I’m interested in collecting records about then current topics like WWI propaganda songs and such. With the 100th anniversary coming up of its passing, recently I’ve been interested in records about prohibition. Either it be songs or vaudeville sketches.
So far I have:
Sahara (We'll Soon Be Dry Like You) - Esther Walker
How Are You Goin' To Wet Your Whistle (When The Whole World Goes Dry) - Billy Murray
Cohen On Prohibition - David Kline
The Moon Shines On The Moonshine &
Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar - Bert Williams
You Can't Get That Stuff No More - Tampa Red
What are some other records out there dealing with the passing of the 18th amendment? Pro or against?
Thanks.
Records about Prohibition
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Re: Records about Prohibition
I'll see you in C-U-B-A by Billy Murray is another I'm fond of
I've got Simon The Bootlegger by Flotsam and Jetsam which is related to prohibition too
I've got Simon The Bootlegger by Flotsam and Jetsam which is related to prohibition too
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One I'm fond of. Revenue men or revenue officers were terms for prohibition enforcers who busted moonshine operations, etc.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L95Uqx5FqeM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L95Uqx5FqeM[/youtube]
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One of my favorites is Blue Amberol 3961 - "It's the Smart Little Feller" by Maurice Burkhart.
You can listen to a copy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaPJ71zQZiQ
(Not my video.)
You can listen to a copy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaPJ71zQZiQ
(Not my video.)
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Alcoholic Blues, frequently paired with I'm Going to Settle Down Outside of London Town
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I forget who was responsible, but "Every Day Will Be Sunday When the Town Goes Dry."
Not a song, exactly, but in one of the "Two Black Crows" series one of them plays the kazoo, and the other asks for "The war song, 'Over There.'" The kazoo player instead plays "How Dry I Am," whereupon the other guy says "No, that's over *here*, and I'm moving to Canada immediately!"
Not a song, exactly, but in one of the "Two Black Crows" series one of them plays the kazoo, and the other asks for "The war song, 'Over There.'" The kazoo player instead plays "How Dry I Am," whereupon the other guy says "No, that's over *here*, and I'm moving to Canada immediately!"
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"Hello Montreal!" by Ted Lewis.
Like Alex, I also have "Simon the Bootlegger" by Flotsam & Jetsam, a comic skit on the Victorian ballad "Simon the Cellarer".
Like Alex, I also have "Simon the Bootlegger" by Flotsam & Jetsam, a comic skit on the Victorian ballad "Simon the Cellarer".
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"What-cha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz!" Esther Walker. Mentions the Volstead act
"Three Thousand Years Ago"--mentions it offhand in comparison of ancient Egypt with 1920s America. Weird song.
"Three Thousand Years Ago"--mentions it offhand in comparison of ancient Egypt with 1920s America. Weird song.
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And then there's Whiteman with Billy Murray vocal: "Just a Little Drink", 1925
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxoqPSFc1fc
(Not my vid.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxoqPSFc1fc
(Not my vid.)
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Oh yeah! I forgot I had that one. I also have the Waring's Pennsylvanians version too.epigramophone wrote:"Hello Montreal!" by Ted Lewis.