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Kokomo Arnold - Original Kokomo Blues 1934-1938
Label : EPM
Releasd: 1998
Format : [email protected]
"Kokomo" was a popular brand of coffee early in the 20th century, and was the subject of Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell's first recorded blues in 1928. When slide guitar specialist James Arnold revamped this number as "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for Decca in 1934, little did he know that this would soon become his permanent handle -- Kokomo Arnold.
Kokomo Arnold was born in Georgia, and began his musical career in Buffalo, New York in the early '20s. During prohibition, Kokomo Arnold worked primarily as a bootlegger, and performing music was a only sideline to him. Nonetheless he worked out a distinctive style of bottleneck slide guitar and blues singing that set him apart from his contemporaries. In the late '20s, Arnold settled for a short time in Mississippi, making his first recordings in May 1930 for Victor in Memphis under the name of "Gitfiddle Jim." Arnold moved to Chicago in order to be near to where the action was as a bootlegger, but the repeal of the Volstead Act put him out of business, so he turned instead to music as a full-time vocation
Tracklist :
1 Old Original Kokomo Blues
2 Milk Cow Blues
Recorded :. September 10, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
3 Back to the Woods
Recorded: . September 10, 1934 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
4 Sissy Man Blues
Recorded: January 15, 1934 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
5 Front Door Blues
Recorded : January 15, 1934 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
6 The Twelves (Dirty Dozens)
7 Feels So Good
Recorded : January 18, 1935 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
8 Chain Gang Blues
Recorded : February 12, 1935 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
9 How Long, How Long Blues
Recorded: April 18. 1935 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
10 Busy Bootin'
Recorded : . April 18. 1935 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
11 Policy Wheel Blues
Recorded : June 20, 1935 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
12 I'll Be Up Someday
Recorded : February 18, 1935 in New York City; Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
13 Bull Headed Woman Blues
Recorded : . February 18, 1936 in New York City; Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
14 Dark Angel
15 Mr. Charlie
Recorded : October 24, 1936 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p, unknown, sb[/color]
16 Cold Winter Blues
17 Salty Dog
Recorded :. Januiary 12, 1937 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
18 Working at the Project
Recorded : March 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL;
Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; Kokomo Arnold, g
19 Crying Blues
Recorded : May 7, 1937 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g
20 Bad Luck Blues
Recorded : . May 12, 1938 in Chicago, IL;
Kokomo Arnold, voc, g; unknown, p; unknown, sb |
