When The Sun Goes Down – The Year 1935:
Today’s show is the ninth installment of an ongoing series of programs built around a particular year. Sales of blues records plummeted in the years 1931 through 1933. Things picked up again in 1934 with the companies recording full-scale again. It was the urban style of blues that now dominated the market – artists such as Tampa Red, Kokomo Arnold, Memphis Minnie, Big Bill Broonzy, Bumble Bee Slim and Leroy Carr recorded prolifically. During this period there was far less recording in the field during this period and in view of the popularity of Chicago singers there was less need.
Bonus Cuts: Big Bill Broonzy – Mountain Blues, State Street Boys – The Dozen, Cripple Clarence Lofton – Brown Skin Girls
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