red & struggie song - nagasaki

[DMABROWN100]

Absolutely wonderful. What talent.

[podlasian65]

Grandfathers of hip-hop... Love these guys!

[degree7]

Fuckin' bizarre!

[010lilkiki]

the short man is my great uncle walter scruggs......this is a peice of history thats apart of my family and will always be cherished

[podlasian65]

@010lilkiki What happened to him? I tried to find some information on the Internet, but there's none!

[dancerqueen226]

@gmtimny that was very disrespectful calling the performance My Great Great Uncle Walter aka Struggie did was a "Coon Act"....how dare u say that...how old r we now??? This performance was Performed well...the Dancing and Singing was on Point!

[podlasian65]

@dancerqueen226 Do you know what happened to your Great Great Uncle after this recording?

[podlasian65]

@dancerqueen226 Do you know what happened to your Great Great Uncle after this recording?

[podlasian65]

@dancerqueen226 Do you know what happened to your Great Great Uncle after this recording?

[queenafriess]

The Face of the Video is my Great Uncle Walter Scruggs aka Struggle

[podlasian65]

@queenafriess What about his further musical career?

[Klomsten]

press 1:27 , and u will shit bricks!

[easguitar]

First heard this song on the Django Reinhardt box set by Mosiac. Vocals by Freddy Taylor- Hilarious!!

[TheOgontz]

Is this old rap? very nice....

[LEONCODAJJ]

Año 1934, con la orquesta de DON REDMAN 

[RRaquello]

The little guy in the background in the white suit on the right hand side waving the stick at about 1:52 is Don Redman.

[elisawashere95]

i love this song it was in Bullets Over Broadway

[foreigndevils1]

Actually , this song was a part of the tin pan alley genere of songs that covered that were in 1928,considered exotic places. Written by Harry Warren who by the way wrote tunes like "I only have eyes for you ""42nd st" and Lullaby of Broadway.

[chestateegold]

i like how this song is entirely about sex lol

[cbs2don]

No kidding! Where do you think "Jellyroll" Morton got his name?

[etbella3]

@chestateegold I play Scrabble a lot so I know that the word "ex's" is in the word "sex". Some people have sex with their ex's. Some people put the ax to their ex's. It just depends.

[brianfunshine]

I love it!!!

It's the beginnings of a whole new style...

[Nipredill]

the song is written by harry warren

[Oxfordclassicjazz]

Excellent scat singing...delightful, funny presentation. Seriously good music and entertainment. Natural talent refined to a high level.

[LoetkolbenAlode]

Django Reinhardt's better!

[gtimny]

Even considering the times in which this was made (1930s or early 40s) this is pretty awful. They don't do the song very well for one thing, the mugging and half-assed dancing don't help and the band is half-dead. I believe this is what used to be called (no insult intended on my part) a coon act. The whole thing makes me cringe! I wonder where it came from....a movie maybe?

[curzmg]

Talk about misery guts gtimny, it's just a bit of fun! plus the scat singing is amazing! xXx

[NoNoseProduction]

I think its pretty impressive.