Download:
"Christmas Party Shuffle" mp3
by Lowell Fulson, 1952.
available on 1946 to 1953
"Lonesome Christmas Part 1" mp3
by Lowell Fulson, 1950.
available on 1946 to 1953
"Lonesome Christmas Part 2" mp3
by Lowell Fulson, 1950.
available on 1946 to 1953
"(It's Gonna Be A Lonely) Christmas" mp3
by The Orioles, 1948.
available on 1947-1955
Here's something to be thankful about as you baste and bake your Thanksgiving dinner. This may be the greatest collection of songs ever assembled under one post here at the Boogie Woogie Flu. No turkeys. All certified Grade A meat.
Hear The Reverend Satchel Mouth Armstrong ask the musical question: "What kind of church is this?" Well, it's the kinda church where the parishioners smoke Louis Armstrong Special cigars. "More power to you, boys," says the Reverend.
Hear Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup take an early stab at a song that later became "That's Alright, Mama," long before the Tupelo Flash got his hands on it.
Hear Bill Monroe sing Jimmie Rodgers and The Stanley Brothers sing Bill Monroe.
Hear Tampa Red demonstrate what the Stones would've sounded like if they hired a clarinetist as a sideman on Beggars Banquet.
Hear Bo Diddley have his way with a violin and make it sound like a blues harp.
Hear all this and more, with at least three sides featuring the late great Earl Palmer on drums, including two by Professor Longhair with his Blues Scholars, the band he hired to replace The Shuffling Hungarians.
Glory, Hallelujah!
Download:
"The Lonesome Road (El Camino Solitario) " mp3
by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, 1931.
available on 1931-1932
"St. James Infirmary" mp3
by Hot Lips Page, 1947.
available on Jump For Joy!
"The Honeydripper" mp3
Roosevelt Sykes, 1943.
available on The Honey Dripper
"If I Get Lucky" mp3
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, 1941.
available on 22 Greatest Songs
"Blue Yodel #4" mp3
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1947.
available on All the Classic Releases 1937-1949
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" mp3
The Stanley Brothers, 1954.
available on The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: The Complete Mercury Recordings
"New Bad Luck Blues" mp3
by Tampa Red, 1946.
available on Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 13, 1945-1947
"Tollin' Bells" mp3
by Lowell Fulson, 1956.
available on The Complete Chess Masters 
"The Clock Strikes Twelve" mp3
by Bo Diddley, 1958.
available on I'm a Man: The Chess Masters, 1955-1958
"Boogie Uproar" mp3
by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1953.
available on Dirty Work at the Crossroads 1947-1954
"Jump Children" mp3
by Dave Bartholomew, 1954.
available on 1950-1952
"Heeby-Jeebies" mp3
by Little Richard, 1956.
available on The Georgia Peach
"In The Night" mp3
by Professor Longhair and his Blues Scholars, 1953.
available on New Orleans Piano
"Tipitina" mp3
by Professor Longhair and his Blues Scholars, 1953.
available on New Orleans Piano
Most of these posts here at the flu are composed in the middle of the night. I've always been nocturnal, and those who know me know I don't sleep much. I get some of my best work done in the middle of the night. Here's a group of songs that reference the witching hour.
It's late now. I'm going to bed.
Download: "Ooh Midnight" mp3
by Pete "Guitar" Lewis, 1952.
available on Midnight at the Barrelhouse
more PGL Here and Here
Download: "Wee Wee Hours" mp3
by Chuck Berry, 1955.
available on Blues
Download: "Rocking After Midnight" mp3
by Lowell Fulson, 1949.
Available on Lowell Fulson: 1946-1953
Download: "The Midnite Man" mp3
by Bill Justis, 1957.
available on Raunchy: The Very Best of Bill Justis
Download: "Midnite Blues" mp3
by Charlie Rich, 1962.
available on Sun Sessions
****************** BONUS *********************
Download:
"Midnight" mp3
by Bob Dylan, 2006
Theme Time Radio Hour 24: Time
"Midnight Train" mp3
by Bob Dylan, 1965.
available on Dimestore Medicine
"Old Angel Midnight" mp3
by Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen, 1958.
available on The Jack Kerouac Collection
photograph: Kit, Paris, 1995. © Ted Barron
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