Come On Baby, Take A Little Swing With Me – Down South Blues:
Today's show spotlights a batch of rough and tumble blues artists who cut some great down-home blues records in the South during the 50's and 60's. At the heart of today's show are some remarkable sides cut for the Modern label in the years 1951-52 when Ike Turner was employed by the Modern label, to record new talent for the label. At a session held in Greenville, Mississippi in Jan of '52 he recorded Boyd Gilmore, and in the spring of '52 Turner and Jules Bihari hit Little Rock, Arkansas where they recorded a bunch of musicians that revolved Drifting Slim and guitarist Baby Face Turner. They also recorded harmonica blower Sunny Blair and guitarist Junior Brooks who were part of the same circle. Also featured today is Joe Hill Louis, the great one man band who cut some terrific sides for labels like Sun, Modern and Checker and harmonica ace George Papa Lightfoot who waxed some wild sides for a slew of different labels through the 50's.
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