Name: When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven
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When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 6

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Album: When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Eddie Cantor's Tips on the Stock Market - Eddie Cantor
2)	Tale of the Ticker, A - Frank Crumit
3)	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? - Leo Reisman
4)	Remember My Forgotten Man - George Hall
5)	It Must Be Swell to Be Laying Out Dead - Alex Bartha
6)	Raisin' the Rent - Ramona/Roy Bargy/Ramona & Roy Bargy
7)	Sittin' on a Rubbish Can - Julia Gerity
8)	Ten Cents a Dance - High Hatters
9)	Poor Man's Heaven - Bud Billings/Carson Robison
10)	Rich Man and the Poor Man, The - Bobby Miller
11)	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum - Harry McClintock
12)	All In, Down and Out Blues - Uncle Dave Macon
13)	Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Them All - Fiddlin' John Carson
14)	How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? - Blind Alfred Reed
15)	Farmer Relief Song, The - Vernon Dalhart
16)	Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh) - Woody Guthrie
17)	35 Depression - Daddy Stovepipe/Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe/Mississippi Sarah
18)	California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
19)	It's Hard Time - Joe Stone
20)	President Roosevelt Is Everybody's Friend - Reverend J.M. Gates
21)	Cwa Blues - Joe Pullum
22)	Jimmy Shut His Store Doors - Cedar Creek Sheik (a.k.a. Philip McCutchen)
23)	Welfare Store Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson II
24)	Poor But Ambitious - Wilmoth Houdini

Album: When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 6: Poor Man's Heaven
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Eddie Cantor's Tips on the Stock Market - Eddie Cantor
2)	Tale of the Ticker, A - Frank Crumit
3)	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? - Leo Reisman
4)	Remember My Forgotten Man - George Hall
5)	It Must Be Swell to Be Laying Out Dead - Alex Bartha
6)	Raisin' the Rent - Ramona/Roy Bargy/Ramona & Roy Bargy
7)	Sittin' on a Rubbish Can - Julia Gerity
8)	Ten Cents a Dance - High Hatters
9)	Poor Man's Heaven - Bud Billings/Carson Robison
10)	Rich Man and the Poor Man, The - Bobby Miller
11)	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum - Harry McClintock
12)	All In, Down and Out Blues - Uncle Dave Macon
13)	Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Them All - Fiddlin' John Carson
14)	How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? - Blind Alfred Reed
15)	Farmer Relief Song, The - Vernon Dalhart
16)	Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh) - Woody Guthrie
17)	35 Depression - Daddy Stovepipe/Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe/Mississippi Sarah
18)	California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
19)	It's Hard Time - Joe Stone
20)	President Roosevelt Is Everybody's Friend - Reverend J.M. Gates
21)	Cwa Blues - Joe Pullum
22)	Jimmy Shut His Store Doors - Cedar Creek Sheik (a.k.a. Philip McCutchen)
23)	Welfare Store Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson II
24)	Poor But Ambitious - Wilmoth Houdini

Performer Notes

Compilation producers: Barry Feldman, Colin Escott.
Recorded between 1928 & 1940. Includes liner notes by David Evans and Colin Escott.
This is part of Bluebird's The Secret History Of Rock & Roll series.
Personnel: Woody Guthrie (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Lane Hardin, Carson Robison (vocals, guitar); Uncle Dave Macon (vocals, banjo); Alfred Reed (vocals, violin); Fiddlin' John Carson (vocals, fiddle); Vernon Dalhart (vocals, harmonica, Jew's harp); Frank Crumit, Milton Douglas, Julia Gerity, Joe Pullum (vocals); Roy Smeck (guitar); John Cali (banjo, violin); Frank Novak (accordion, saxophone); Benny Bonacio (clarinet); Bunny Berigan (trumpet); Earl Oliver (cornet); Robert Cooper, Joshua Altheimer, Roy Bargy (piano); Fred Williams (drums).
Liner Note Authors: Colin Escott; Dr. David Evans .
Recording information: Atlanta, GA (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Charlotte, NC (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Chicago Studio, Chicago, IL (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Liederkranz Hall, New York, NY (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); NY Studio #3 (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Oakland, CA (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); RCA Victor Studio A, Chicago, IL (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Texas Hotel, San Antonio, TX (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Victor 24th Street Studio #2 (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Victor 44th Street Lab, New York, NY (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Victor 46th Street Studio, New York, NY (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Victor Studio #1, New York, NY (09/30/1929-05/17/1940); Victor Studios, Camden, NJ (09/30/1929-05/17/1940).
The fifth volume in Bluebird's Secret History of Rock & Roll is a stretch, albeit a good one. The 24 tracks included here all focus on the Great Depression; in fact, they mirror the current wild ride that is Wall Street in an eerily ironic way. While the other four volumes in the series focused on blues and hard country music, this set is all over the place. It opens with comedian Eddie Cantor offering nearly vaudevillian comments on the stock market and slides through an early swing tune by Frank Crumit entitled "A Tale of the Ticker" before abruptly opening onto the original version of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" by Leo Reisman. Also present are more obscure performers, such as the High Hatters, Alex Bartha, and Ramona & Roy Bargy (most if not all of them unheard of since these recordings were first issued). But Fiddlin' John Carson makes an appearance with "Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Them All," Uncle Dave Macon is here with his classic "All in Down and Out Blues," and the collection also features Lane Hardin's "California Desert Blues," Woody Guthrie's "Dusty Old Dust," Reverend J.M. Gates (now famous for his "Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting" on the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music) with "President Roosevelt Is Everybody's Friend," and an early Sonny Boy Williamson tune, "Welfare Store Blues." Much of the humor here is black, the blues are darker still, and the anger in some of the tunes is poisonous. Perhaps that's what this music has in common with the history of rock & roll, because these are the only connections visible to the naked ear. Nonetheless, it's a fine collection of topical songs and should be considered by every historic American music enthusiast. ~ Thom Jurek

Professional Reviews

Living Blues (11/03, pp.88-9) - "...If the compilers were trying to exhibit the diverse responses of tunesmiths and lyricists to the Great Depression, they have succeeded admirably and should be proud of their work..."