Cheap Suit Serenaders

Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for March 9, 2013
Hour 1: The Cheap Suit Serenaders

Musical influences on the Cheap Suits recorded around 1930:

Memphis Jug Band / Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues / Best of the Memphis Jug Band / Yazoo

Memphis Jug Band / You May Leave, But This Will Bring You Back / Best of the Memphis Jug Band / Yazoo

Memphis Jug Band / Meningitis Blues (with Memphis Minnie) / Best of the Memphis Jug Band / Yazoo


Mississippi Sheiks / Stop & Listen Blues / The Best of Mississippi Sheiks / Sony Legacy (originally on OKeh)

Mississippi Sheiks / Sittin' on Top of the World / The Best of Mississippi Sheiks / Sony Legacy

Mississippi Sheiks / Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down / The Best of Mississippi Sheiks / Sony Legacy


Six and Seven-Eight String Band of New Orleans / Medley in D-Hawaiian Guitar / Six and Seven-Eight String Band / Smithsonian Folkways Archival

Six and Seven-Eight String Band of New Orleans / Lazy River / Six and Seven-Eight String Band / Smithsonian Folkways Archival

Six and Seven-Eight String Band of New Orleans / Original Dixieland Jazz Band One-Step / Six and Seven-Eight String Band / Smithsonian Folkways Archival


R. Crumb & Cheap Suit Serenaders / Alabama Jubilee / Chasin' Rainbows / Shanachie

R. Crumb & Cheap Suit Serenaders / Fine Artiste Blues / Chasin' Rainbows / Shanachie

R. Crumb & Cheap Suit Serenaders / Mysterious Mose / Chasin' Rainbows / Shanachie

R. Crumb & Cheap Suit Serenaders / Singing in the Bathtub / Singing in the Bathtub / Shanachie

Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for March 9, 2013
Hour 2: LIVE RECORDING of the Cheap Suit Serenaders
Freight & Salvage Coffee House, Berkeley, California
January 11, 2013

Recorded by Sandy Miranda, Rob Robinett, and house mix by Gene Sophel of the Freight.

Thanks to Steve Baker and the Freight staff, and of course, to Tony Marcus who helped get permissions, and the Cheap Suit Serenaders.