The Confessional on 05/08/17: Robert Johnson Birthday Special

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Mon, 05/08/2017 - 12:00am to 2:00am

The regularly scheduled episode of The Confessional will not be airing tonight. Instead we will be celebrating Robert Johnson's birthday by playing all vinyl from the KBOO library. Many selections from Yazoo and Rosetta Records, who both specialize in early blues and jazz. Rosetta Records is an all women's label founded by Rosetta Reitz. Tune in for vintage blues from midnight -3 am.

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    12:00
    Artist
    Jimmy Blythe
    Song
    Chicago Stomp
    Album
    Cutting the Boogie Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie 1926-1941
    Label
  • Time
    12:03
    Artist
    J.H. Shayne
    Song
    Mr. Freddie Blues
    Album
    Cutting the Boogie
    Label
  • Time
    12:06
    Artist
    Hersal Thomas
    Song
    Suitcase Blues
    Album
    Cutting therBoogie
    Label
  • Time
    12:08
    Artist
    Bob Call
    Song
    Thirty One Blues
    Album
    Boogie Woogie Piano, Vol. 1: Chicago - New York (1924-1945)
    Label
    Fremeaux Heritage
  • Time
    12:11
    Artist
    Barrelhouse Welsh
    Song
    Dying Pickpocket Blues
    Album
    Barrelhouse Blues 1927-36
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:14
    Artist
    Joe Dean
    Song
    I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today
    Album
    Piano Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1936)
    Label
    Document Records
  • Time
    12:17
    Artist
    Robert Shaw
    Song
    Groceries On My Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)
    Album
    The Ma Grinder
    Label
    Arhoolie
  • Time
    12:21
    Artist
    Jim Jackson
    Song
    St. Louis Blues
    Album
    St. Louis Town
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:24
    Artist
    Hi Henry Brown
    Song
    Nut Factory
    Album
    St. Louis Town 1929-1933
    Label
  • Time
    12:27
    Artist
    Charley Jordan
    Song
    Keep It Clean No 2
    Album
    St. Louis Town
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:30
    Artist
    George Torey
    Song
    Lonesome Man Blues
    Album
    10 years in Memphis
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:33
    Artist
    Gus Cannon
    Song
    Poor Boy
    Album
    10 Years in Memphis
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:36
    Artist
    Allen Shaw
    Song
    Moanin' the Blues
    Album
    10 Years in Memphis
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:39
    Artist
    Robert Wilkins
    Song
    Jailhouse Blues
    Album
    10 years in Memphis
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:42
    Artist
    Barbeque Bob
    Song
    Going Up the Country
    Album
    The Voice of the Blues Bottleneck Guitar Masters
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:45
    Artist
    The Georgia Browns
    Song
    Decatur Street 81
    Album
    bottleneck guitar Masters
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:48
    Artist
    Rambling Thomas
    Song
    Groundhog Blues
    Album
    Bottleneck Guitar Masters
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    12:51
    Artist
    Tampa Kid
    Song
    Keep on Tryin
    Album
    Bottleneck Guitar Masters
    Label
  • Time
    12:54
    Artist
    Memphis Jug Band
    Song
    Rukus Juice and Chittlin
    Album
    The Jug, Jook and Washboard Bands
    Label
    Arhoolie
  • Time
    12:57
    Artist
    Elm Street Woman Blues
    Song
    Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
    Album
    The Jug, Jook and Washboard Bands
    Label
    Arhoolie
  • Time
    1:00
    Artist
    Hen Party Blues
    Song
    Dixieland Jug Blowers
    Album
    The Jug Jook and Washboard Bands
    Label
    Arhoolie
  • Time
    1:03
    Artist
    Sippie Wallace
    Song
    The Mail Train Blues
    Album
    Sorry but I can't Take You :Women's Railroad Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:06
    Artist
    Martha Copeland
    Song
    Mr Brakes-Man (Let Me Ride Your Train)
    Album
    Sorry But I Can't Take You, Womens Railroad Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:09
    Artist
    Bessie Jackson
    Song
    T. N. & O. Blues (feat. Walter Roland)
    Album
    Sorry But I Cant Take You Womens Railroad Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:12
    Artist
    Bessie Brown
    Song
    Aint much good in the best of men nowadays
    Album
    Mean Mohters: Independent women's Blues Volume one
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:14
    Artist
    Maggie Jones
    Song
    You Ain't Gonna Feed In My Pasture Now
    Album
    Mean Mothers: Independent Women's Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:17
