Mound City Blue Blowers

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Hello Lola 00:00 Tools
Hello, Lola 00:00 Tools
One Hour 00:00 Tools
Red Sails in the Sunset 00:00 Tools
The Broken Record 00:00 Tools
One Hour (If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight) 00:00 Tools
She's a Latin from Manhattan 00:00 Tools
Muskrat Ramble 00:00 Tools
Hello Lola! 00:00 Tools
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 00:00 Tools
Blues In F 00:00 Tools
Indiana 00:00 Tools
One Hour If You Could Be With You One Hour Tonight (Eng 14 Nov 1929 New York) 00:00 Tools
I've Got My Fingers Crossed 00:00 Tools
Hello Lola (Eng 14 Nov 1929 New York) 00:00 Tools
Morning After Blues 00:00 Tools
Spreadin' Rhythm Around 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 00:00 Tools
Tailspin Blues 00:00 Tools
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo 00:00 Tools
A Little Bit Independent 00:00 Tools
What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) 00:00 Tools
High Society 00:00 Tools
You Hit the Spot 00:00 Tools
Mama Don't Allow It 00:00 Tools
Never Had A Reason To Believe In You 00:00 Tools
On Treasure Island 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Clap My Hands 00:00 Tools
Georgia On My Mind 00:00 Tools
Wah-Hoo! 00:00 Tools
The Music Goes 'Round and Around 00:00 Tools
Thanks a Million 00:00 Tools
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music 00:00 Tools
I'm Sittin' High on a Hill Top 00:00 Tools
What Do I Care What Somebody Said 00:00 Tools
You've Been Taking Lessons In Love 00:00 Tools
Saddle Your Blues to a Wild Mustang 00:00 Tools
San 00:00 Tools
I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music (01-03-36) 00:00 Tools
Red Hot 00:00 Tools
What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) (05-09-35) 00:00 Tools
I'm Sittin' High On A Hill Top (11-08-35) 00:00 Tools
She's A Latin From Manhattan (05-09-35) 00:00 Tools
You've Been Takin' Lessons (05-09-35) 00:00 Tools
Arkansaw Blues 00:00 Tools
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 00:00 Tools
Red Sails In The Sunset (11-08-35) 00:00 Tools
I've Got My Fingers Crossed (12-12-35) 00:00 Tools
Spreadin' Rhythm Around (02-17-36) 00:00 Tools
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo (12-12-35) 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Clap My Hands (02-17-36) 00:00 Tools
I'm Shootin' High 00:00 Tools
You Hit The Spot (02-17-36) 00:00 Tools
Indiana (05-09-35) 00:00 Tools
Thanks A Million (11-08-35) 00:00 Tools
Blue Blues 00:00 Tools
A Little Bit Independent (12-12-35) 00:00 Tools
The Broken Record (01-03-36) 00:00 Tools
Mama Don't Allow It (01-03-36) 00:00 Tools
(If I Had) Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes (01-03-36) 00:00 Tools
Saddle Your Blues To A Wild Mustang (02-17-36) 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (01-03-36) 00:00 Tools
You've Been Takin' Lessons 00:00 Tools
Muskrat Ramble (12-12-35) 00:00 Tools
High Society (12-12-35) 00:00 Tools
On Treasure Island (11-08-35) 00:00 Tools
Red Hot! 00:00 Tools
The Music Goes 'Round And Around (01-03-36) 00:00 Tools
Wah-Hoo! (02-17-36) 00:00 Tools
(If I Had) Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes 00:00 Tools
I'm Shootin' High (12-12-35) 00:00 Tools
Firehouse Blues 00:00 Tools
You Rascal You 00:00 Tools
Best Black 00:00 Tools
Nervous Puppies 00:00 Tools
Happy Children Blues 00:00 Tools
The Morning After Blues 00:00 Tools
Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes 00:00 Tools
My Gal Sal 00:00 Tools
Barb Wire Blue 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Got Nobody 00:00 Tools
Darktown Strutters Ball 00:00 Tools
There'll Be Some Changes Made 00:00 Tools
My Syncopated Melody Man 00:00 Tools
Girls Like You Were Meant For Boys Like Me 00:00 Tools
The Music Goes Round and Round 00:00 Tools
From Monday On 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) 00:00 Tools
The Darktown Strutters' Ball 00:00 Tools
Arkansas Blues 00:00 Tools
My Baby Came Home 00:00 Tools
What's The Reason? 00:00 Tools
What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasing You?) 00:00 Tools
I'm Shooting High 00:00 Tools
The Darktown Strutter's Ball 00:00 Tools
St. Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
You Rascal, You 00:00 Tools
One Hour 14-11-1929 00:00 Tools
Hello Lola [12JU] 00:00 Tools
St Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
WHAT'S THE REASON, I'M NOT PLEASIN' YOU 00:00 Tools
Muskrat Ramble [12-12-1935] 00:00 Tools
Hello Lola 14-11-1929 00:00 Tools
Darkroom Strutter's Ball - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me 00:00 Tools
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The Mound City Blowers were an unlikely success. Originally comprised of Red McKenzie on comb and tissue paper (which sounded like a kazoo), Dick Slevin on an actual kazoo, and Jack Bland on banjo, the unique band's initial recording in 1924 ("Arkansas Blues" and "Blue Blues") became a big hit. The group recorded 12 titles in all during 1924-1925, including two with guest Frankie Trumbauer on C-melody sax and with guitarist Eddie Lang firming up the rhythm on the final six numbers. McKenzie made additional sessions as a vocalist under his own name, while the Mound City title was retired for a few years. However, in 1929, McKenzie used the name for four selections recorded with all-star groups. While "Tailspin Blues" and "Never Had a Reason to Believe in You" featured trombonist/vocalist Jack Teagarden, "Hello Lola" and "One Hour" are considered classic. Coleman Hawkins took a historic ballad solo on the latter, trombonist Glenn Miller rarely sounded hotter than on "Hello Lola," and both clarinetist Pee Wee Russell and McKenzie on comb were in top form. A 1931 date with cornetist Muggsy Spanier, clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey, and Hawkins was mostly a feature for McKenzie's vocals, but his contri- butions to the final Mound City Blue Blowers recordings (25 songs cut during 1935-1936) are actually quite minor with a few vocals and not enough comb playing. Nappy Lamare, the Top Hatters, Spooky Dickenson, and Billy Wilson actually do most of the singing, but the reason that these last performances (all available on a single Classics CD) are of great interest are the trumpet solos of either Bunny Berigan or Yank Lawson and Eddie Miller on tenor and clarinet. ~ Scott Yanow Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.