Mound City Blue Blowers "My Gal Sal" 1929
Рет қаралды 74,030
15 жыл бұрынThe Mound City Blue Blowers, consisting here of Red McKenzie, Jack Bland, Carl Kress and Josh Billings with "I Ain't Got Nobody" and "My Gal Sal".
@hannanathan564 13 жыл бұрын
It's just amazing how soulful Red could play that comb, and that 20s vocal is classic. I have watched this video dozens of times and I still return to it. It was just a spectacular performance.
@luismantaras6460 5 жыл бұрын
I feel the same.
@Docterry 13 жыл бұрын
Red was one of the best comb players ever...folding wax paper over a comb then humming into it...and usig a can to get that fat coronet sound. And Josh Billings was underrated and a pecussionist AND Dancer :)
@ivanaraque 2 жыл бұрын
Josh is just awesome!!!
@MissGoldenDreams13 14 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Josh Billings, all of us Mound City Blue Blowers fans should start something: "The Josh Billings Appreciation Society". I mean, it's about time that history's only suitcase drummer gets the tribute he deserves!
@walterweddle7644 5 жыл бұрын
I am definitely interested in that great idea.
@mcbigswig1569 3 жыл бұрын
The original American cajon player.
@madian44 12 жыл бұрын
Thanks a million for sharing this, I bought my first jazz 78 in 1966, a Brunswick Australia copy of San and Red Hot rec in 1924, by Mound City Blue Blowers, now have thousands of shellac, but this video is absolutely brilliant!
@MrRezillo 14 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I didn't know these guys were ever filmed. Thanks for posting this! I'm been listening to this group for years; now I can see what they looked like.
@wa1ufo 12 жыл бұрын
I was born 50 years too late-Thanks Captain!
@bennyjazzful 6 жыл бұрын
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 74yo Aussie fan.
@gabrielledemoulin5787 4 жыл бұрын
Hello! I'm from near Saint Louis a k a Mound City. I'm putting together a music of Saint Louis musicians on Pandora and was glad to find these guys! It will be called "Spirits of Saint Louis." 💓 Well wishes from STL/USA!
@serydelyrio 13 жыл бұрын
it put me in a good mood! thx :)
@petegarrido5406 Ай бұрын
Wow !👍
@andystein8365 8 жыл бұрын
This Starts with "I Ain't Got Nobody." "My Gall Sal" starts around 3'00"
@jamesp34 8 жыл бұрын
Excellent, avec un drummer comme on aimerait en voir plus souvent ! Pas la peine d'avoir des tas de cymbales et de tambours en tous genres pour assurer le rythme; une bonne valise et des balais ! ! ! A voir aussi dans "Saint louis blues" .....
@jamesmiller4184 Жыл бұрын
Our commenting French compeer says: "Excellent, with a drummer as we would like to see more often! No need to have lots of cymbals and drums of all kinds to provide the rhythm; a good suitcase and brooms! ! ! See also in "Saint louis blues" "
@rogeralsop3479 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@HarborGuy 13 жыл бұрын
Truly enjoyable !! Thanks...
@baldevis 12 жыл бұрын
If you watch very closely, at around 1:21 the lit cigarette gets a little too close to his ear, and he shakes it off to the floor.
@vilstef6988 12 жыл бұрын
I've had a soft spot for Red for a long time. He was a really wonderful entertainer. I love the suitcase drum kit. Some of Eddie Condon's bands in the 30s did the suitcase and whisk brooms trick too.
@solet579 5 жыл бұрын
They were fantastic!!!
@harryoakley 12 жыл бұрын
My pleasure. I bought my copy of that record (on US Brunswick) about ten years later!
@Focker777 11 жыл бұрын
I just love this video so much. I wish there was more footage of these guys..
@jamesmiller4184 6 жыл бұрын
How true, Cody! It is a shame there isn't. Josh Billings, the box-beater and dancer was one magnum power character, alright. It is not possible right now to know just what 'the story' was with the Blowers but, I'm sure there was one. Hopefully, someday someone will do a deep-treatment bio on them as grouped and individually. Both Josh's and Red's ends were tragic and lonely, so I understand. Dang! They deserved better, I think but . . . they did have a fun run in their early, glory days.
