of France on John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show with Eden Brower. 

R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 4

1. The Hootenanny Song – Miller’s Bullfrog Entertainers
2. Steppin’ Around – Jan Garber featuring Harry Reser
3. Take Your Pick – Pete Mandell with the Savoy Havana Band
4. The Coloured Major – Olly Oakley
5. Darktown Dandies – Grimshaw’s Banjo Quartet
6. Can You Blame The Colored Man – Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
7. Moyo Wanga – Thayelo Kapiye Nyanja Trio
8. I Ain’t A Bit Drunk – George “Shortbuckle” Roark
9. Country Blues – Dock Boggs
10. Banjo Rock & Roll – Boy Bennett And His Band
11. Twisted – Annie Ross
12. The Letter – The Medallions
13. Oh! Oh! Get Out Of The Car – Richard Berry

This is the banjo player from the 1940 film “And So They Live” that Crumb talks about.

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R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 3
John’s Old Time Radio Show w/ R. Crumb “Jazz From Around The World” from the 1920’s & 30’s. Special Guest Robert Crumb plays 78 rpm records from his fabulous record collection from the South of France on John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show.

R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 3

1. Mitropa – George Boulangers And His Orchestra
2. Illegible – Weintraub’s Syncopators
3. Illegible – Dobree Saxophone Orchestra
4. Jazz Devil – Peter Erving
5. Eccentric – Jack Bund
6. Troisieme Quatuor A Cordes – Quator Lespine
7. Bugatti Step – Jaroslav Jezek
8. My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now – Jean Goldkette
9. Beedle Um Bum – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
10. Dixie Stomp – Fess Williams And His Joy Boys
11. Ella May – Earl Hines
12. There’s A Rickety Rackety Shack – The Old Mill Dance Kings

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R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 2
John’s Old Time Radio Show w/ R. Crumb “Novelty & Weird Records” from the 1920’s & 30’s. Special Guest Robert Crumb plays 78 rpm records from his fabulous record collection from the South of France on John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show.

1. Cornbelt Symphony -Jack Lathrop
 2. Comes The Revolution – Willie Howard
 3. Big Butter & Egg Man From The West – Phil Baker
 4. My Thing-A-Ma-Jig – Billy Cullen
 5. Christopher Columbus – Party Record
 6. Strawberry Roan – unknown
7.  “What’s Really Going On”? – R. Crumb
8.  Fatal Flower Garden – Nelstone’s Hawaiians

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R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 1
John’s Old Time Radio Show w/ R. Crumb. Special Guest Robert Crumb plays 78 rpm records from his fabulous record collection from the South of France on John Heneghan’s Old Time Radio Show.

R. Crumb’s Record Room Pt. 1

1. Rose Rose I Love You – Frankie Laine
2. Charlotte Hot Step – Fletcher & Foster
3. Hilarious Zeb – McLaughlin’s Old Time Melody Makers
4. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams – Abe Lyman Orchestra
5. Illegible – Lucknow Zanawae
6. Illegible Violin record – (India)
7. Two White Horses In A Line – Two Poor Boys
8. No No Blues – Curley Weaver
9. Dirty Butter – Minnie Wallace
10. My Laona Blues – Teddy Darby
11. On the Sea Of Life – E. R. Nance Singers
12. My Loving Brother – Smilin’ Ed McConnell & Family
13. Rose – Fredo Gardoni