Mississippi Mud 1927-with Irene Taylor

Possibly the earliest recording of this song. 78 disk dated 1927. Paul Whiteman-Bing Crosby-and featuring Irene Taylor
I sinked some visuals to look at from Baum's Magic Cloak movie. Don't let it distract you from the music. close your eyes and listen.
It is truly a powerful version of the song with great scats from the performers.
I have searched the net for this version but have had no success so far.
I ended the clip with "When the Donkey beats his feet on the Mississippi mud"

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Music

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• Oz
• Sullivan
• ragtime
• jazz
• 1927
• donkey
• 78
• Paul
• Whiteman
• orchestra
• Bing
• Crosby
• Bix
• Frank
• Baum
• Magic
• cloak
• Irene
• Taylor

[3210lancaster]

The lovely Irene Taylor (who married bandleader/singer Seger Ellis) is well worth discovering! I'm trying to find all of her sides. She's featured on a Charlie Agnew CD of 1932 radio transcriptions.

[Choowbz]

@3210lancaster If you put a video together of what you come up with in tour project,give us a buz and i'll sub.

Wouldn't it be nice if a trunk was found in an attic somewhere, containing boot leg home cut disks of Irene Taylor.

They used to do a lot of home recordings in those days and it was usualy the real stuff done for fun,

stuff too hot for the public of the thirties type stuff.

Such things do happen

It would be a bigger find that King Tut.

[McGrenzer]

Amazing film and wonderful music. I had forgotten Bing sang with Paul Whiteman and had never heard of Irene Taylor until this moment. Thank you, Choobz, for bringing me up to date with this great video.

[Choowbz]

@McGrenzer

To be honest i had no idea it was Bing when i made the video.

The early comments on this clip show how the kind info from musical buffs filled in the details of the singers and the band.

But it was one of my favourites that i liked so much i wanted to share.

I still never tire of it and its always good for raising the spirit.

It led me to look for more works by Irene Taylor.

She was worth the search.

[megaswenson]

Actually, the music and the film are perfect together. You edited that really well.

[Choowbz]

@megaswenson

Well Thanks for the compliment

I Worked hard with the Primitive Windows editor on this one

It wasn't easy

Lots of crashes

But it felt like a good fit and i persisted as a labour of love

You made my day with your comment

[BattlingLevinsky]

Awesome bit of film-makoing, Irene! Gotta keep up with the time, I guess.

My favorite version of "Mud" on The 'Net!

[sillybabybunnies]

MAN, that was weird! like some kind of ancient furries convention

[3210lancaster]

Hello Choowbz send me an e-mail at helvetia3@aol.com and I'll send you back the discography I've compiled so far of the wonderfully talented Irene Taylor. As far as video of Irene Taylor, like Annette Hanshaw, she only made one film appearance. It's a Vitaphone short called "Listening In" from 1934 and she sings "I'm Not Lazy, I'm Just Dreamin'"

[iriemike420]

I love bix beiderbecke on the cornet

[ladyeulailia]

In the mid 50's I listened to a version of this song on a old record player at my grandmother's--she grew up in extreme western KY--just about 10 miles from where the Ohio and Mississippi flow together--wonderful to find this--thanks for posting

[megaswenson]

@Choowbz Thanks! I just made it my Lead Video for a couple of days. Special page dedicated to Mississippi's very special Governor.