Document Records - Vintage Blues and Jazz

The Hokum Boys Vol 1 1929

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Down Home Boys
Hokum Boys
    TRACK LIST
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01 - caught him doing it (21309
02 - Better cut that out (21310)
03 - Hokum blues
04 - Somebody`s been using that thing
05 - Caught him doin` it (15280)
06 - Better cut that out (15281)
07 - Put your mind on it
08 - It`s all worn out
09 - You can`t get enough of that stuff
10 - I was afraid of that - part 1
11 - Ain`t goin` that way
12 - Went to his head
13 - Let me pat that thing
14 - Gambler`s blues (St. James Infirmary blues)
15 - Let me have it
16 - The folks down stairs (l-96)
17 - Gambler`s blues no. 2
18 - Somebody`s been using that thing no. 2
19 - Selling that stuff no. 2
20 - Gin mill blues
21 - The folks down stairs (403340)
22 - That`s my business
23 - Ain`t goin` to beg you for that stuff
24 - It`s all gone now (down home boys)
25 - You do it (down home boys)
The Hokum Boys. Between the years 1929 and 1937 several different Chicago-based blues/jazz ensembles made records as the Hokum Boys or the Famous Hokum Boys. During the summer of 1929 pianist Alex Hill and guitarists Dan Roberts and Alex Robinson made records for the Paramount label under the name of the Hokum Boys. By early autumn the group consisted of pianist Jimmy Blythe, guitarist Bob Alexander, and a banjoist named Bob Robinson who also played clarinet. In November and December 1929 Ikey Robinson made a series of records for OKeh, first with Jimmy Blythe, then with Alex Hill. Throughout the second half of 1929 these men collaborated with pianist Leroy Carr and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell and made a number of recordings that were issued under the name of the Famous Hokum Boys. The Famous Hokum Boys name was adopted (or hijacked) by Big Bill Broonzy, first in 1930 and 1931, then again between 1935 and 1937 when he made records with various tough customers including Washboard Sam, Black Bob, Casey Bill Weldon, clarinetist Arnett Nelson, bass saxophonist Bill Settles, and a trumpeter named Mr. Sheiks. The only member of the original Hokum Boys to participate in Broonzy's Hokum sessions was Bob Robinson. Various labels have made a point of reissuing every recording known to have been made by these entertaining little bands. Artist Biography by arwulf arwulf
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