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Hokum was a style showing a completely different side to the blues that was upbeat, salacious and light-hearted. With its use of clever and suggestive innuendo, this risque style was extremely popular in the late 1920s and early 1930s and its influence has remained part of the blues ever since.
Tracklist
A1 Barbecue Bob– Honey Your Going Too Fast
A2 Big Bill Broonzy– Hokum Stomp
A3 Bessie Smith– Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
A4 Papa Charlie Jackson– Shake That Thing
A5 Lucille Bogan– Barbecue Bess
A6 Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon*– Can't You Wait Till You Get Home
A7 Noah Lewis's Jug Band– Selling The Jelly
B1 Bo Carter– Cigarette Blues
B2 The Allen Brothers– Bow Wow Blues
B3 Ma Rainey– Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
B4 Dallas String Band With Coley Jones– Hokum Blues
B5 Blind Lemon Jefferson– Black Snake Moan
B6 Tampa Red And Georgia Tom– It's Tight Like That