Show 81: USA Blues, Pt. 6: Louisiana Pioneers

I'm your host. For today's 81st episode of the CC Blues Show, we'll be resuming our USA Blues series where I take you state by state playing the blues musicians that sprung up in every one of 'em. Last week, we went to Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, and a little bit of Louisiana, and for tonight's show we'll do our best to broadcast as much Louisiana blues as possible. We're going to hear from the pioneers that started the blues and jazz primarily in the Storyville district of New Orleans, Louisiana. To start off the show, we'll hear from the man whose name is synonymous with Canal Street and Basin Street, and it's Louis Armstrong bringing the dead back to life with "Didn't He Ramble," gloriously preceded by Satchmo on the trumpet doing "Ole Miss Funeral March." Here's Pops talking about, then performing, the unforgettable New Orleans function. When he comes in on the trumpet, pay attention to the swell.