Although not a specific genre there was a style to the way Blues were recorded in Los Angeles in the immediate post-war years. Here are 50 examples spread over two CDs featuring many of the greatest names and as many obscure ones to have recorded in the City. Migrants came from all over America to work in the War plants and other industries that were springing up in the City and a musical style quite different from those of Chicago or New Orleans developed. It emphasized ballads crooned in the style of Nat King Cole and fluid electric guitar solos, much of which had it's roots in Texas, and storming horn sections. It's all included here and the track listing speaks for itself.
7 Saturday Fish Fry - Eddie Williams & His Brown Buddies
8 Guitar in My Hand - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
9 Strange Woman Blues - Jay McShann & Gus Sextette
10 Mississippi Blues - Floyd Dixon
11 Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn
12 Courtroom Blues - Johnny Otis
13 Woman Don't Want a Good Man No More - Earl Jackson
14 Bowlegged Boogie - Viviane Greene
15 He's the Man (He's Tall and Cool) - Viviane Greene
16 B&O Blues - Charles Brown
17 When a Man Has the Blues - Smiley Turner
18 Rocket Boogie 88 - Pete Johnson Orchestra
19 This Joints Too Hip for Me - Betty Hall Jones
20 Everyday I Have the Blues - Lowell Fulson
21 Lonely Boy Blues - Smiley Turner
22 Beer Drinking - Billy Valentine
23 Wine O Baby Boogie - Big Joe Turner
24 Bad Bad Whiskey - Amos Milburn
25 Great Big Mama - Smokey Hogg
- Disc 2 -
1 What's Good for One Is Good for All - Chuck Norris
2 Black Night - Charles Brown
3 The Hustle Is on - T-Bone Walker
4 Chica Boo - Lloyd Glenn's Combo
5 Safronia B - Calvin Boze & His All Stars
6 Kind a Sick Kind a Worried - Chuck Norris
7 I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris
8 When It Rains It Pours - Pee Wee Crayton
9 Kissa Me Baby - Ray Charles
10 Pork Chops and Mustard Greens - Ernie Andrews
11 High School Baby - Frankie Ervin
12 Daybreak - Pee Wee Crayton
13 Let Me Go Home Whiskey - Amos Milburn
14 West Coast Blues - J.D. Edwards
15 The Candles Burning Low - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
16 Lovin a Married Woman - Earl Brown
17 Brownskin Butterball - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
18 Unlucky Man - Mel Walker
19 Good Good Whiskey - Amos Milburn
20 Pachuko Hop - Ike Carpenter Orch
21 Feelin' Mighty Lonesome - Mel Walker
22 They Were Doin' the Mambo - Joe Liggins
23 Yeah Yeah Yeah - Joe Liggins
24 I Ain't Drunk - Jimmy Liggins
25 No More Alcohol - Jimmy Liggins
Although not a specific genre there was a style to the way Blues were recorded in Los Angeles in the immediate post-war years. Here are 50 examples spread over two CDs featuring many of the greatest names and as many obscure ones to have recorded in the City. Migrants came from all over America to work in the War plants and other industries that were springing up in the City and a musical style quite different from those of Chicago or New Orleans developed. It emphasized ballads crooned in the style of Nat King Cole and fluid electric guitar solos, much of which had it's roots in Texas, and storming horn sections. It's all included here and the track listing speaks for itself.