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Blues and the Empirical Truth
3 CDs; with Matthew Shipp, Roswell Rudd, Marc Ribot, and Lewis Porter.
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$12.00 US
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“Lowe’s CD has become my go-to album when I can’t decide if I am in the mood for the Art Ensemble, the Minutemen or Blind Willie Johnson.”
– Internet Comment
“Angular, sly and funky, Lowe’s new CD is a bona fide wake up call from the avant garde.”
– Jonathan Lethem
$22.00 US
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American Pop from Minstrel to Mojo:
“American Pop From Minstrel to Mojo is a Harry Smith Anthology for the 21st Century.”
– Frank Scott, Roots and Rhythm
That Devilin Tune (the 4 boxes)
“Anyone serious about understanding the history of American music has no choice but to engage Allen Lowe’s That Devilin’ Tune: A Jazz History, 1900-1950. I use the word “engage” quite deliberately, for Lowe has gifted us with a text and a body of music whose breadth, depth, scope, and sophistication is unsurpassed. His narrative takes us on a journey that even jazz aficionados will find surprising, daring and original, and his experience as a leading performer/composer of creative music gives his discussions of music an astounding level of clarity. What jazz is or isn’t is still highly contested, the source of much acrimonious debate. I suggest you bypass the acrimony and dive right into That Devilin’ Tune. The blues will set you free.”
– Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
$55.00 US, Each Volume
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That Devlin’ Tune – Volume 1
That Devlin’ Tune – Volume 2
That Devlin’ Tune – Volume 3
That Devlin’ Tune – Volume 4
$60.00 US
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Really The Blues – Volume 1
(Volume 1 is a 9 CD set)
Really The Blues?
A Blues History, 1893-1959
Song list
Volume 1
CD 1
1. Mama’s Black Baby Boy Unique Quartet Fall 1893
2. Keep Movin’ Standard Quartet 1894
3. Poor Mourner Cousins and DeMoss 1897
4. You Been A Good Old Wagon Len Spencer 1900 or 1901
5. Poor Mourner Dinwiddie Colored Quartet 11/29/02
6. Nobody Bert Williams 5/06
7. What A Time Polk Miller and His Old South Quartet 12/09
8. The Camp Meeting Jubilee Male Quartet ca. 1910
9. Poor Mourner Fisk University Jubilee Quartet 2/10/11 Vic. 16843
10. Down Home Rag James Reese Europe 12/29/13
11. The Rain Song Afro American Folk Song Singers 3/12/14
12. Memphis Blues Victor Military Band 7/15/14
13. Memphis Blues Morton Harvey 10/2/14
14. Blame it on the Blues Victor Military Orch. 4/8/15
15. St. Louis Blues Prince’s Band 12/18/15
16. Nigger Blues George O’Connor 7/18/16
17. Livery Stable Blues Original Dixieland Jazz Band 2/26/17
18. W.C. Handy Moonlight Blues 9/24/17
19. Death Where is thy Sting? Arthur Collins 1918
20. Beale Street Blues Al Bernard 1919
21. Memphis Blues James Reese Europe 3/7/19
22. Kansas City Blues Wilbur Sweatman Col. 3/22/19
23. Swanee Blues J. Milton DeCamp 1920
24. Lovin’ Sam From Alabam Mamie Smith 11/6/20
25. Frankie Blues Mamie Smith 2/21/21 T
26. Chain Gang Blues Sam Moore octacorda 7/21
27. My Soul is a Witness Florida Normal and Industrial Institute Quartet 9/22
CD 2
1. Society Blues Kid Ory 6/22
2. Nick Lucas Teasin’ the Frets 1922
3. I Ain’t Got Nobody Marion Harris 1923
4. Midnight Blues Ethel Waters 3/23
5. Aggravatin’ Papa Sophie Tucker 3/23
6. New Orleans Joys JR Morton 1923
7. Guitar Blues Sylvester Weaver 4/2/23
8. London Blues Jelly Roll Morton’s Jazz Orch. 1923
9. Waitin’ for the Evening Mail Noble Sissle/Eubie Blake 5/23
