Watermelon Man that is Mungo center a and his band that is an abbreviated and somewhat popularized rendering of a bebop jazz piece that was written by Herbie Hancock where the story goes in the fall of 1982 Herbie Hancock was filling in on piano one time with Mongo Santa Maria as band this was a jazz club and by request Herbie Hancock played the melody well of Santa Maria and his band joined in folks got up and started dancing went over pretty well so Mongo Santa Maria asked Herbie Hancock if he could maybe go ahead and record the song and presto top 10 record in the spring of 1963. I'm Craig Faulkner and you are tuned to American rhythm the gourmet oldie show part one of the Thanksgiving edition of all songs about food so I want to continue here with another watermelon song this is an old traditional that was purportedly written and at least was 1st copyrighted all the way back in 1882 by one Thomas p. Westendorf under the title watermelon smiling on the vine There have been a number of variations recorded over the years under different titles and with softly different lyrical emphases perhaps the most popular rendition was done by good tenor in the skillet lickers in 1906 Uncle Dave Macon recorded it was also the longtime theme song of Bill Monroe but the version that I've picked to play for you is an archipelago vocal group rendering that has a nice old traditional feel and also some very fine singing as you will hear so from how scratchy old Columbia 78 r.p.m. Record this is the Birmingham Jubilee Singers and their very fine version of watermelon smiling on the vine. I don't want to bridge Braehead between his. Red Dragon maiden. I'm never satisfied. I wote the train was false we are all the we have show files on the good side. I don't want to poke jabs and beat and. Then walk away. My appetite inside. I won't disagree. With the all good the weird sure fire phone on this that. 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Popularized rendering of a Jamaican work song that is sometimes credited with starting the calypso music fad here in America in the late fifty's and early sixty's recording was made in the fall of 1956 and prior to that was hungry men and that was Louis Jordan doing a song there it was written by Bobby Troup perhaps best known for writing another song called Route 66 that hungry man was recorded Aug 9th 1949. And the one in the middle issue fly Pa and Apple Pan dowdy and that was June Christy sing and with the Stan Kenton orchestra that recording was made December 26th in 1905 The song is it's kind of a curious hybrid you may recall an old folk tune called shoo fly don't bother me that was originated back in the Civil War Well it seems that there then came along a circus animal that was named shoo fly the boxing mule. Oh well so the story goes and then after that along came a brand of sweetener that was called shoo fly molasses Yass which was used in baking he American Centennial cake of 876 and this cake then began to be called Shoe fly pie Hey follow that well it's kind of standard and was actually sung around campfires back when many of us were kids and the 2nd one was for him friends sauce the Nat Cole Trio that recording was made October 11th in 1945 and there's all sorts of theories out there as to what that song is supposed to mean here you know there's much of metaphors in terror that are unfamiliar to me so I should probably leave it alone and we started off with watermelon smiling on the vine and Birmingham jubilees singers recorded October 6th in 1927 I'm Craig Faulkner and you are listening to the American rhythm Thanksgiving show part one sit tight I'll be right back. I'm Craig Faulkner and you are tuned into Part one of the American rhythm Thanksgiving show so Up next I'm going to play you a food sauna that is. About as American as can be I suppose we could say although the dish is thought to be largely of French origin the song is jumbo alive and songwriting credit is given to Hank Williams But there is a back story that paints a more complicated picture if you will and as best I can tell the melody 1st showed up in 1937 recording by the Louisiana Ramblers who was called our lawns coochie coochie and I had the singer and piano player in the Ramblers was one Julius papa Cairo the Empress and he is the guy who created the melody so he reprise did it about 10 years later in a new song called Grand Texas that was recorded in both French and English versions. Now this song was known to Hank Williams and to a fella named Moon Mulligan who was known as the king of the hillbilly piano players now Williamson Moloch and were touring around Louisiana and playing together in late 51 early 52 and it was during this time that the melody of grand Texas morphed into the song jumbo lawyer some people think that had moon Mullick and was the principal songwriter and that Hank Williams just took it from him took credit songwriters credit other think that they probably wrote it together and that moon Melican either sold his interest to Hank Williams or just simply gave it to him. First we will probably never know what really happened the song of course became a huge hit for Hank Williams was number one in the country market for months and also very popular as a pop tune done by Joe Stafford and at this point there have been over $200.00 subsequent commercial recordings of the song it's really an American standard I expect that you have probably heard Hank Williams version but perhaps not Moon mulligans rendering so that is the one that I'm going to play for you recorded July 9th 1952 and this was just less than a month after the Hank Williams version so here is Moon Moloch unsing and him playing piano and his version of jumble I. Kind of call these they come. Out. Big. Goodbye kind of gold new. Boat. Honestly to spawn. Big fun on. The blazes but. Kinfolk. Bon. Ton. Come. On sweeties was. Barred from running it. And showed a few. Think they own. The spine of. The mic being. By the roof on my. Last a plane brought up for me. On the phone my. 