Chimpin' The Blues

Chimpin' The Blues

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• Crumb, Robert
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(2013/East River Records) 21 tracks. While Robert Crumb is most famous as the single most influential artist in the history of underground comics, he's also known as a record collector and serious fan of vintage jazz and blues, freely acknowledging he has no interest in anything recorded after 1936. Jerry Zolten, a well-respected music historian and professor at Penn State University, is a fellow record collector who is friendly with Crumb, and in 2003 the artist was a guest on Zolten's radio show on Penn State's radio station WPSU-FM. Chimpin' the Blues preserves 60 minutes from Zolten's show, with Zolten and Crumb playing some of their favorite rare 78s from the '20s and '30s and discussing the music and the people who made it. The music featured here is an eclectic and engaging sampling of early blues and jazz.<br/><br/>Medium 1<br/>Lawd Lawd Lawd - Chimpin' Intro<br/>Frenchy's String Band - Texas and Pacific Blues<br/>Jerry Zolten - Chimpin' One<br/>Tampa Joe - Warm Wipe Stomp<br/>Jerry Zolten - Chimpin' Two<br/>Eddie Head and His Family - Down on Me<br/>Thomas Waller - I'll Just Stand and Wring My Hands and Cry<br/>Jerry Zolten - Chimpin' Three<br/>Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Washboard Cut-Out<br/>Jerry Zolten - Chimpin' Four<br/>Joe Linthecome - Humming Blues<br/>Jerry Zolten - Chimpin' Five<br/>Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues<br/>Jerry Zolten - Chimpin' Six<br/>Louie Lasky - How You Want Your Rollin' Done<br/>Cheikha Tetma - Guenene Tini<br/>Jerry Zolten - Chimpin' Seven<br/>Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In<br/>Jerry Zolten - Chimpin' Eight<br/>Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words<br/>Skippy Wippy - Chimpin' Outro<br/>