10. Bleeding Hearted Blues James P. Johnson 7/15/23
11. London Cafe Blues King Oliver Baby Dodds Jimmy Noone 10/15/23
12. The Gospel Train Am Comin’ Homer Rodheaver and the Wiseman Quartet 8/10/23
13. Any Woman’s Blues Bessie Smith 10/26/23
14. God’s Gonna Set This World on Fire Kentucky Trio 11/2/23
15. If You Do What you Do Eddie Cantor w/the Georgians 1/4/24
16. Hatchet Head Blues Old Southern Jug Band 12/24
17. Time Ain’t Gonna Make Me Stay Ed Andrews 3 or 4/24
18. Waffle Man’s Call Johnny Bayersdorffer 3/17/24
19. Rhapsody in Blue Paul Whiteman 6/10/24 (excerpt)
20. I’ve got a Cross Eyed Papa Levitsch Tanzorchester 7/24
21. Barrel House Blues Rosa Henderson 7/24
22. Mississippi Shivers Zez Confrey and his Orch. 7/3/24
23. Kiss Me Sweet Butterbeans and Susie w/King Oliver 9/24
24. Toddlin’ Blues Bix and his Rhythm Jugglers T Dorsey/Bix/Murray 10/11/24
25. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning Alberta Hunter 12/22/24
26. Lovie Austin Steppin on the Blues Ladnier/O’Bryant 11/24
CD 3
1. All Night Long Blues Roba Stanley and Bob Stanley 12/24
2. Meddlin’ with the Blues The Two of Spades 3/25/25
3. Frank Du Pree Blind Andy (Jenkins) 4/13/25
4. Steel String Blues Sylvester Weaver 4/25
5. Hersal Blues Hersal Thomas 6/25
6. Edna Thomas Street Cries of New Orleans 1925
7. The Wagon Ben Harney 9/9/25
8. A Married Man’s Blues Wade Ward 9/1/25
9. She’s Cryin’ for Me New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1/23/25
10. Put Me in the Alley Nicholas/Jones/St. Cyr 1925
11. All I Want is a Little Spoonful Papa Charlie Jackson 9/25
12. Red Man Blues Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra 3/25/25
13. South Street Blues Benny Moten’s KC Orchestra 5/14/25
14. No Home Blues Louise Ross 12/16/25
15. Sugar Babe Lee Morse 11/11/25
16. Careless Love Bessie Smith 5/27/25 L Armstrong C.Green
17. Don’t Fish in My Sea Ma Rainey w/Jimmy Blythe 12/26
18. I’ll Be Rested Roosevelt Graves and His Brother 12/26
19. I Want My Life To Testify Hendersonville Double Quartet 1926
20. Can’t Sleep Blues The Pebbles 6/21/26
21. String Band Blues Kansas City Blues Strummers 7/27/26
22. Black Cat Blues Old Pal Smoke Shop Four 7/28/26
23. Mama’s Angel Child Papa Stovepipe 11/26
24. Jack O’ Diamond Blues Sippie Wallace/Armstrong/Hersal Thomas 3/1/26
25. Memphis Shake Dixieland Jugblowers 12/11/26
26. Crucifixion Arizona Dranes piano solo 1926
27. Royal Palm Special Leecan and Cooksey 5/24/27
CD 4
1. Lamb’s Blood Has Washed Me Clean Dranes, Rev FW McGee, Jubilee Singers 1926
2. I Shall Wear a Crown Dranes, unknown musicians, unknown female singers 1926
3. High Fever Cookie’s Ginger Snaps Freddie Keppard 6/2/26
4. I Want Jesus to Walk With Me Homer Quincy Smith 12/26
5. Blackville Hazel Meyers 6/1/26
6. Bridwell Blues Nolan Welsh w/L. Armstrong 6/16/26
7. Fat Meat and Greens Jelly Roll Morton 1/20/26
8. Christians Fight On Your Time Ain’t Long Sam Butler (Bo Weavil Jackson) 9/26
9. Got the Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson 5/26
10. Chock House Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson 5/26
11. Birth Of the Blues Paul Whiteman 8/12/26 A
12. Knoxville Blues Sam McGee 1926
13. My Soul is a Witness Arizona Dranes 6/17/26
14. Smoke House Blues Jelly Roll Morton Kid Ory Omer Simeon 9/15/26
15. Boneyard Shuffle The Red Heads Red Nichols M Mole A Schutt Fud Livingston 1926
16. Motherless Child Blind Willie Johnson 12/3/27
17. The Bumps Jeanette’s Synco Jazzers w/ML Williams 1/27
18. Tin Roof Blues Sol Hoopi 3/7/27
19. Andrew and Jim Baxter Bamalong Blues 8/9/27
20. Hanna Won’t You Open the Door Sam and Kirk McGee 1927
21. Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance Henry Thomas 1927