    Artist
    Susie Edwards
    Song
    Oh Yeah
    Album
    Mean Mothers: Independent women's Blues Volume one
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:20
    Artist
    Mattie Mae Thomas
    Song
    Dangerous Blues
    Album
    Mississippi Dept of Archives and History Present Jailhouse Blues. Parchmen Penitentiary 1936-1939
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:23
    Artist
    Josephine Douglas and Group
    Song
    Noah Built the Ark
    Album
    Jailhouse Blues Parchman Penitentiary 1936-1939
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:26
    Artist
    Mattie Mae Thomas
    Song
    Workhouse Blues
    Album
    Jailhouse Blues Parchman Penitentiary
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:29
    Artist
    Anabell Abrahams and Group
    Song
    To Be Sho
    Album
    Jailhouse Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:32
    Artist
    Beatrice Perry
    Song
    Levee Camp Blues
    Album
    Jailhouse Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:35
    Artist
    Mary James
    Song
    Rabbit on a Log
    Album
    Jailhouse Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:38
    Artist
    Group
    Song
    Does anyone want to buy some cabbage?
    Album
    Jailhouse Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:41
    Artist
    Hattie Goff
    Song
    Railroad Man
    Album
    Jailhouse Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:44
    Artist
    Hattie Goff
    Song
    Mr. Dooley DOn Rest Me
    Album
    Jailhouse Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:47
    Artist
    Blue Lou Barker
    Song
    New Orleans Blues
    Album
    Red White and Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:50
    Artist
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Song
    Golf Coast Blues
    Album
    Red White and Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:53
    Artist
    Helen Humes
    Song
    Mound Bayou
    Album
    Red White and Blues
    Label
    Rosetta
  • Time
    1:56
    Artist
    Henry Ratcliff
    Song
    Louisiana/Field Song from Senegal
    Album
    Roots of the Blues
    Label
    New World Records
  • Time
    1:59
    Artist
    Po Boy Blues
    Song
    John Dudley
    Album
    Roots of the Blues
    Label
    New World Records
  • Time
    2:01
    Artist
    Tangle Eye
    Song
    Katie Left Memphis
    Album
    Roots of The Blues
    Label
    New World Records
  • Time
    2:04
    Artist
    Lightnin´Hopkins
    Song
    Automobile Blues
    Album
    Early Recordings Vol 2.
    Label
    Arhoolie
  • Time
    2:07
    Artist
    Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Song
    Black Snake Moan
    Album
    Milestone
    Label
    Fantasy
  • Time
    2:10
    Artist
    Blind Willie McTell
    Song
    statesboro blues
    Album
    The Early Years
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    2:13
    Artist
    Blind Blake
    Song
    Black Dog Blues
    Album
    Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    2:16
    Artist
    Skip James
    Song
    Hard Time Killing Floor BLues
    Album
    The Complete 1931 session
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    2:19
    Artist
    Mississippi And Beale Street Sheik
    Song
    Jazzing the Blues
    Album
    Sitting on Top of the World
    Label
    Biograph
  • Time
    2:22
    Artist
    Mississippi John Hurt
    Song
    Candy Man
    Album
    His First Recordings 1928
    Label
    Biograph
  • Time
    2:25
    Artist
    Scrapper Blackwell
    Song
    Penal Farm Blues
    Album
    The Virtuoso Guitar of
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    2:28
    Artist
    Furry Lewis
    Song
    Kassie Jones (Part 1)
    Album
    In His Prime 1927-1928
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    2:31
    Artist
    Furry Lewis
    Song
    Kassie Jones (Part 2)
    Album
    In His Prime 1927-1928
    Label
    Yazoo
  • Time
    2:34
    Artist
    Leadbelly
    Song
    On a Monday
    Album
    Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways
  • Time
    2:37
    Artist
    Sonny Terry
    Song
    Sonny's Story
    Album
    Sonny's Story
    Label
    Prestige Blueville
  • Time
    2:40
    Artist
    Mississippi Fred McDowell
    Song
    You got to move
    Album
    Fred McDowell Vol. 2
    Label
    Arhoolie
  • Time
    2:43
    Artist
    Memphis Minnie
    Song
    Weary Women's Blues
    Album
    Moaning the Blues
    Label
    MCA
  • Time
    2:46
    Artist
    Son House
    Song
    Motherless Children Have a Hard Time
    Album
    The real Delta Blues 14 Songs from the man who taught Robert Johnson
    Label
    Blue Goose

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