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Date Posted: Mon November 02, 2009 08:00:26
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HK
's message, "Re: Anyone know..." on Sun November 01, 2009 21:35:18
Thanks, HK. If Washboard Sam recorded it in 1938, as one source indicates, looks like Lil Johnson recorded it in 1937. It may have been one of her cleaner efforts, not like You Stole My Cherry or I'm A Sales Lady. "Bucket" sounds a lot like Midnight Special.
http://www.emusic.com/album/Lil-Johnson-Lil-Johnson-Barrelhouse-Annie-Vol-3-1937-MP3-Download/10864040.html
http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html
"Next, Armstrong announces a trip to his hometown of New Orleans, which, again, inspires a roar of approval from a crowd that sounds like they were ready to cheer just about anything. The tune is “The Bucket’s Got A Hole In It” and Armstrong announces it as being written “during the days of rushing the cans.” That’s a reference to the kids whose job it was to bring beer to the bordellos. Jelly Roll Morton, on his seminal 1939 recording of “Mamie’s Blues,” opens with a spoken introduction where he says, “This is the first blues I no doubt heard in my life. Mamie Desdunes, this is her favorite blues. She hardly could play anything else more, but she really could play this number. Of course, to get in on it, to try to learn it, I made myself the, the can rusher.” Armstrong usually announced “The Bucket’s Got A Hole In It” as being played by Joe Oliver in New Orleans and it was recorded in the 1920s by the likes of Lil Johnson and Washboard Sam, with composer credit going to Clarence Williams. However, the song didn’t really become well-known until country musician Hank Williams had a hit with it in 1949. A year later, Armstrong recorded a slow, bluesy version for Decca, obviously giving it the slow drag kind of feeling Joe Oliver must have given it."
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