We’ll take you to the early century when jazz was bubbling up in every urban quarter…Chicago, New York, New Orleans, Kansas City, and beyond. Our focus will be on the fringes where blues women would establish themselves with stories of cheating, stealing, and mean mistreating. The economy of the early twenties generated the disposable income for Victrolas, radios, and shellac recordings and the Great Migration from the south brought with it a culture that would affect the American music landscape forever. The ladies of the blues are featured on our show this week, including Lucille Bogan, Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Gertrude Saunders, and an opening piece about a razor-totin’ mama from Perline Ellison.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Perline Ellison	Razor Totin' Mama	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
2	Mamie Smith	Mean Daddy Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2
3	Ida Cox	How Long Daddy, How Long (Pm 12325, 2287-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
4	Unknown Artist	Mama Likes To Do It	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14
5	Ma Rainey	Black Eye Blues	Black Swan Sampler
6	Ethel Waters	My Handy Man	Copulation Blues 1926 – 1940 H
7	Dorothy Everetts	Fat Mouth Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
8	Josephine Byrd	Mosquito Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 3
9	Christina Gray	The Reverend Is My Man	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 7
10	Gertrude Saunders	You Can't Have It Unless I Give It To You	Female Blues Singers Vol. 13 R/S (1921-1931)
11	Lucille Bogan	Coffee Grindin' Blues	Vol. 1-1923-30
12	Sippie Wallace	A Man For Every Day In The Week	Complete Recorded Works
13	Mamie Smith	Goin' Crazy With The Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
14	Victoria Spivey	Murder In The First Degree	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
15	Betty Gray	Mean Old Bed Bug Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
16	Bessie Smith	Mean Old Bed Bug Blues	Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
17	Bessie Smith	Jail House Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 39
18	Sara Martin	Death Sting Me Blues	The Blues: Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers [Disc 1]
19	Lucille Bogan	Sloppy Drunk Blues	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
20	Billie Young	When They Get Lovin' They's Gone	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14
21	Lucille Bogan	Tired As I Can Be [Album Version]	Shave 'Em Dry: The Best Of Lucille Bogan
22	Billie Holiday	My Last Affair	Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2
23	Memphis Minnie	Dirty Mother For You	Memphis Minnie – Queen Of Country Blues, 1932 – 1935 [Disc 3]
24	Memphis Minnie	He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing)	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four
25	Alberta Hunter	You Can't Tell The Difference After Dark	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
26	Wea Bea Booze	These Young Men Blues	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
27	Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings w/ Sippie Wallace	Bedroom Blues	The Boogie Woogie Man
28	Blu Lu Barker	Buy Me Some Juice (Alternate Take)	Don't You Feel My Leg
29	Dinah Washington	Jailhouse Blues	The Bessie Smith Songbook
30	LaVern Baker	Pig Latin Blues	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
31	Bonnie Raitt w/ Sippie Wallace	Women Be Wise	Bonnie Raitt Collection
32	Ida Cox & Her Allstar Band	Four Day Creep	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults