Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Phil, thanks for the info, the sleeve notes on my old CBS Vinyl recordings don't go into that much detail (if I remember rightly the came out in the late 60s early 70's as a part of the Sound of the Seventies series (strange when they were recorded in the 30's). Speaking of C&W, Hillbilly and similar (but with a fine turn of jazz) - it looks as if Dan Hicks has got the Hot Licks back on tour - I recently ordered and received two fine new CDs - lovely stuff. I'm gradually finding my way into Conjunto and Tejana music too, some of it sounds like a German Oktoberfest band on mescaline :-) Best from Hannover Douglas Phil Swango wrote: > Douglas Sharp wrote: > There's one strange track on the RJ collection - is Hot Tamales/Red Hot > really Johnson? > ============== > > According to the Columbia set discography, that cut was recorded by RJ on > November 27, 1936 in San Antonio, TX in the same session that produced > "Dead > Shrimp," "Cross Road," and a few others. It does seem a little odd that > "They're Red Hot" is the only cut on the album that's not a 12-bar blues; > it's more of a Piedmont style rag. The liner notes are at pains to point > out the wide range of music styles recorded during the Johnson sessions, > mostly country/western/hillbilly but also including Mexican artists. And > anyone who recorded in the 1930s was influenced by radio -- Johnson > reportedly liked popular music and often performed songs like "My Blue > Heaven" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." Now that's one I'd love to hear! >