Hour One

1.    Muddy Waters: I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willie Dixon) 1954
2.   Louis Armstrong & Savoy Ballroom Five: Mahogany Hall Stomp (Louis Armstrong)
3.   Amédé  Ardoin: Amédé  Two Step (Amédé  Ardoin) 1989
4.   Bois Sec Ardoin & Canray Fontenot: ‘Tit Galop (Alphonse Ardoin / Canray Fontenot) 1966
5.   Lawrence Black Ardoin: Midland Two Step (Amédé  Ardoin) 1984
6.   Harry Belafonte: I’m Just A Country Boy (Fred Brooks / Marshall Barer) 1954
7.   Paul Robeson: No More Auction Block (Trad) 1953
8.   Bobby Bland: I Pity The Fool (Deadric Malone) 1961
9.   Valerie Wellington: A Fool For You (Charles / Hill) 1987
10  Gus Cannon: Crawdad Hole (Trad) 1963
11  Hound Dog Taylor & Houserockers: Give Me Back My Wig (T R Taylor) 1971
12  BB King: She’s Dynamite (BB King) 1951
13  The Supremes: Someday We’ll Be Together (Jackey Beavers / Johnny Bristol / Harvey Fuqua) 1969
14  Eddy Grant: It’s All In You (Eddy Grant) 1983
15  Messenjah: Duddly Do Right (Errol Blackwood / Rupert Harvey) 1982

Hour Two

1.   Peter Tosh: Jah Say No (Peter Tosh) 1979
2.   Peter Tosh: The Day The Dollar Die (Peter Tosh) 1979
3.   Peter Tosh: Rumours of War (Peter Tosh) 1979
4.   Big John (T-Bone) Little & Hot Toddies: Rockin’ Crickets (Todaro / Shannon) 1958 *
5.   George Hector: Pretty Valley In New Brunswick (George Hector) circa 1985 *
6.   Brent Williams: My Fortune Wheel (Brent Williams) 1972 *
7.   D.J. Jefferies: Doo Wah Diddy (Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich) 1965 *
8.   Jim McHarg’s Metro Stompers & Lonnie Johnson: Mr Blues Walks (Lonnie Johnson) 1965 *
9.   Saints & Sinners: Someday (You’ll Be Sorry) (Louis Armstrong) 1967 *
10  Colina Phillips & Jeff Jones: I’ll Give You Love (Ray Parker / Debbi Fleming) 1988 *
11  Al Cromwell: Al’s Blues (Al Cromwell) 1987 *
12  Shawn Jackson: Get Out Of The Kitchen (Shawn Jackson / Domenic Troiano) 1976 *
13  Faith Nolan: I Black Woman (Faith Nolan) 1989 *
14  Frank Wright Trio: Bluesette (Thielemans) 1965 *

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Now for the Particulars:

Hour One

1.   Muddy Waters: I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willie Dixon)
Uncovered: MOJO Mag CD – July 2013
Chicago ILL
Muddy Waters: vocal
Little Walter: harmonica
Jimmy Rogers: guitar
Otis Span: piano
Willie Dixon: bass
Fred Below: drums
Produced by Phil & Leonard Chess - 1954
Originally Chess 1571 single April 13, 1954

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983) 1st recorded by Alan Lomax at Stovill MS plantation 1941.  Migrated to Chicago 1943 associated with the Chess Bros since 47. Used to open for Big Bill Broonzy.

2.   Louis Armstrong & Savoy Ballroom Five: Mahogany Hall Stomp (Louis Armstrong)
Hot Fives & Sevens Vol 4: JSP – 315
New Orleans LA
Louis Armstrong: trumpet, vocals
JC Higgenbottom: tuba
Albert Nichols: alto sax
Charlie Holmes: alto sax
Teddy Hill: tenor sax
Luis Russell: piano
Eddie Condon: banjo
Lonnie Johnson: guitar
Pops Foster: standup bass
Paul Barbarin: drums
Recorded New York City, March 5, 1929

b. New Orleans August 4, 1901 – d. July 6, 1971 Began playing coronet age 11 & by 19 replaced Joe Oliver in Kid Ory’s band.
1924 joined Fletcher Henderson’s band in NYC and switched to trumpet.
1925 formed The Hot Five and recorded Muggles, a song about Marijuana which he loved. Biggest selling record: Hello, Dolly 1964

Four Generations of Ardoins

3.   Amédé Ardoin: Amédé  Two Step (Amédé  Ardoin)
Pioneers of the Cajun Accordion 1929-1935: Arhoolie Records – OT 128
Rural Louisiana
Amédé  Ardoin: accordion, vocal
Dennis McGee: fiddle
Compilation Produced by Chris Strachwitz – 1989
Recorded November 1930

March 11, 1898 – November 3, 1942
1st recording of Cajun music was by Joe Falcon, April 27, 1928 Allons a Lafayette.

