Season 358: The 1930s!

jimavery said:

Apologies for the clippy sound quality. I'm tinkering with a new USB interface for recording and it evidently isn't going as well as I'd hoped.

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If you're suffering from clipping when recording, try to set the input gain on your DI device lower and just crank it up in production... Hope this helps.

I gave up on the song that was killing me with the chord changes. Someone else already did it much better than I could do anyway. Maybe I'll try it again some other week. Here's one that the Carter Family recorded. By the time they recorded it, it was already nearly 70 years old. I flubbed the ending.

And this is a song about Jimmie Rodgers. Commentary after the song.

Here's one that was a big hit for Benny Goodman in 1936, and has been a big hit with me for ages.
I first heard it at the end of John Martyn's album "Inside Out".
A simple song about a big truth.
Sorry about the wind noise - I set up in my shed with the camera on a tripod outside in the breeze.
I love playing songs on this uke that might have been played back in it's youth.
Thanks Harry122 for hosting - great to keep these great songs alive.

^ great to see and hear you post again Karl.

thank you Randy for hosting a wonderful week of music.
also, and along with the 20s and early 40s, a favourite era for me.

a song from kevin and i.

Thanks Jon,
Love your song too - were we born too late???
Love the images you gather.
Keep the flame alight, Brother

Phew. Wasn’t sure I’d manage to get one posted, and I love this era musically so much. Great, great theme Randy, thanks. Short n sweet this.

And another "phew", Randy! Wish there could have been more time because I love Thirties music, too! It's a great theme and perhaps you might be able to bring it back in some shape or form later on. Meanwhile ....

This has been an amazing Season for me. The 1930s was a transformative decade for music, with so many styles emerging and so many timeless songs being created. The entries this week captured all the variety and wonder of this decade. I'm in awe of the talent and enthusiasm included in the Playlist. Wrap-up and shout-outs soon!

1 • The Devil's Great-Grandson • Christopher Fonda
2 • Dust My Broom • pabrizzer
3 • A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid • Christopher Fonda
4 • 357 Brother, Can You Spare A Dime • 365ukesongs
5 • Dream a Little Dream • Wim van Ommen
6 • Roll Out The Barrel • Turtledrum
7 • Lydia the tattooed lady • Recovering Bassist
8 • When the Cactus Is In Bloom • UkeintheHeartofTexas
9 • Lili Marleen • crisscross
10 • Crossroads • Jarvo Tunes
11 • Tumbling Tumbleweeds • UkeintheHeartofTexas
12 • Walking My Baby Back Home • UkingViking
13 • Midnight Special • Tomcat Wombat
14 • I Can't Get Started • jp888then
15 • Great Speckled Bird • Recovering Bassist
16 • They're Red Hot • Rick Henderson
17 • Trouble in Mind • The Cloverdale Kid
18 • Dark Road Blues • pabrizzer
19 • Summertime • lumpywafflesquirt
20 • Summertime • Wee Ginga Yin
21 • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town • Jarvo Tunes
22 • Winter Wonderland • Travels With Brindle
23 • Falling In Love Again • BirdsEyeViewOfMyUke
24 • I Love a Ukulele • ktschp
25 • I Ain't Got No Home • pabrizzer
26 • You Got To Swing And Sway • Christopher Fonda
27 • SOTU 358: Goodnight Irene (uke cover) • Rick Henderson
28 • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea • crisscross
29 • Don't Cry Due To Love • ktschp
30 • The Chestnut Tree • Jim Avery
31 • When I Was a Cowboy • pabrizzer
32 • Walk Right In • 365ukesongs
33 • It's Only a Paper Moon • Rick Henderson
34 • Somewhere Over the Rainbow • TootlinGeoff
35 • Big Rock Candy Mountains • OnlyUkeThatMatters
36 • Old Love Letters • UkeintheHeartofTexas
37 • My Love Is Nearly In Vain • Wee Ginga Yin
38 • Puttin' On The Ritz • ktschp
39 • Ma loodan, et saan sellest üle (I Hope I'll Get Over It) • kolibri uker
40 • House of the Rising Sun • Jarvo Tunes
41 • It Don't Mean a Thing • M P
42 • Hvorfor Er Lykken Så Lunefuld • UkingViking
43 • House of the Rising Sun • pabrizzer
44 • Bei Mir Bist Du Shein • Ukecaster
45 • Red Cockerel, Black Cockerel • berni armstrong
46 • Crossroads Blues • M P
47 • SotU 358 - The Church in the Wildwood • UkeintheHeartofTexas
48 • The Passing of Jimmie Rodgers • UkeintheHeartofTexas
49 • The Glory of Love • Strumdaddy
50 • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea • silence is autumn
51 • Pick Yourself Up • One Man And His Uke
52 • You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby • Limousin Lil

Happy New Year seasonistas! A big THX to Randy for this wonderful season, 1930s songs are also mine!

mep1 said:

If you're suffering from clipping when recording, try to set the input gain on your DI device lower and just crank it up in production... Hope this helps.

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Thanks. I bought a pair of headphones yesterday so I can better monitor the sound through my USB interface box. I'm hopeful that will help me get the levels right.

So many wonderful 1930s songs and so many amazing performances. I loved every single entry. Here's a review of all the submissions. Please forgive me if I've missed you!

Thanks for a great season Randy. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

thanks so much for hosting, randy!

Sorry I didn't get to listen to too many. Sooper Wrap, Randy.

Great season! I really have to fill up my basket of songs from the 1930's.

hendulele said:

If you can imagine Robert Johnson playing a house party and trying to get the dance floor going, this might have been one that did it. Similar basic progression for a ton of country blues numbers, including Hot Tuna's "Keep on Truckin'" (and happy 78th birthday, Jorma Kaukonen!)

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I wish I were a Seasonista at the time of this thread. I love tunes from this era.
This is a song I love to play and as you mentioned, these changes are very common. Some other tunes that use 'em are:

Bring It On Home - Pink Anderson
Boogie - John Hartford
Can't Tame Wild Women - Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
How Come You Do Me Like You Do? - Stuff Smith (Stuff didn't write this tune, but that's where I learned it)

An old pop tune that my mom used to sing is called Jada. It has a different bridge, but otherwise the same changes.