Dallas Alley Drag - Piano Blues, Rags & Stomps

Dallas Alley Drag
Piano Blues, Rags & Stomps
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s
Yazoo 2054; Ordering Information

"The music is timeless." - Music Monitor

The epitome of Texas piano in the 1920s was forged in the joints and taverns of Dallas' notorious "Deep Ellum" district. Legendary performers such as Whistlin' Alex Moore and Bessie Tucker, along with obscure performers like Texas Billy Day and Billiken Johnson worked the dives and honed their unique styles. This is the definitive collection of early Texas blues piano.


Ida Mae Mack


1. BILLIKEN JOHNSON W/ NEAL ROBERTS, Frisco Blues 2. WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE, Heart Wrecked Blues 3. HATTIE HUDSON, Doggone My Good Luck Soul 4. TEXAS BILL DAY & BILLIKEN JOHNSON, Elm Street Blues 5. IDA MAE MACK, When You Lose Your Daddy 6. IDA MAE MACK, Elm Street Blues 7. TEXAS BILL DAY, Goin' Back To My Baby 8. WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE, Blue Bloomer Blues 9. TEXAS BILL DAY, Good Mornin' Blues 10. WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE, They May Not Be My Toes 11. JACK RANGER, T.P. Window Blues 12. TEXAS BILL DAY & BILLIKEN JOHNSON, Billiken's Weary Blues	13. BESSIE TUCKER, Fort Worth and Denver Blues 14. BESSIE TUCKER, My Man Has Quite Me 15. BILLIKEN JOHNSON & FRED ADAMS, Interurban Blues 16. WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE, West Texas Woman 17. BOBBY CADILLAC, Carbolic Acid Blues 18. TEXAS BILL DAY, Burn The Trestle Down 19. BILLIKEN JOHNSON W/ NEAL ROBERTS, Wild Jack Blues 20. WHISTLIN' ALEX MOORE, Ice Pick Blues 21. BESSIE TUCKER, The Katy 22. JACK RANGER, Thieving Blues 23. BILLIKEN JOHNSON & FRED ADAMS, Sun Beam Blues