4.   Bois Sec Ardoin & Canray Fontenot: ‘Tit Galop (Alphonse Ardoin / Canray Fontenot)
Les Blues du Bayou: Melodeon Records – MLP 7330
Evangeline Co. LA
Bois Sec Ardoin: vocal, accordion
Canray Fontenot: fiddle
Isom Fontenot: ‘tit fer (triangle)
Produced by Richard Spottswood & Revon Reed – 1966
Recorded by Pete Kuykendall & Richard Spottswood July 24, 1966 at Wynwood Studio, Falls Church VA

Bois-Sec - November 16, 1915 – May 16, 2007
Canray Fontenot (October 16 1922 - July 29, 1995
Bois-sec started playing triangle for 1st cousin Amede Ardoin and Dennis McGee. Started playing w Canray 1948,

5.   Lawrence "Black" Ardoin & His French Zydeco Band: Midland Two Step (Amédé Ardoin)
Lawrence Black Ardoin & His French Zydeco Band: Arhoolie Records – 1091
Lawrence Ardoin: vocal, accordion
Edward Poulard: fiddle
Donald Ray Caesar: drums
Joseph Landry: bass
Dallas DeVille: lead guitar
Clarence Le Day: guitar
Alfred Pete: rubboard (frottoir)
Sean Ardoin: sax
Produced by Chris Strachwitz - 1984
Recorded & mixed by Mark Miller, Crawley LA May 1984

b. Nov 1947
Sean Ardoin plays sax – son of Lawrence

6.   Harry Belafonte: I’m Just A Country Boy (Fred Brooks / Marshall Barer) 1954
The World of the Small Faces & Beyond: MOJO CD February 2012
New York City
Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra*
Originally released as RCA Victor ?– 47-5617
Produced – 1954

Harold George "Harry" Bellanfanti, Jr. (born March 1, 1927)

7.   Paul Robeson: No More Auction Block (Trad)
The Peace Arch Concerts: Folk Era Records – FE1442
Princeton NJ
Paul Robeson: vocals
Produced by Allan Shaw – 1998
Recorded by Dr Charles Wright, Peace Arch, CanUS border BC-Washington May 18, 1952

Paul Leroy Robeson April 9, 1898 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. - January 23, 1976 (aged 77)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Played briefly in the NFL
Blacklisted during the McCarthy era (including foreign travel ban) after receiving International Stalin Prize and praising Stalin. Peace Arch performances organized by trade unions at Canada (BC) US (Washington) border.

8.   Bobby Bland: I Pity The Fool (Deadric Malone) 1961
David Bowie Heroes: MOJO CD – February 2015
Barretville TN
Bobby Bland: vocal
Joe Scott: trumpet
Melvin Jackson: trumpet
Pluma David: trombone
Robert Skinner: tenor sas
L.A. Hill: tenor sax
Rayfield Devers: baritone sax
Teddy Raynolds: piano
Wayne Bennett: guitar
Hamp Simmons: bass
John Starks: drums
Produced by Don Robey – 1961

Robert Calvin "Bobby" Bland (January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013)

9.   Valerie Wellington: A Fool For You (Charles / Hill)
The New Bluebloods: Alligator Records – 7707
Chicago ILL
Valerie Wellington: vocals
John Duich: guitar
Sumito Arioshi: piano
Nick Charles: bass
Brady Williams: drums
Produced by Bruce Iglauer – 1987
Recorded by Justin Niebank & Fred Brietberg at Streeterville Studios, Chicago
Mastered by Tom Coyne at Frankford/Wayne, New York City

Valerie Wellington (November 14, 1959 – January 2, 1993)

10  Gus Cannon: Crawdad Hole (Trad)
Walk Right In: Stax Records 702
Memphis TN
Gus Cannon: banjo, vocal
Will Shade: jug
Milton Roby: washboard
Produced by Jim Stewart & Bob Altshuler – 1963
Recorded by Jim Stewart & Bob Altshuler at Stax Studios, Memphis June, 1963

