Topic: Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926-1937

[waxwing]

This was just posted by Mary Katherine on the PWBL.

Wow. A 2-CD set of prewar blues, old time music and hokum entitleed "Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926-1937." The 48-song track list is too long to post here, but it's probably on their web site. Old Hat Records strikes again.

Old Hat Records

Should be pretty interesting for anyone looking for pre blues material.

All for now.
John C.

[uncle bud]

If Old Hat's previous releases are any indication, this set promises to be spectacular. They do pretty much everything the way it should be. I eagerly await the tracklist and the release.

[waxwing]

Yeah, I've been meaning to pick up "He Sure Do Pull Some Bow" but after visiting their web site I may just pick up both fiddle CDs and Joe Bussard's Down in the Basement, too. Sheesh!
All for now.
John C.

[uncle bud]

Here's the tracklist. Looks like a tremendous collection.

GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926-1937  Old Hat
Records, OLCD 1005

CD One
1.  The Spasm/ Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
2.  Tanner's Boarding House/Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett
3.  Don't Think I'm Santa Claus/Lil McClintock
4.  Hokum Blues/Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
5.  Jimbo Jambo Land/Shorty Godwin
6.  Gonna Swing On the Golden Gate/Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia
Reelers
7.  Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad/Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
8.  The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man/Charlie Parker &
Mack Woolbright
9.  Bye, Bye, Policeman/Jim Jackson
10. The Bald-Headed End of a Broom/Walter Smith
11.  Bow Wow Blues/Allen Brothers
12.  Beans/Beans Hambone & El Morrow
13.  A Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around/Stovepipe #1 and David Crockett
14.  Tell It To Me/Grant Brothers & Their Music
15.  Ain't No Use Working So Hard/Carolina Tar Heels
16.  Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean/Walter Cole
17.  C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken/Kirk McGee & Blythe Poteet
18.  My Money Never Runs Out/Banjo Joe
19.  Railroadin' Some/Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
20. Traveling Man/Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
21.  G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again/Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
22. Baby All Night Long/Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
23. Born In Hard Luck/Chris Bouchillon
24. He's In the Jailhouse Now/Memphis Sheiks

CD Two

1.  Gonna Tip Out Tonight/Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
2.  Chevrolet Car/Sam McGee
3.  It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'/Gid Tanners & His Skillet-Lickers
4.  Bring It With You When You Come/Cannon's Jug Stompers
5.  Atlanta Strut/Blind Sammie
6.  Go Along Mule/Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers
7.  Casey Bill/Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
8.  I Got Mine/Frank Stokes
9.  Hannah/Chris Bouchillon
10. Adam & Eve In The Garden/Bogus Ben Covington
11.  Mysterious Coon/Alec Johnson & His Band
12.  Her Name Was Hula Lou/Carolina Tar Heels
13.  Reno Blues/Three Tobacco Tags
14.  Scoodle Um Skoo/Papa Charlie Jackson
15.  Stackalee/Frank Hutchinson
16.  The Cat's Got the Measles, The Dog's Got the Whooping Cough/Walter Smith
17.  Shout You Cats/Hezekiah Jenkins
18.  Nobody's Business If I Do/Tommie Bradley
19.  Sweet Sixteen/Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers
20. Ticklish Reuben/Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
21.  I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop/Jim Jackson
22. Shine/Dallas String Band
23. The Gypsy/Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
24. Kiss Me Cindy/J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers

[Slack]

This is a Pre-Order from Amazon - so if you happen to order, think of Weenie and use this link. 

Link so Weenie gets Credit

Thanks,
Slack

[Bill Roggensack]

This received by email form Old Hat today .....
---snip---
Release date is 04 October 2005.
Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 (Old Hat CD 1005)
Two-CD Set / 48 Songs Digitally Remastered / Over 2 Hours of Music
Six-Panel Digipak with 72-page Full Color Booklet
A Profusely Illustrated History of the Medicine Shows, many Rare Photographs and Firsthand Accounts never before published, plus full discography and song descriptions.

[M.Vidrine]

Hey Everyone ? What a month (I'm gonna be broke)! We just got the new Old Hat set in ? Good For What Ails You, Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937.

I haven?t had a chance to pop it in yet, but I must say the packaging is great. The Joe Bussard collection was nice, but already this one seems to trump it easily. I can tell from the track listing that it is going to be good (my favorite Papa Charlie Jackson song Scoodle Um Skoo is included). The notes & photos seem really well done (though I have not spent much time looking them over yet).

I?ll get some Real Audio samples in later this evening on the Venerable Site - http://www.venerablemusic.com/catalog/TitleDetails.asp?TitleID=10186

There is more information on the Old Hat site here - http://www.oldhatrecords.com/Releases.html#1005

Malcolm

[M.Vidrine]

I know I'm responding to my own post, but I'm excited - what can I say? I've listened to 'bout half of it & I think I can say it's a must have. Every track is great (or interesting at least)! I did want to say that the Shorty Godwin track really stood out on first listen, plus it's nice to have a legitimate copy of "Beans" by Beans Hambone, which I originally downloaded from the Weenie site a while back. I think it was from a topic called "Why was that recorded" (or something to that effect). The same tone is echoed in the liner notes when it says "Their rendition of Beans is so eccentric that it's a wonder any phonograph company would deem it capable of commercial viability". Long Live Hokum & Bring On the Vaudevillian Antics!

Malcolm

[uncle bud]

Gotta love Beans...

[Slack]

I'm about half way through also and will echo Malcolms sentiment - put it on your short list. A must have. Great set, great quality, great booklet!

And now on the Juke!

Cheers,
slack

[phhawk]

How To Boil A Chicken. Having just returned from the market with a fresh chicken ready to boil and by coincidence finding the great new CD's "Good For What Ails You" in my mail box and noticing that the subject of chickens comes up frequently in this music; I thought it might be informative to Weenies to know how to boil a chicken. This is a receipe I got off of one of those radio cooking shows.

Place a whole chicken in a pot large enough to completely cover with water, (spices, onions, celery etc. are optional). Place on stove and bring to a boil. Let boil for 10 minutes then cover and turn off heat and let chicken continue to steep in the water until it cools. Comes out perfect everytime. Great for sandwiches and chicken salad or good nuked in the micorowave.

The resulting broth is great for  soup making but I do not recommend using the same chicken to add to your soup as it will be over cooked. Use raw chicken that has been diced into small pieces and add when you reheat portions of the soup. Usually cooks in just a few minutes. Intensifies the flavor and has a much better texture.

Of course, listening to this CD or Weenie Campbell is mandatory during all cooking and preparations.

Regards, Phil

[Johnm]

Thanks for the cooking tips, Phil.  I can use all the help I get in that area.  Sounds like you wound up with a couple of things that were good for what ails you yesterday.
All best,
Johnm

[phhawk]

Hello Johnm

Yeah! You got that right. I'm feeing better already. Also, a great booklet comes with these CD's

I also make a great pot of beans, but we'll save that for another time.

Phil

[outfidel]

Does anyone have the lyrics to Jim Jackson's "I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop"? IMHO, the title alone makes it a contender for Song of the Year.