Roots and Rhythms
Wednesday November 9th, 2016 with Renny
Raunchy Roots & Risque Rhythms: wicked western swing, horny hillbilly string music, controversial country, raunchy r&b and the bluest blues.

A big THANK YOU to all who donated to Roots & Rhythms and CKCU FM during this year's funding drive. Tonight, more smut for your buck. Where else are you going to hear this kind of music?

(Honey) It's Tight Like That (OKeh, '28)
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - Roots 'n' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950 - Columbia Legacy - Sony Music Entertainment

Sam - The Hot Dog Man (Vocalion, '36)
Lil Johnson - Bed Spring Poker, Meat In Motion 1926-51 - Indigo Records/Sanctuary Records

Mashing That Thing (Columbia, '35)
Bo Carter - Banana In Your Fruit Basket: Red Hot Blues 1931-36 - Yazoo Records

That Nasty Swing (Montgomery Ward, '36)
Cliff Carlisle - A Country Legacy: 1930-39 - JSP Records

Give It To Me, Daddy (unknown label, '36)
Hartman's Heart Breakers - Give It To Me, Daddy! - Rambler Records

Pussy Pussy Pussy (label not stated, '38)
The Light Crust Doughboys - Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys And Cowboys - Tobacco State Swing - Proper Records

I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size (Capitol, '47)
Merle Travis - The Best Of Merle Travis - Rhino Records

I Want A Bowlegged Woman (King, '47)
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats - Bed Spring Poker, Meat In Motion 1926-51 - Indigo Records/Sanctuary Records

Butcher Pete (Parts 1 & 2) (Deluxe, '49)
Roy Brown - If That Ain't A Hit, I'll Eat My...Baby! - Zu-Zazz Records

I Like My Baby's Pudding (King, '49)
Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris - Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris In The 50s: Rock Mr. Blues! The King & Atco Recordings 1949-56 - Rev-Ola Records/Cherry Red Records

It Ain't The Meat (King, '51)
The Swallows - Risque Blues Vol. 1 - Original King Recordings

Poontang (OKeh, '52)
The Treniers - The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-57 - Sony Music Entertainment

Let Me Play With Your Poodle (Fortune, '53)
Johnny Buckett & His Cumberland River Boys - Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story - One Day Music/Not Now Music Ltd.

Baby, Let Me Bang Your Box (R&B, '54)
The Bangers - Bad Music For Bad People: Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Righteous Psalm 23:20

Her Love Rubbed Off (Sun/Phillips International, '57)
Carl Perkins - Honky Tonk Gal: Rare & Unissued Sun Masters - Rounder Records

I Got A Rocket In My Pocket (Roulette, '58)
Jimmy Lloyd - Rockin' In The Farmhouse: Original Rockabilly & Chicken Bop Vol. 2 - Hollowbody Music/Sundazed Music

Dirty Mother For You (Barclay, '71)
Roosevelt Sykes - The Honeydripper's Duke's Mixture - Verve/Polygram

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