[Dixielandjazz] Jump Blues -" Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens."

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

I thought that was the theme song and background music at the Chicken 
Ranch in Las Vegas, Nev.

I heard they had some Blue Ribbon Chickens there, and the joint was 
said to always be jumpin' too and many young and old man went there 
when they were Blue :))  Or maybe that was where they went to get eggs 
:))

All hear say for me however, My momma didn't allow no jumpin' for me .  
Damn I ain't never gonna forgive her for that either :))

Others went weekly to the Mustang Ranch in Reno to help preserve the 
Bucking  Wild Mustang horses.

I did play music in a Warehouse in Winnemucca for a while however :))


Tom,  Juke joint and Jump and Jive Wiggins


-----Original Message-----
From: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 3:04 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jump Blues -" Ain't Nobody Here But Us 
Chickens."

   Dan Augustine ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu wrote
(when questioned by Pat Ladd about not knowing the song "Ain't Nobody 
Here
But us Chickens.

>Well (ahem), yes, i am rather newer than some of the  superannuated 
growlers on
>this list . . .


Hi Dan:

This song and hundreds like it emerged after WW 2 as a "Jump Blues" 
genre.
Popular OKOM performers in the genre were Louis Jordan and Louis Prima.

They were a precursor to Rock & Roll and us old farts on the list 
remember
well the power of jump blues, the DANCE MUSIC OF THE LATE 1940s THROUGH 
THE
50s. Yep, Dixieland was art music, played now for listening and so the 
kids
danced to Jump Blues.

"Who could forget the power and feeling of "Big Joe" Turner, Louis 
Jordan,
Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, T-Bone Walker, Louis Prima and B.B. King. It 
was
a happening' thang. JUMP had it all - it was (and is) able to blend many
different musical styles, colors & textures. It is a canvas upon which 
one
is able to paint clear and pure, color with tone. Many, were the times 
that
the great artists from the orchestras of Count Basie and Duke Ellington
would sit in on these small combo settings during recording sessions. 
Surely
this was due to their love for the simplicity, purity and clarity of the
Jump sound. One artist that was a part of that era is tenor sax player 
"Big
Jay" McNeely."

It derived in part, from the Kansas City Sound of the late 30s, early 
40s.

Then, of course, in the 50s, ELVIS picked up on Jump Blues. It is what 
he
sings on his first recordings. And Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys 
made it
a country thang. Etc., etc., etc.

Yep, Jump Blues. If the old farts (like Pat Ladd and me) on the list who
were older than 15 in 1950, (Pat and I were older) don't remember jump
blues, and "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens", they must have either 
been
nerds, or without a radio or TV.

So much music, so little time.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


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