Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is getting ready to release Down Home Saturday Night, a compilation they believe traces the “evolution of the house party.” Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your tastes and/or ironic nature, the album is void of Kid N Play, Martin Lawrence and Queen Latifah.
No, the house parties the Smithsonian folks get worked up over begins with the knee-slappin, grab yer pardner kind and moves on through swing, southside Chicago blues and zydeco. The 16-track disc comes out July 31 -- so get ready to put it on at the next big get-together, clear the beer pong table out of the way and do-si-do it like you mean it.
Track List for Down Home Saturday Night:
1 - Minglewood Blues (John Sebastian and the J Band with Geoff Muldaur)
2 - White House Blues (Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys)
3 - Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme (Balfa Toujours )
4 - El Sinaloense (Mingo Saldívar y y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas)
5 - Twenty-four Hours a Day (Erbie Bowser, T.D. Bell, and the Blues Specialists)
6 - Big Ball's in Cowtown (The Texas Playboys)
7 - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (Memphis Slim)
8 - Bill Morgan and His Gal (The New Lost City Ramblers)
9 - You Keep On Doggin' Me (Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris, and Sticks McGhee)
10 - Bosco Stomp (Nonc Allie Young, Bessyl Duhon, and Rodney Balfa)
11 - Walking Blues (Arbee Stidham, Memphis Slim, and Jump Jackson)
12 - Hey Bartender, There's A Bug In My Beer (Warner Williams and Eddie Pennington)
13 - Oh Baby, You Don't Have to Go (The Chambers Brothers)
14 - Chiquitos Pero Picos (Los Polkeros de Ben Tavera King)
16 - Uncle Bud (Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds)
Related links:
Folkways.si.edu
Amazon: Past Folkways titles
IMDB: House Party
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