"Crazy Rhythm" ('Whispering' Jack Smith, 1928)

[guitar5289]

Thank you to those that are listening to this 84 years later...you get a pat on the back :)

[whenjazzwasking]

Go get em Jack ! Great tune, I put the cd in my wish list on Amazon

[RupeeLord]

WHAT'S the use of prohibition anyway?

[kirstibear10]

sampled and trampled by me

[iainr222]

He was a hugely popular recording artist in his prime and one would think that a philanthropic show biz group in New York could fund a plaque for his grave if drawn to their attention !

[RockLives4u]

This guy dies at 51 his wife buries him next to his mother (family name Schmidt), in an unmarked grave in the Bronx..They didnt even give Jack a stone to mark is grave

[jsbach15]

Oh, how divine!  2 thumbs way up!

[alshouse]

Could the fiddler have been Joe Venuti? :)

[jgatsby52]

Great tunes. I have several and listen to them on my grafonola! Thanks for posting!

[MsGrinda]

I love the drummer too he is so light hearted, cool and funny.

[dcneima]

I can't get enough of this song. I would like to know who the drummer and the fiddler is. Aside from Smith and Gibbons there doesn't seem to be any info on the other band members.

[MsGrinda]

So true

"They say that when a high-brow meets a low-brow

Walkin' along Broadway

Soon the high-brow

He has no brow...."

[VTMCompany]

wish he had done this one 'on the victor.'

[cosycleaner]

Absolutely delightful!

[jupitersangel]

Thanks to Nellie McKay for mentioning this version in her show Friday night - fantastic.

[greyhoundfriend123]

As Humble as Blueberry Pie!

[1926VictorCredenza]

This version of this recording is from the CD "The Charleston Era" on ASV Ltd. Records. CD AJA 5342.

(Give credit where credit is due, no?)

[Tinymoezzy]

i heard this song on the radio today and my son was ALL about it lol.

[uKooKu]

This is mighty fine.  Thanks so much!

[LizabethTucker]

Thank you for a fantastic video. Very nice and one that I've not heard before by this artist.

[kfarm2001]

"what's the use of Prohibition, you produce the same condition"

[BlackImperium]

great stuff!

[spacenuke2003]

I had this song on a 78. It was Ben Burnie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra. Unfortunately I set the record down on the top of my rather large stereo and the lid fell down (dispite being held up by a spring) without warning and destroyed the old bakalite masterpiece. Thank you for posting this music.

[td1238]

78s are made of shellac, not bakelite, which is why they can't be washed with alcohol.

[Nikolaii257]

Thank you for posting those tunes from the time before I was born.

Now I can get a feel what my grandma used to listen to.

Good show!

[idasynco]

Love this rendition...fun fiddles after the vocal! Great syncopation, what's the use, I've gone crazy too!

[paxguns]

To sing like whispering Jack Smith, you would have to have part of your lungs destroyed by by mustard gas in WW1.

[RReady555]

His acoustical recordings were also pretty good, but Jack came into his own with the new Electrical mic's...

[blackpoolbarmpot]

I think 'Whispering' Jack Smith was absolutely wonderful.

He had a fantastic way of singing a song, with a voice and interpretation that was totally unique to him, and such a pleasure to listen to.

I have several 'HMV' (78's) of him and some re-issued recordings on C.D.

Many thanks for posting.

[whizbang47]

Big cheer for this big hit, albeit from back when. Five cheers from over here in West Egg

gone by.

[RReady555]

...and you West Eggers would know!

Say "hi" to to my pal Klipspringer--think he's still crashing at Jay's joint.

[whizbang47]

Yeah, well now you have to put up with a new subscriber. And after spending 6 months in Vermont in '71, I know how you love solitude. I

am more than a little surprised to find so many of my father's favorites on your channel. He'd sing 'em. I'd hide in the woods.

[RReady555]

Heh, heh...should have been good for a few merit badges.

Now, if your dad sang just like Whistling Jack I'd have put on a show!

[genia106]

RR...I love this song and "Whispering Jack" is SUPER in his rendition. I just love this CrAzY RHYTHM...soon the High Brow has No Brow......just GREAT! :))) Thank you so much..perfect start for a Saturday...Let me wish you a Lots of cRazY rhythm today!

[RReady555]

tHaNkS, genia!  ;^)