Playlist for August 7, 2020

The Rocket Morton Show, WRFI-FM Ithaca

Can Blue Men Sing the Whites? 100th anniversary (almost) of Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues" recorded Aug. 10, 1920. Homemade pandemic show #21.

1st hour:

  • S.M. Dorsey High School Jazz Workshop - Frankenstein

  • The Statler Brothers - Folsom Prison

  • Don & Dewey - A Little Love

  • Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Highway Man

  • Bill Brandt - Pink Cadillac

  • Bruce Haack - Electric To Me Turn

  • Bobby Gibson & The Voyagers - B-52

  • Elvis Hitler - Green Haze (Pt. I & II)

  • Gang of Four - Not Great Men

  • Gene Watson & The Bell Boys - Interplanetary Rock

  • Joe Tex - Don't Play

  • Darondo - Qualified

  • James Brown - In the Middle, Pt. 1

  • Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds - Crazy Blues

  • Bessie Smith - It Won't Be You

  • Memphis Minnie - Me and My Chaffeur Blues

  • John Lee Hooker - Devil's Jump

  • Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers - Give Me Back My Wig

  • Jimmy Reed - When Girls Do It

  • Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used to Do

  • Rex Garvin and The Mighty Cravers - Emulsified

  • The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?

  • Roy Buchanan - After Hours

2nd hour:

  • Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (mono version)

  • Flipper - Hard Cold World (live)

  • Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Destiny Street

  • Germs - Land of Treason

  • Happy Flowers - Not Fade Away

  • Esquerita - Oh Baby

  • Jimmy McCracklin - (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You

  • Johnny Dowd - Monkey Run

  • Hank Marr - Marsanova

  • Kim Fowley - Bubble Gum

  • Koko Joe - I'm Georgia Bound

  • Lee Moses - Adorable One

  • Morris Jones - Her Spare

  • Randy Holden - Fruit & Iceburgs

  • K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - Me Yee Owu Den

  • David Michael And Chorale - Wow!