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Brand and product names in country blues
Rivers:
Listening to my new JSP Lemon boxset, and apropo of adding another socio-historical context, I got to thinking about commercial brand names and products that appear in country blues.
Off the top of my head, early in the morning:
Brands mentioned:
Uneeda Biscuits - Lemon, Rabbit's Foot Blues
Coca Cola - Charlie Jordan, Keep It Clean
Chevrolet - Sam McGee, Chevrolet Car
Products mentioned without a brand:
Terraplane - Ford, Robert Johnson, Terraplane Blues
Canned Heat - Sterno, Tommy Johnson, Canned Heat Blues
Norfolk Slim:
John Hurt gave a massive plug to Maxwell house... ;)
waxwing:
Jake alcohol refers to Ginger Jake, a fake pharmaceutical with poisonous solids added to mask the alcohol content. We had a thread about this way back.
Various references to "Elgin movement" refer to a popular watch brand.
That's all from my fuzzy, early morning head, but I'm thinking Sleep John Estes may have had one or two and either Bo Carter or the Shieks may have had some.
All for now.
John C.
dj:
You could probably find a hundred references each for Colt and Ford.
Do railroad names count as brand names?
uncle bud:
Palmer's Skin Success in Ishmon Bracey's Saturday Blues.
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