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Enterprise I was cornbread bogey art gun and here's Arizona Playboys recorded in Houston in July of 1949 and the 2nd one was banana split from my baby Louis Prima Sam be a terror in the witnesses recorded September 13th in 1956 and we started with jumble I am moon Moloch and singin in plan piano recorded July 9th in 1952 and one of the outcomes of the question as to who wrote that song was that when jumbo life came out and instantly became hugely popular pop a Cairo lamp or as a fellow I told you about who wrote the original melody while he was infuriated that his melody had been expropriated without any compensation her even any acknowledgment and he became very disillusioned with the music business and refused to ever record again so I read these days has the matter it definitely would have been settled in court. I'm Craig Faulkner and you are listening to part one of the American rhythm Thanksgiving show all the songs are in one way or another about food so a familiar lyrical theme in American vernacular music is the food sex metaphor I would expect that it's common in cultures all over the world you know as much as food and sex are the most basic elements of physical life. The human mind is thus permeated with images and desires associated with all that and of course it's going to come out in the folk music of the culture so here are a few examples in this instance it's folks taking some metaphorical liberties with the image of gravy will start in 1989 with Ethel water is this is called bread and gravy. Rain and bring some rain to bravery. Then they can not. They can. No more. On low grade to brave the halls of. Not too nice one. Friends and money lots of friends money. No more with the. Truth with screw a loon Bob with a jolt all and. God knows to be this way. And models me well and. 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Pork chops and gravy that's the Ink Spots that's you back in their early novelty job style days recorded August 31st in 1938 before the I was I'm selling my pork chops but I'm givin my gravy away and that was Memphis many singing or playing guitar like Bob at the piano recorded October 31st in 1905 and the 2nd one was gravy a server but I must sing and playing guitar recording made August 21st in 1935 and we started with bread and gravy Ethel Waters with the Eddie Mallory orchestra recorded August 15th in 1939 I'm Greg Focker and this is part one of the American in the room Thanksgiving show up next it's cherries for dessert Here's Marvin and Johnny. You take a chip read on Sunday sit beside me on the desk but as for me I'll take all the time Jerry and mother him live on. You keep it she gives on Tuesdays you do the big games on the Thursday but oh sweet long I'll take all the time you say we can buy them back. You can have fish you own brother jazz like you always do. Dig out some things on a Saturday is that something you love something you want something sweet man some of what they get to be made is that no one the show that you do them but there's nothing to say that we have money and that. You would take a cherry on a sunny day of the sea save me all the money spoil me I'll take all the time in the cherry on them what a lot of years of a beat the chicken on the tooth you did the big game on the 1st day but all week long I'll take all the time to Cherry it my limited life you can have a big show on Friday just like you always do. They got something you see on a Saturday is that something you saw a little something from. What that made it. Was. Then that is that there really. Was no one well that is that. They got all of the time to. Say every. Chair in my lemon and that is the 3 riffs a lone forgotten vocal group that originally formed in the Glee Club in Central High School in Cleveland in 1937 the same school who by the way that produced noble Sissel Langston Hughes and the great Jesse Owens that recording was made Maine 1950 and we started there with cherry pie of the original recording by Marvin and Johnny Marvin Phillips with Emory Perry as the Johnny in that instance Marvin Phillips wrote the tune as kind of a novelty in the spirit of Louis Jordan one of his musical idols cherry pie was recorded in July of 1954 and that is going to do it for part one of the American rhythm Thanksgiving show Part 2 will be next week this program comes to you through Jefferson Public Radio on the campus of Southern Oregon University in Nashville I'm Craig Faulkner Thanks for listening we'll finish up with just a little bit of chocolate from Jimmy Lunsford I'll see you next week. 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You getting back to some of the rock music that dominated a lot of the 2 thousands a band like The White Stripes probably comes to mind they were kind of like the nerve Ana of their era they had that song 7 Nation Army that was all over the radio you still hear it everywhere everywhere every single sports game 000-0000 Jack White is the guy you can thank for all that he was the lead singer guitarist songwriter in the White Stripes these days a lot of people still see him as the savior of rock n roll a guy who keeps traditions alive he's got his own record label that puts out these beautiful handcrafted vinyl albums he doesn't have a cell phone he won't let you use yours at any of his shows but as you're about to hear Jack White is pushing back against the image of being an old timey dude a little bit especially in the music he's making now that his new solo record boarding house reach to tell you more about it in just a minute but 1st when I had the chance to chat with him I want to go back to some of the early days of the white stripes like when they released their 1st single Let's shake hands nearly 21 years ago. Check way welcome to q. And I'll thank you for having me Jack what do you what do you hear when you hear that. A very very energetic passionate young. Said It feels like it was a year ago it's crazy so it's time I heard it was on the Canadian radio actually for some I heard on the radio what I live in in Detroit we live in Detroit so we played in television and radio so it was it only brave new waves or something like that because it was yeah but your was very new as you know so let's hear what you're doing now. That is respect commander from Jack White's new solo record boarding house.