September 12, 1883 Red Banks, Mississippi, October 15, 1979 (aged 96) Memphis TN
Most likely first blues player to record (cylander disk 1890s)
Cannon's Jug Stompers recorded late '20s - Walk Right In

11  Hound Dog Taylor & Houserockers: Give Me Back My Wig (T R Taylor)
Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers: Alligator Records –  no serial
Chicago ILL
Ted Harvey - drums
Brewer Phillips - Guitar
Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor - Vocals, Guitar
Produced by Bruce Iglauer – 1971
Recorded by Stu Black

April 12, 1915 Natchez, Mississippi - December 17, 1975

12  BB King: She’s Dynamite (BB King)
Let’s Move: MOJO CD – December 2012
Bena MS
Recorded 1951

Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925)

13  The Supremes: Someday We’ll Be Together (Jackey Beavers / Johnny Bristol / Harvey Fuqua)
Superstar Series Vol 1: Motown Records – M 101
Detroit MI
Diana Ross
Mary Wilson
Cindy Birdsong
Produced by Johnny Bristol – 1969

14  Eddy Grant: It’s All In You (Eddy Grant)
Killer On The Rampage: Portrait Records – FR 38554
London UK
Produced by Eddy Grant - 1983
Recorded at Blue Wave Studios, St Phillip, Barbados by Frank Agarrat
Mastered by Tim Young (also known as TimTom)

Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant (born 5 March 1948) Plaisance, Guyana

15  Messenjah: Duddly Do Right (Errol Blackwood / Rupert Harvey)
Rock You High: Phonyx Records – WRC1-2430
Kitchener ON
Errol Blackwood: vocal, bass
Rukpert Harvey: vocal, guitar, vax
Eric Walsh: guitar
Raymond Ruddock: drums
Hal Duggan: keys
Tony King: percussion
Produced by Rupert Harvey - 1982
Recorded by Richard Bowen at Circle Sound Studio, San Diego CA

Kitchener ON based band. This is their first LP.
Toured internationally for 16 yrs. Won 1989 Juno for Best Reggae LP
Appeared at Skydome, Toronto, 1998 with Nelson Mandela.

Hour Two

1.   Peter Tosh & Word, Sound & Power: Jah Say No (Peter Tosh)
2.   Peter Tosh: & Word, Sound & Power The Day The Dollar Die (Peter Tosh)
3.   Peter Tosh: & Word, Sound & Power Rumours of War (Peter Tosh)
Mystic Man: Rolling Stones Records – QCOC 39111
Grange Hill, Jamaica
Peter Tosh: vocals, guitar, keys
Robbie shakespeare: bass, guitar
Sly Dunbar: drums
Mikey Chung: keys, guitar, percussion
Robby Lyn: organ, piano
Ed Walsh: synth
George Young: sax, flute
Lou Marini: sax, flute
Howard Johnson: baritone sax
Barry Rogers: trombone
Mike Lawrence: trumpet
Gwen Guthrie, Yvonne Lewis, Brenda White: bg vocals
Produced by Peter Tosh – 1979
Recorded by Geoffrey Chung at Dynamic Sound, Kingston JM
Mixed by Geoffrey Chung at Sound Mixers, NYC
Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios, NYC

19 October 1944 Grange Hill, Jamaica - 11 September 1987(aged 42) Westmoreland, Jamaica

4.   Big John (T-Bone) Little & Hot Toddies: Rockin’ Crickets (Todaro / Shannon) *
45 Single: Shan-Todd Records – ST-0056
Niagara Falls ON
John Little: electric guitar
Bill Pernell: sax
Produced by Phil Todaro & Tommy Shannon – March 1959
Recorded by Phil Todar & Tommy Shannon at a radio station, Buffalo NY

Band was actually Big John Little and the Rockers
Song was leased to various labels - Todaro & Shannon claimed songwriting & publishing
Jimi Hendrix was inspired by the way T-Bone used his guitar
Bill Pernell – from Belleville
BJL 85 years old & still performing

