Time: 67:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Country Blues
Art: Front
01. Southern Railroad Blues (3:02)
02. Bo Weavil Blues (3:06)
03. Busy Bootin' (2:29)
04. Let Your Money Talk (2:50)
05. 'Cause You're Dirty (3:03)
06. Tonic Head Blues (2:51)
07. Policy Wheel Blues (2:57)
08. Traveling Rambler Blues (2:57)
09. Stop, Look And Listen (3:07)
10. Doin' The Doopididy (2:59)
11. The Mule Laid Down And Died (2:55)
12. Big Leg Mama (John Russell Blues) (2:43)
13. Milk Cow Blues #3 (2:52)
14. Milk Cow Blues #4 (2:56)
15. Down And Out Blues (3:05)
16. Model T Woman Blues (2:57)
17. Jet Black Snake (3:22)
18. I'll Be Up Someday (3:07)
19. I Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff (2:39)
20. Desert Blues (2:55)
21. Bull Headed Woman Blues (2:56)
22. Sundown Blues (2:42)
23. The Honey Dripper (2:49)
By 1935 Kokomo Arnold was firmly ensconced in Chicago. He was still a country boy to many of his associates but, never an unworldly man; he was quickly getting wise to the big city and its ways. Despite his dedication to his basement bootlegging business and a strong desire to "go fishing instead" he had become a fixture on the local entertainment scene, working beside most of the big names in the blues at that time.
The session on July 23th 1935 saw the first use of a piano to support his highly personal slide style and speculation among collectors has it that this was his first collaboration with Peetie Wheatstraw. It was during the period covered by this CD that Kokomo returned to Milk Cow Blues; covering his own hit in an attempt to recreate its success. This concentration on a winning theme may have made sense commercially but artistically Kokomo had much more to offer.
He drew his subject matter from all over and if in April he was celebrating that rural scourge/hero the boll weavil by July he was commenting on the big city preoccupation of Policy. The mysterious John Russell also reappears in the sub title to Big Leg Woman where he seems to be giving Kokomo considerable trouble. I wonder if this was a real person who Kokomo felt the need to castigate in song or a fictional character from black urban mythology.
The session on July 23th 1935 saw the first use of a piano to support his highly personal slide style and speculation among collectors has it that this was his first collaboration with Peetie Wheatstraw. It was during the period covered by this CD that Kokomo returned to Milk Cow Blues; covering his own hit in an attempt to recreate its success. This concentration on a winning theme may have made sense commercially but artistically Kokomo had much more to offer.
He drew his subject matter from all over and if in April he was celebrating that rural scourge/hero the boll weavil by July he was commenting on the big city preoccupation of Policy. The mysterious John Russell also reappears in the sub title to Big Leg Woman where he seems to be giving Kokomo considerable trouble. I wonder if this was a real person who Kokomo felt the need to castigate in song or a fictional character from black urban mythology.
Kokomo Arnold Vol. 2 (1935-1936)
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hasbeen: Big thanks for this - I have searched this long time.
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