Roots and Rhythms
Sunday December 13th, 2020 with Retro Renny
"Tubby Fats Original All Star Downtown Syncopated Big Rock Jug Band" better know as THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND was Toronto's best jug band/string band. Expect old-timey jazz, hokum, blues country, gospel & fun.
Rhythm King (A Coon & Saunders Night Hawks song) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
Mandolin King Rag THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
Heaven (Red Allen & The Kentuckians) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
Get A Job (The Silhouettes) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
He's Coming In Glory (Fred Price, Clint Howard, Doc Watson) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
I'm A Vulture (For Horticulture) (Jimmy Durante) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
The New Heart Break Blues (Gus Cannon's Jug Band) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
Buddha's Got The Blues THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
How Long Blues (Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
(I Just Want To Be) Horizontal (Pat Flowers & His Rhythm) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
Temperance Reel (Chet Parker) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Whoopie After Midnight - 1973 Troubadour Records ![]() |
Memphis Shakedown (Memphis Jug Band) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Tight Like That (Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band featuring Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) (Bessie Smith) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Diga Diga Doo (Duke Ellington's Cotton Club Orchestra) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Papa De Da Da (Clarence Williams & His Orchestra) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller & Andy Razaff) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Little Black Train (The Reverend Robert Ballinger) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Shout Baby Shout (Yank Rachell's Tennessee Jug Busters) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
West Indies Blues (Fletcher Henderson Orchestra with Clara Smith) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
p.s. Muskrat Ramble (Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five) THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND - Hustlin' & Bustlin' - 1976 Posterity/Woodshed Records ![]() |
Both Original Sloth Band albums "Whoopee After Midnight" and "Hustlin' & Bustlin'" can be downloaded for a reasonable price from Ken Whitely's website at https://www.kenwhiteley.com/product-category/the-original-sloth-band/ |
Hello...tonight some mighty fine hokum from Hogtown.
8:02 PM, December 13th, 2020