Great Depression - Song Of The Road: Isham Jones & His Orch. - Trav'lin' All Alone, 1930

[suaveoo]

Marvelous record! Tthat plaintive vocalist is the Chicago-based FRANK SYLVANO, who did tons of recording with all number of bands (mostly for Brunswick) from 1924 up to about 1934 or so. Great singer.

[EricKNDreppin]

what are the lyrics??

[teddyofparis]

Wonderful music and pictures. Thanks a lot.

[roybo1930]

GEEEEEZE! There is sompthing about this song that drives Me wild! This and lots of other songs from this era!

[roybo1930]

This has got to be one of most favorit songs ever!!! I Played this in my 1925 Dodge Brothers when I drove to with friends all around Pettit Jean Mountain Arkansas. along with a few other Jones tunes I got on some Brunswick 78s. I transfured them to a cassette tape and played it on a little mock radieo that i mounted under the dash. It does very well in playing these songs, And everyone who hears thim playing inside the car, LOVES IT! Thank You for posting.

[Masquerade03]

Incredible pictures for wonderful music! Thanks Grzegorz!

[dzheger]

Engaging melancholic music and singing, and splendid photos of grayness and isolation.

[neverknewtillnow]

Delightful, the quality and variety of your photos are incredible.

[chkjns]

@neverknewtillnow - I've created playlists you can access for the music of ANY past year, thanks to all these fanTAStic uploads by Grzegorz! Over 5000 songs!

275 playlists by artist, others by genre, over 425 playlists in all, and I'm working to make them all play at least 2 hours each - many do already! Chuck

[fredjmp]

Wonderful photos compatible with the music. I really enjoyed! thanks for sharing

[chkjns]

@fredjmp - amigo do Brasilia! We ARE literally on the same page, hahahah!

[MaisSimples]

@fredjmp Brigada, Fred!! Adoro os vídeos desse canal!! Beijo!

[genia106]

Grzegorz.

Love the visual....Shades of Roman Polanski's Chinatown...reminds me of LA.

Would love to travel in that relaxed atmosphere ..not the ridiculous OVER THE TOP Security we hae to put up with today. The song is WONDERFUL!

Great Orchestra and the plaintive vocal is DIVINE! Who is singing?

[240252]

Yes, there's something of early Polanski in these photoes...as wll as American cinema noir (which I absolutely adore). That photo of a huge waiting hall of some train station - with only several tiny figurines of passengers on benches waiting for their connections - and some of these silhouettes blurred by early technique of photography - is breathtaking

[schwulemann]

As bad as it was at least there was wonderful music like this.

[Trombonology]

Beautifully haunting images to go with a song-record of the same qualities. ... For my money, Isham Jones led the finest white pre-Swing Era orchestra.

[crabbster21]

great song, band, and photos

[bill3murr]

i have always loved this recording by isham jones; a perfect match of song and visuals. always a pleasure to listen and see your post. thank you.