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The Land of Dreams, 1 0 obj The song, which also serves as Garrison Keillor's theme song for A Prairie Home Companion, was a hit in 1917. Where the rich and the poor folks meet, They're so good to me, "Basin Street Blues" is a song often performed by Dixieland jazz bands, written by Spencer Williams in 1928 and recorded that year by Louis Armstrong. Old friends there to meet us. [2], Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town Volume 2, "Jazz Standards Introduction: Origins, History, Theory, Musicology, Biographies, and Books", "Storyville, New Orleans Red-Light District 1897-1917", "Margie Rayburn, "Can I Tell Them That You're Mine?" <> �4�37�h0�3�T0��36U04�30�V�� z 6 0 obj "Basin Street Blues," Williams' 1928 song, celebrates the center of New Orleans' nightlife, which took its name from the "basin" formed back of town from the excavation of building materials by the city's early inhabitants. endobj %PDF-1.6 X��Yk��8�Su:1J`��ҕD��f'].��2��i��k�8��%�[s�!jc��@��o��806�W��q`��/��}H!�_��(�*y_E�~]Q4MӉ�u��R��u]��jO��p��{��JZ��U�P�;��q�ˣ�G|��5�5r=K�j>8{��y��!l��m��R��KM�V��? �4�37�h0�3�T0��36U04�30�V��4�� <>>>] 4 0 obj

Basin Street, That's where I can lose, That's the street, In 1930 Spencer made several recordings, singing and playing the piano with the highly regarded blues guitarists Teddy Bunn and Lonnie Johnson. "Whip-Dipple" sheet music. 5 0 obj x�3R��2�35W(�*T0P�R0T(�Y@��@QC= P A�J�� 1Rp�W� Educated at St. Charles University, Williams worked in Chicago as a vocalist and pianist as early as 1907. That's where I want to go. endobj Just how much it really means, Tishomingo Blues To the Mississippi, Where the welcome's free.

You in sadness Where the elite Image courtesy the artist. We'll take a boat to the land of dreams, The band's there to greet us, Words and Music by Spencer Williams 1928. Our special guest is the Obie Award-winning actor Vernel Bagneris, who plays the part of Spencer Williams in this musical biography of Williams' life. My heart cries out for About the time of WWI, Spencer Williams began writing pop songs, such as "Squeeze Me," which he co-composed with Fats Waller. Image in public domain. Oh, Mississippi Won't you come along with me, /Length 1639>> stream "lAu��2ٖ��uG�J5bj��Y6�¶73S f�.Z|��\C��OC��Z9� ��&�0}台�~��P�F2t�#q`4�'�0V`~U��X�k��q�L=f�͑ �!p�(�}�4�Ck8��?Ɓ�1,�K4�s��3�v��. My Basin Street Blues. Always meet, Steam down the river to New Orleans.

endobj You'll never know how nice it seems or /Contents 4 0 R>> Words and Music by Spencer Williams, 1917, Oh, Mississippi Tishomingo Blues sheet music cover, 1918. Spencer Williams was born in 1889 in New Orleans. 3 0 obj Down where the southern <> endobj The Basin Street of the title refers to the main street of Storyville, the red-light district of early 20th-century New Orleans, north of the French Quarter.

Single Release", "20 - Harry Connick, Jr. | Songs, Reviews, Credits", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Basin_Street_Blues&oldid=961137535, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, In his live recording made at the Monterey Jazz festival in 1963, Jack Teagarden claims that the words we usually associate with the song were written by him and.

The great trombonist and singer Jack Teagarden later made it one of his signature songs.

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Basin Street, ca.1909. Vernel Bagneris. <> This page was last edited on 6 June 2020, at 20:20. The Brazilian band Fizz Jazz recorded in 2017.

Yes siree, Photo credit for home page teaser image: Spencer Williams, "Whip-Dipple" sheet music, public domain. The great trombonist and singer Jack Teagarden later made it one of his signature songs. The wintry winds don't blow "Tishomingo Blues" was named after a northeast Mississippi town. Image in public domain. stream x�3R��2�35W(�*T0P�R0T(�Y@��@QC= P A�J�� 1Tp�W�

Image in public domain. "Basin Street Blues" 1946 recording with special "Teagarden Presents" label. Many of his songs including "Royal Garden Blues," "Everybody Loves My Baby" and "I Ain't Got Nobody" became anthems of the Jazz Age and the Swing Era—and remain standards today. Basin Street Blues

In 1925 Spencer Williams traveled to Paris and wrote songs for the voluptuous and exotic American expat, Josephine Baker, a star of the famed Follies Bergére. It became a red light district in 1897. Let me take you down to Basin Street. Image courtesy 78records.

[1] The verse with the lyric "Won't you come along with me / To the Mississippi..." was later added by Glenn Miller and Jack Teagarden. <>>>] endobj There, he often performed with another pianist, composer, and bandleader: Clarence Williams—no relation. Spencer Williams was one of the earliest black composers to shape jazz as popular music.

When Waller returned to the U.S., Williams moved to England, where he remained in residence until 1951, after which he made Sweden his home. endstream "Basin Street Blues" is a song often performed by Dixieland jazz bands, written by Spencer Williams in 1928 and recorded that year by Louis Armstrong.

I want to be where endstream The verse with the lyric "Won't you come along with me / To the Mississippi..." was later added by Glenn Miller and Jack Teagarden. In 1932 he vacationed in France with his friend Fats Waller.

Text based on Riverwalk Jazz script by Margaret Moos Pick ©2006, © Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305. /Contents 6 0 R>> "Basin Street Blues," Williams' 1928 song, celebrates the center of New Orleans' nightlife, which took its name from the "basin" formed back of town from the excavation of building materials by the city's early inhabitants.