5.   George Hector: Pretty Valley In New Brunswick (George Hector)  *
The Singing Banjoman: Hector Records – Hector S100
Gagetown NB
George Hector: banjo, vocals
Ned Landry: fiddle
Norm Hamilton: piano
Sonny Weyman: bass
Produced by George Hector – circa 197?
Recorded by Ned Landry and Sonny Weyman

b. Gagetown NB – 1911 - 2004
Played w Messer's New Brunswick Lumberjacks 1930s

6.   Brent Williams: My Fortune Wheel (Brent Williams) *
In You I Believe: Paragon Recordsw – ALS 305
Hassett NS
Produced by Jack Boswell - 1972

b. Mar 25, 1940

7.   D.J. Jefferies: Doo Wah Diddy (Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich) *
Do You “Wanna” Dance: Best of Frank’s Bandstand: Arc Records – A 669
Halifax NS
DJ Jefferies: vocal
Keith Jollimore: sax
Jack Lilly: drums
Earl Fralick: keys
Jimmy White: bass
Brian Ahern: guitar
Produced by Manny Pittson – 1965

8.   Jim McHarg’s Metro Stompers & Lonnie Johnson: Mr Blues Walks (Lonnie Johnson) *
Stompin' At The Penny: Columbia Records EL 110 mono
Toronto ON
Jim McHarg: bass
Lonnie Johnson: lead guitar, vocals
Charles Gall: coronet
Eric Neilson: clarinet
Jim Galoway: sax
Produced by P.S. Westwood - 1965
Recorded by P Houston, Toronto, November 1965

The original LP only sold 1,000 copies; this was Lonnie Johnson's last regular recording, although he did cut a series of numbers for Smithsonian in 1967. Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 June 16, 1970) New Orleans. James (JIM) McHARG was born in 1927 in Glasgow, Scotland. He passed away in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 27, 2003. Stompers recorded LPs for Columbia, Arc & RCA

9.   Saints & Sinners: Someday (You’ll Be Sorry) (Louis Armstrong) *
In Canada: Cav-a Bob Records ST 55720
USA
Red Richards: piano
Vic Dickenson: trombone
Herman Autrey: trumpet
Rudy Powell: clarinet, alto & tenor sax
Dan Mastri: bass
George Reed: drums
Produced by Roy Irlam - 1967
Recorded by Phil Sheridan

10  Colina Phillips & Jeff Jones: I’ll Give You Love (Ray Parker / Debbi Fleming) 1988 *
Coast To Coast V: CBC Records – RV 881
Toronto / Detroit
Produced by Keith Whiting – 1988
Recorded by David Dobbs, Toronto

Colina Phillips – Paul James, Bruce Cockburn, Helix
Currently singing with Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley
Jeff Jones moved to Toronto 1971 worked with Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton & Count Bassie

11  Al Cromwell: Al’s Blues (Al Cromwell) *
Grossman’s Live: Spadina Beat Records – WRC1-5490
Toronto ON
Produced by Michael McDonald & Michael Pickett – 1987
Recorded by Michael McDonald with Jim Jones, Bob Read, Pat Rush & Cory Turnbull at Grossman’s Tavern
Mastered by Pete Norman at McClear Place, Toronto

d. 1995, Toronto

12  Shawn Jackson: Get Out Of The Kitchen (Shawn Jackson / Domenic Troiano) *
Shawn Jackson: RCA – APL1-1320
Domenic Troiano, guitar
No other musicians listed
Toronto ON
Produced by Domenic Troiano – 1976
Recorded by Keith Olsen with Terry Brown, George Semkiew and Brian Christian at Sound City, Toronto Sound, Sound Stage and Phase I, Toronto
Mastered by Rick Collins at Kendun Recorders

Sang in church but when she was 15 sang on CBC’s pop show Music Hop
Joined The Majestics 1966-69 known as Shawne & Jay Jackson & The Majestics
Recorded albums for the ARC label
Also worked as lead vocalist for The Stone Soul Children w Prakesh John
After recording this album she went into fashion design and acting, Married DT

13  Faith Nolan: I Black Woman (Faith Nolan) *
Freedom To Love: Aural Tradition – ATR 302
Toronto ON
Faith Nolan, vocal
Michael Creber, piano
Roy Forbes, guitars
Laurence Knight, bass
Chris Nordquist, drums
Produced by Roy Forbes – 1989
Recorded & Mixed by Rolf Hannemann at Mushroom Studios, Vancouver BC January 1989
http://www.faithnolan.org/

b. Halifax NS 1957
Protest singer who loved the old blues jazz singers of the 1920s like Elizabeth Cotton & Ma Rainey
Recorded a lot in the late 80s and early 90s.

14  Frank Wright Trio: Bluesette (Thielemans) *
Canadian Talent At Work: Canadian Talent Library Records – D 103
Toronto ON
Frank Wright: vibes
Produced – 1965

b. Toronto May 5, 1929
Still playing in Canadian Jazz Quartet as w as a new Trio.

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