Courtney T. Edison and WFMU

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU

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The Old Codger: playing 78 RPM records like they're going out of style!

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Courtney T. Edison and WFMU

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He's not old enough to have known the baby Jesus, but he recalls as a youth reading the obit. from Dec 25, 2012 26.12.2012

The Mighty Spoiler - "Wake Up Christmas Morning" [0:00:00] Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra with Henry Glover - "Who Said Shorty Wasn't Coming Back?" [0:02:36] Jimmie Rodgers - "What's It!" [0:05:25] Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds - "Don't Care Blues" [0:10:59] George Formby - "Easy-Going Chap" [0:13:29] Edith Wilson - "Rules & Regulations "Signed Razor Jim"" [0:16:32] Helen Kane - "I'd Go Barefoot...

An hour of brutish entertainment from Dec 4, 2012 05.12.2012

Bud Freeman & His Summa Cum Laude Orchestra - "The Eel" - Bluebird 10386 [0:00:00] George Formby - "Swimmin' With the Wimmin" - Decca 3666 [0:04:25] Kitty Gray & Her Wampus Cats with Oscar "Buddy" Woods - "Baton Rouge Rag" - Vocalion SA-2846 [0:07:22] Spivy - "The Alley Cat" - Exclusive S-101B [0:09:52] Paul Whiteman's Sax Soctette - "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" - Decca 2467 [0:11:42] Noel Coward -...

A quasi-life force fueled by steamed cabbage, cigar stubs plucked from the gutter, and petty grievances. from Oct 23, 2012 24.10.2012

Lucille Bogan - "Barbecue Bess" [0:00:00] Nick Lucas - "Teasin' the Frets" [0:02:10] Tampa Red - "Let Me Play with Your Poodle" [0:09:20] Sophie Tucker - "I Never Can Think of the Words" [0:11:51] Bo Carter - "Beans" [0:14:45] Marion Harris - "We Love It" [0:17:39] Larry Adler - "Smoking Reefers" [0:20:52] Jack Hodges - "Everything Is Fresh Today" [0:29:12] Blind Boy Fuller - "Jivin' Woman Blues"...

He's gone from crazy to foolish. Progress! from May 8, 2012 09.05.2012

Hambone Willie Newbern - "Roll and Tumble Blues" Ruth Etting - "Cigarettes, Cigars!" Tommy McClennan - "I'm a Guitar King" James P. Johnson - "You've Got to Be Modernistic" Carl Martin - "Joe Lewis Blues" Sophie Tucker - "When a Lady Meets A Gentleman Down South" The Four Clefs - "I Like Pie, I Like Cake" Bessie Smith - "Kitchen Man" Mississippi Bracey - "You Scolded Me and Drove Me" Bruz Fletcher...