Favoriting The Long Way Home with Kris Holmes: Playlist from August 4, 2020 Favoriting

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Twenty years of dusty fingers, frayed cuticles, & upper respiratory infections — from record digging and DJing around the globe — coalesces into a 2-hour journey through Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Latin, Rock & Roll, and all points in between. Your speakers will be head-nodding, toe-tapping & even two-stepping to this vintage 45rpm party in no time. Hear favorite songs you didn't know were your favorites, aural treats & record-world problems from the vinyl side of life.

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Favoriting August 4, 2020: 78s Show

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Artist Track Format Approx. start time
Pilgrim Travelers  It's A Blessing   Favoriting 78  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Pilgrim Travelers  Jesus Hits Like The Atomic Bomb   Favoriting   0:04:20 (Pop-up)
Pilgrim Travelers  Jesus Met The Woman At The Well   Favoriting   0:06:42 (Pop-up)
Pilgrim Travelers  Jesus Travels   Favoriting   0:08:48 (Pop-up)
Pilgrim Travelers  Mother Bowed   Favoriting   0:11:14 (Pop-up)
Pilgrim Travelers  Now Lord   Favoriting   0:13:53 (Pop-up)
Pilgrim Travelers  Something Within Me   Favoriting   0:16:20 (Pop-up)
Pilgrim Travelers  Yes My Lord   Favoriting   0:18:39 (Pop-up)
Ben Webster  Doctor Keets   Favoriting   0:30:44 (Pop-up)
Ben Webster  Park & Tilford Blues   Favoriting   0:33:32 (Pop-up)
Bud Powell  Bouncing With Bud   Favoriting   0:36:38 (Pop-up)
Bud Powell  Wail   Favoriting   0:39:21 (Pop-up)
James Moody  Tropicana   Favoriting   0:42:18 (Pop-up)
James Moody  The Fuller Bop Man   Favoriting   0:45:05 (Pop-up)
Tadd Dameron  Our Delight   Favoriting   0:47:57 (Pop-up)
Tadd Dameron  The Squirrel   Favoriting   0:50:43 (Pop-up)
Dizzy Gillespie  Be-Bop   Favoriting   0:53:43 (Pop-up)
Dizzy Gillespie  Salt Peanuts   Favoriting   0:56:27 (Pop-up)
Guitar Red  The Chili Pot   Favoriting   1:10:21 (Pop-up)
Guitar Red  The Hot Potato   Favoriting   1:12:19 (Pop-up)
Ivory Joe Hunter  All States Boogie   Favoriting   1:15:11 (Pop-up)
Ivory Joe Hunter  Jealous Heart   Favoriting   1:17:03 (Pop-up)
BB King  Blind Love   Favoriting   1:19:49 (Pop-up)
BB King  Why Did You Leave Me   Favoriting   1:23:16 (Pop-up)
The Cadets  Do You Wanna Rock   Favoriting   1:25:37 (Pop-up)
The Cadets  If It Is Wrong   Favoriting   1:28:19 (Pop-up)
Charles Brown  So Long   Favoriting   1:32:33 (Pop-up)
Charles Brown  You Left Me Forsaken   Favoriting   1:34:16 (Pop-up)
Dolly Cooper  Down So Long   Favoriting   1:37:06 (Pop-up)
Dolly Cooper  Teen Age Prayer   Favoriting   1:39:17 (Pop-up)
Jerry Thomas  Don't Have To Worry   Favoriting   1:41:48 (Pop-up)
Jerry Thomas  Lost Mind   Favoriting   1:44:07 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Nelson  Baby Child   Favoriting   1:47:33 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Nelson  Bad Habit Blues   Favoriting   1:49:16 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Nelson  Big Eyed Brown Eyed Girl Of Mine   Favoriting   1:52:01 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Nelson  Big Mouth   Favoriting   1:55:00 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Nelson  Fine Little Honey Dripper   Favoriting   1:57:46 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:51pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hey Kris. Hope you’ve switched out the cartridges and styli.
Avatar 9:56pm
Kris Holmes:

Nope
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:57pm
Matt from New Orleans:

You play 78s with LP cartridges and styli?
Avatar 9:58pm
Kris Holmes:

Yeah since I play 78s so infrequently I'm beyond worrying these days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:59pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Fair enough
Avatar 10:00pm
Kris Holmes:

I used to have a full separate 78 player but that was ages ago when I was much more serious about such things. 78s don't stay long these days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:02pm
chresti:

Hi Kris and Matt and homies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:02pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hi Chresti
Avatar 10:04pm
Kris Holmes:

Hi Chresti
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:05pm
Matt from New Orleans:

JW Alexander was an important if lesser known figure in African American music
Avatar 10:07pm
Kris Holmes:

Yes, a great, long career. Pilgrim Travelers are hands down one of the most important "Quartets" that really bridged the gap from close harmony era through to the later sounds
Avatar 10:08pm
Kris Holmes:

I love that each 78 really has it's own character due to the unique surface noise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:09pm
Matt from New Orleans:

And your styli are definitely dropping to the bottom of the grooves and are sitting differently on each side so far.
Avatar 10:11pm
Kris Holmes:

The Ortofon styli are actually pretty heavy as a rule. So if you're gonna subject something to 78s it may as well be these.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I’m just happy to hear these so I don’t really care
Avatar 10:11pm
Kris Holmes:

I was happy to stumble across them
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:12pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Danny would be enjoying this
Avatar 10:13pm
Kris Holmes:

Your ears get used to the surface noise lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:16pm
Matt from New Orleans:

No doubt. You can add two to discogs unless I’m missing it under one of the sub names.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:16pm
chresti:

Loves the harmonies,
Avatar 10:17pm
Kris Holmes:

Probably, Discogs tends to be a bit light on 78s
Avatar 10:17pm
Kris Holmes:

Yes the harmonies are incredible, the vocal bass lines are awesome.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:19pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Did Bumps Blackwell bring them into Specialty?
Avatar 10:20pm
Kris Holmes:

Not sure
Avatar 10:21pm
northguineahills:

worthy of Kevin Nutt's program. This is perfect. Now I was to listen to the Fisk Jubilee Singers....
Avatar 10:21pm
Kris Holmes:

Dammit
Avatar 10:21pm
Kris Holmes:

Bumped the wrong thing
Avatar 10:22pm
northguineahills:

I play 78s w/ my normal stylus and needle, but since I have maybe only a few dozen 78s, it is infrequent I play them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:22pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Did you mess up the 78 while you blaspheme while they’re singing about Jesus?
Avatar 10:23pm
Kris Holmes:

I don't know but I had to start this again
Avatar 10:33pm
Kris Holmes:

I clicked shuffle by accident is what it was. I recorded the 78s all day today & the show is using iTunes, which is obviously not my usual mode of disseminating tunes to your ears.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:34pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I read a book about the Golden Age of Gospel in the mid 90s when I was in high school. It was definitely a struggle to find the music back then. I started going to Sunday services when I started at Columbia not long after.
Avatar 10:34pm
Kris Holmes:

Note to self: don't click shuffle
Avatar 10:35pm
Kris Holmes:

Matt, that's cool
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:35pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Unless you want to shuffle
Avatar 10:36pm
Kris Holmes:

I do not
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:37pm
Matt from New Orleans:

The book was quite good but it’s long OOP. How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel
Avatar 10:38pm
Kris Holmes:

There is a guy from back home who wrote a couple of books on classic gospel that were quite good. One about the Pilgrim Jubilees.
Avatar 10:39pm
Kris Holmes:

I'm glad these Blue Notes were not taken to be destroyed on the Victrola
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:40pm
Matt from New Orleans:

My friend Marc in Baton Rouge has a fair number of Blue Note 78s
Avatar 10:40pm
Kris Holmes:

They are super sexy
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42pm
Matt from New Orleans:

He hosts a show on Saturdays on a community radio station there. It’s showcased by Allaboutjazz.com.
Avatar 10:42pm
Kris Holmes:

that's cool
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42pm
Matt from New Orleans:

He’s a retired professor at LSU from Brooklyn originally
Avatar 10:43pm
northguineahills:

I used to live next to a gospel church in Bed-Stuy (Brooklyn). And they would do amazing gospel music for 6 hours..... but not so awesome at 7am on a Sunday......
Avatar 10:44pm
Kris Holmes:

Ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:44pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Luckily I didn’t live that close
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:45pm
Matt from New Orleans:

James Moody didn’t record much as a leader for Blue Note
Avatar 10:46pm
Kris Holmes:

Is there even an LP? Or only singles?
Avatar 10:48pm
Kris Holmes:

I had tickets to see him live in NY in 2010 but he got sick & canceled :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:49pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I saw him a few times in the 90s/00s
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:50pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Just compilations of the 78s
Avatar 10:50pm
Kris Holmes:

ah right, that's what i was thinking
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:52pm
Matt from New Orleans:

One my bad www.discogs.com...
Avatar 10:52pm
Kris Holmes:

I've never seen that in real life
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:53pm
Matt from New Orleans:

It’s sitting in the Blue Note vaults waiting to get reissued
Avatar 10:54pm
Kris Holmes:

Tell Don Was to get on it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55pm
Matt from New Orleans:

youtu.be... Someone ripped it and posted it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:56pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I’m loving the 78s
  10:57pm
Carmichael:

Heya Kris and homies.
Avatar 10:57pm
Kris Holmes:

Thanks
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:57pm
Matt from New Orleans:

One of my all time faves
Avatar 10:57pm
Kris Holmes:

Hi Carmichael
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:58pm
Matt from New Orleans:

This on Guild?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:10pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I dig this one
Avatar 11:11pm
Kris Holmes:

It's great
Avatar 11:12pm
Kris Holmes:

The guy who paid 3k for the 78 had been looking for it for 50 years. Can you even imagine having the same #1 want for 50 years!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:12pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hot Potato is fun too
Avatar 11:13pm
Kris Holmes:

double sider for sure, I need it on 45 still
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:14pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Did he offer that before you even quoted a price?
Avatar 11:14pm
Kris Holmes:

No he bid on eBay
Avatar 11:15pm
Kris Holmes:

gripsweat.com...
Avatar 11:16pm
Kris Holmes:

paid for my entire 2013 Stomp trip
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:16pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Shiny
Avatar 11:17pm
Kris Holmes:

Yeah it was nice & I hadn't even noticed the second copy when I went through them
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:18pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I remember you DJing that year
Avatar 11:19pm
Kris Holmes:

It was a fun night
Avatar 11:19pm
Kris Holmes:

I got in a week early & bought all the good 45s from the stores before everyone else too :)
Avatar 11:20pm
Kris Holmes:

Like 200 45s lol
  11:20pm
Carmichael:

I have the Since You Left Me Baby Hunter 45.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:20pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I’m assuming you hit up the former Jim Russell
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:21pm
Matt from New Orleans:

It’s a ramen restaurant now
Avatar 11:21pm
Kris Holmes:

Ha I heard & no, I think it was closed for some reason.
Avatar 11:23pm
Kris Holmes:

I remember I took a cab there & it was shut with tarps over all the stock, I think the roof had an issue. It reopened briefly after that again though I think
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:25pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Yeah it was erratic towards the end
Avatar 11:25pm
Kris Holmes:

That shop was great but at the end it was just a graveyard where every Fats Domino 45 was interred it seemed
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:25pm
WR:

Hi all. Late getting connected, great looking playlist, will listen from the beginning.
Avatar 11:26pm
Kris Holmes:

Hi WR
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:26pm
chresti:

Thanks for the 78s Kris!
Avatar 11:27pm
Kris Holmes:

You're welcome Chresti, thanks for being here
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:34pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I remember visiting it in the early 90s I a trip down there with the family. I bought a whole bunch of records that I later sold for far more than I paid for them when I wanted to go to Europe after my freshman year in college. It was mostly random 45s that I had read about it in Jeff Hannusch’s book.
Avatar 11:34pm
Kris Holmes:

That was the golden era for that store, the 90s
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:40pm
Matt from New Orleans:

It must have been 1993 and I was a weird kid. Still am weird but no longer a kid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:41pm
Matt from New Orleans:

We went down for Jazz Fest after not having visited our family that used to live here for a few years.
Avatar 11:43pm
Kris Holmes:

I definitely wouldn't have been pillaged by 93
Avatar 11:44pm
Kris Holmes:

*It
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:48pm
Matt from New Orleans:

That Jazz Fest was fantastic in retrospect. The crowds weren’t like what they are now. I wandered into King Sunny Ade and had my
mind blown.
Avatar 11:49pm
Kris Holmes:

Awesome. I've never been & considering the current lineups I have little desire
Avatar 11:52pm
Kris Holmes:

But I do need to get back to NOLA, one of my favourite cities. Been too long
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:52pm
Matt from New Orleans:

It’s a shitshow. Way overcrowded. I get free tickets from my friend who’s a stage manager. Only reason I show up. The food is excellent and as long as I can find some acts on the smaller stages that I’m into I go.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:53pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Thanks Kris. Lots of good stuff tonight.
Avatar 11:54pm
Kris Holmes:

Thanks Matt, appreciate the conversation!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:55pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I found this old Usenet post with most of the lineup it was killer. groups.google.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56pm
Matt from New Orleans:

The link got messed up
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:57pm
Matt from New Orleans:

“https ://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/rec.music.bluenote/dThe-3w9rjc”
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Just get rid of the quotes and delete the space between https and the colon
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:01am
WR:

Nice sounds, these last three singers are new to me. Thank you. G'night folks.
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