@i.m.a.nonymous8232 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@kalarr1 5 жыл бұрын
good....good.....good !!!!!! excelente !!!
@steveperry1344 4 жыл бұрын
wow, the audio and video for 1929 is great.
@potrezeb1 14 жыл бұрын
great stuff ...send it to your friends !!
@jeffsvilleusa 7 жыл бұрын
hot breakdown at the end!
@RoryVanucchi 2 жыл бұрын
Great time capsule
@jojoUK120 6 жыл бұрын
Red hot skiffle awesomeness!
@lennietristanojazz 12 жыл бұрын
I have the American Brunswick as well :3
@barrythomas615 5 жыл бұрын
"My Gal Sal" was the theme song for the "Joe the Bartender" sketches on "The Jackie Gleason Show." Gleason himself would sing it. I wonder if there's a recording of him doing the song somewhere on KZfaq.
@robertchesnosky3508 20 күн бұрын
FEATURING RED MCKENZIE
@busessuck1 13 жыл бұрын
Probably the first recorded footage of bluesmen
@Old-Jazz-by-Terry Жыл бұрын
Easy to see where The City Ramblers Skiffle Group got their inspiration!
@mcbigswig1569 3 жыл бұрын
Huge influence on Squirrel Nut Zippers.
@lennietristanojazz 13 жыл бұрын
Hmm, just noticed that Josh has a lit cigarette stuck behind his ear. I wonder if they had any trouble with his hair catching on fire. Awesome stuff though. Josh, Red, Jack, and Eddie are amazing.
@MissGoldenDreams13 14 жыл бұрын
I swear, my friend Jon looks EXACTLY like Josh Billings (a.k.a. The Suitcase Drummer) What's even funnier: he plays the drums, too!
@tomewart4287 4 жыл бұрын
Frank "Josh" Billings is the show! Can't find out much about him.
@briannelson42 2 жыл бұрын
@@tomewart4287 Mezz Mezzrow mentions Red and Josh at length in his memoir REALLY THE BLUES.
@mainaccount131 5 жыл бұрын
Good
@harryoakley 12 жыл бұрын
@SallyAugusta Nice story!
@charleswinokoor6023 2 ай бұрын
Also known as “Just a Gigolo” if I’m not mistaken.
@AJNorth 13 жыл бұрын
"Return with us now..." Those who enjoy this genre of music, swing & big band will enjoy listening to KCEA-dot-org, which streams 24/7 (and adds some Old Time Radio on the weekends).
@Alois_Germany Жыл бұрын
Pre- Western Swing
@christopherkliks1296 Ай бұрын
That's not "My Gal Sal", it's "I Ain't Got Nobody".
@lennietristanojazz 13 жыл бұрын
@lennietristanojazz Whoops, that's actually Carl. Must correct that.
@briansinclair4961 5 жыл бұрын
who plays the suitcase with such style
@mattmiller6096 9 жыл бұрын
Didn't Pee Wee Russell play with the Mound City Blowers for a bit? Or am I confused?
@johnwhitehead3360 8 жыл бұрын
Yes he did
@oldtimejazzfan 6 жыл бұрын
As well as Coleman Hawkins and Glenn Miller.
@jojoUK120 5 жыл бұрын
Peter Meili Maybe it’s quicker to say who didn’t record with them 🤔
@greenmorris37 10 жыл бұрын
55 years too late in my case!
@solet579 4 жыл бұрын
Asombrós
@GreasyFilms-qc1xo 3 ай бұрын
The problem with today's pop music is the tap dancing suitcase drummers don't have lit cigarettes behind their ears as much.
@wordsmythwmn 14 жыл бұрын
On one long shot, you can see the Suite Case Drummer tapping his feet on the case, like a base drum in a trap set. And is that Sand Paper strapped across the top to make the brush sounds? Interesting Recording, Glad to have hear/seen it. thanks.
@jamesmiller4184 4 жыл бұрын
BLURRED!!! Transfer is from a Laser Disc which image was perfect, having been transferred to it from 35mm. I saw this on the big screen at UCLA. It was about 10x times more effective and there was more to it. Look for it in a Vitaphone collection of LD's. I say Josh had to have been at least bi ! No way not. . : .