22. James Alley Blues Richard Rabbit Brown 1927
23. Franklin Street Blues Dumaine’s Jazzola Eight 3/5/27
24. Fight That Thing Reb Spikes 10/15/1927
25. Clarinet Wobble Johnny Dodds 4/21/27
26. Mr. Johnson Turn Me Loose South Georgia Highballers 10/5/27
CD 5
1. My Old Daddy’s Got a Brand New Way to Love Leecan/Cooksey/Thomas Morris 7/27
2. Honey in the Rock Blind Mamie Forehand 1927
3. Georgia Crawl Henry Williams and Eddie Anthony 8/4/27
4. Blessed are the Poor Luther Magby 1927
5. A Good Man is Hard to Find Bix/Tram/Murray/Russell/Rolini/Venuti 10/2/27
6. I Am Resolved Ernest Stoneman Kahle Brewer w/Vocal Chorus 7/25/27
7. Curley Headed Woman Burnett & Rutherford 11/3/27
8. Down South Blues Doc Boggs 3/10/27
9. Black Snake Blues King Oliver 4/27/27
10. Weary Way Blues Natty Dominique Johnny Dodds Jimmy Blythe 10/5/27
11. Honky Tonk Train Blues Meade Lux Lewis 12/27
12. The Lord is my Shepherd Blind Connie Rosemond 7/20/27 VI20950
13. Penn Beach Blues Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Signorelli, Don Murray 11/5/27
14. Black Hearse Blues Sarah Martin w/Sylvester Weaver 8/30/27
15. Cold Penitentiary Blues B.F. Shelton 7/29/27
16. Shaking the Blues Away Ruth Etting 1927 w/Rube Bloom, piano
17. The Crowing Rooster Walter Rhodes 12/10/27
18. Creole Love Call Duke Ellington 10/26/27
19. Gods Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares Blind Joe Taggart 1927
20. Jazz Me Blues Bix B. and his Gang 5/10/27
21. Royal Garden Blues Bix B. and his Gang 5/10/27
22. Chattanooga Blues Allen Bros 11/4/27
23. New Orleans Lowdown Duke Ellington B. Miley 2/3/27
24. Barrelhouse Man Will Ezell 9/27
25. I Am Born to Preach the Gospel Washington Phillips 12/2/27
CD 6
1. Death is Only a Dream Edward Clayborne 7/19/27
2. Neckbones and Beans Henry Johnson and his Boys 4/20/27
3. She’s in the Graveyard Now Earl MacDonald’s Original Jug Band 3/30/27
4. Yellow Dog Blues Sam Collins 4/5/27
5. Mamlish Blues Ed Bell 9/27
6. Starvation Blues Jessie Stone 4/27/27
7. Wild Man Blues Louis Armstrong Johnny Dodds 5/7/27
8. Can You Blame the Colored Man? Gus Cannon 11/27
9. Mama You Don’t Know How Long Long Cleve Reed and the Downhome Boys 5/27
10. A Woman Gets Tired of the Same Man All the Time Stovepipe #1 Same Jones 4/26/27
11. Second-Hand Blues Margaret Johnson w/Leecan – Cooksey 2/24/27
12. Awful Fix Buddy Boy Hawkins 1927
13. Train 45 Grayson and Whitter 10/27
14. Hesitation Blues Al Bernard C. Quealey, Bobby Davis, Al Duffy 11/14/27
15. Section Gang Blues Texas Alexander w/Lonnie Johnson 8/12/27
16. Lonesome Ghost Blues Lonnie Johnson 8/11/1927
17. Lord I Can’t Stay Away Violet Harmony Singers 3/29/27
18. Deep River Paul Robeson 5/10/27
19. Doan Let Satan Git You Barbour’s Plantation Singers 9/6/27
20. Every Time I Feel the Spirit C. Mae Frierson Moore and the Four Aces of Harmony 9/27
21. Man Trouble Jaybird Coleman 8/3/27
22. Big Road Blues – Tommy Johnson 1928
23. Deep River Forbes Randolph Kentucky Jubilee Choir 7/28
24. Blues in the Bottle Prince Albert Hunt 3/28/28
25. Stealin’ Memphis Jug Band 9/11/28
26. I’m Wild About My Lovin’ Jim Jackson 8/27/28
CD 7
1. Viola Lee Blues Cannon’s Jug Stompers 9/20/28
2. Take Me Back Frank Stokes 8/30/28
3. Three Preludes (2nd Prelude) George Gershwin 6/11/28
4. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Biddleville Quintet 10/28
5. Away Down in the Alley Blues Lonnie Johnson 2/21/28
6. Going Across the Sea H.L. Bandy 10/17/28
7. Chocolate to the Bone Barbecue Bob 4/13/28
8. Pinetop’s Blues Pinetop Smith 12/29/28
9. 99 Year Blues Julius Daniels 2/19/27
10. Touch Me Light Mama George Bullet Williams w/unknown 5/28
11. Mississippi Jail House Groan Rube Lacy 1928
12. Sawmill Moan Rambling Thomas 2/28
13. Johnson City Blues Clarence Green 10/15/28
14. Wayward Girl Blues Lottie Kimbrough 1928
15. I Must Have That Man Annette Hanshaw 7/4/28
16. Slow Motion Bennie Moten 9/6/28
17. Molly Man Moses Mason 1/28
18. If the Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers 10/29/28
19. Mon Cherie Bebe Creole Dennis McGee (in New Orleans) 1928
20. Four or Five Times King Oliver 4/13/28
21. Avalon Blues Mississippi John Hurt 12/21/28
22. I Ain’t Got Nobody Emmett Miller 6/12/28
23. G Burns is Gonna Rise Again Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop 2/17/28
24. Can’t Help Lovin’ that Man Helen Morgan 2/14/28
25. Violin Blues The Johnson Boys (Hayes and Prater) 2/15/28
26. Good Old Turnip Greens Bo Chatman 12/28
CD 8
1. Every Day of the week Blues Pink Anderson/Simmie Dooley 1928
2. Alley Rat Jimmy Blythe piano solo 3/30/28
3. I’m On My Journey Home The Denson Quartet 10/20/28
4. One Way Gal William Moore 1/28
5. Stack O’Lee Pt. 2 Cliff Edwards 1928
6. Worried Blues Gladys Bentley 8/8/28
7. Can’t Help Lovin’ that Man Helen Morgan 2/14/28
8. Jungle Blues Benny Goodman’s Boys 6/14/28
9. Old Man River Bing w/Paul Whiteman 1/28
10. Old Time Baptism PT 2 R M Massey 1/28
11. Blue Piano Stomp Johnny Dodds 7/15/28
12. Sunshine Special Frenchy’s String Band 12/5/28
13. Midnight Mama Frances Hereford Jelly Roll Morton 1/21/28
14. Lord Lord He Sure is Good Elder Richard Bryant w/Sanctified Singers 2/7/28
15. Wang Wang Blues Sam Ku’s West Harmony Boys 1928
16. Tight Like That Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band 11/9/28
17. A Blues Serenade Original Memphis 5 12/28/28 Signorelli
18. I Truly Understand You Love Another Man Shortbuckle Roarke and his Family 11/4/28
19. I Found a New Baby Teschmacher/Spanier/Sullivan/Krupa 4/28
20. Hard Hustling Blues Bernice Edwards 11/28
21. The Boy in the Boat Charlie Johnson’s Paradise 10 9/19/28
22. School Girl Blues Rosa Mae Moore 2/3/28
23. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Boyd Senter and his Sentipedes 3/23/28
24. Ham Beats All Meat Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters 3/3/28
25. In the Mornin’ Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop 2/17/28
26. The Preacher Got Drunk and Laid His Bible Down Tennessee Ramblers 2/28
CD 9
1. Home Town Blues Roane County Ramblers 10/15/28
2. Judge Harsh Blues Furry Lewis 8/28/28
3. Caution Blues Earl Hines 12/9/28
4. Blue Harmony Clifford Hayes’ Louisville Stompers Cal Smith Hense Grundy 5/31/28
5. Cannon Ball Blues Frank Hutchison 7/9/29
6. Brown Skin Blues Dick Justice 5/20/29
7. Leake County Blues Leake County Revelers 12/10/29
8. Bathe In That Beautiful Pool Doc Walsh 9/25/29
9. Easy Rider Blues Leo Soileau 7/13/29
10. Operation Blues Frankie Jaxon Georgia Tom Dorset 7/22/29
11. I’m A Mighty Tight Woman Sippi Wallace Dodds Dominique 2/7/29
12. That’s No Way To Get Along Robert Wilkins 9/23/29
13. Walking Blues Raymond Barrow 6/7/29
14. Don’t Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend The Bubbling Over Five (Blues Birdhead) 10/13/29
15. St. Louis Blues/Weary Yodelin’ Blues Roy Evans 3/30/29
16. Fresno Blues Johnnie and Albert Crockett 8/9/29
17. Mean Low Blues Blues Birdhead 10/13/29
18. Georgia Bound Blind Blake 1929
19. If I Call You Mama Luke Jordan 11/19/29
20. Just Blues Memphis Jazzers Andy Sannella Al Duffy 6/29
21. Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues Teddy Darby 9/7/29
22. New York Blues Blind Roosevelt Graves Will Ezell 1929 T
23. Guitar Blues Lang/Lonnie Johnson 5/7/29
24. Avenue Strut Heurve Duerson 8/28/29
25. Slum Guillion Stomp Cow Cow Davenport 6/22/29