Viper Mad Blues

25 Songs of Dope and Depravity

1991: Jass Records J-CD-630


  1. Kickin’ the Gong Around

    Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra (1933)

  2. Dope Head Blues

    Victoria Spivey and Lonnie Johnson (1927)

  3. Cocaine Habit Blues

    The Memphis Jug Band (1930)

  4. Pipe Dream Blues

    Hazel Meyers

  5. Smoking Reefers

    Larry Adler (1938)

  6. Take a Whiff on Me

    Leadbelly [Huddie Ledbetter] (1934)

  7. Killin’ Jive

    The Cats and the Fiddle (1939)

  8. You’se a Viper

    Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys (1936)

  9. The Stuff Is Here and It’s Mellow

    Cleo Brown (1935)

  10. Reefer Man

    Baron Lee and the Blue Rhythm Band (1932)

  11. The Onyx Hop

    Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders (1937)

  12. Knockin’ Myself Out

    Lil Green (1941)

  13. Junker’s Blues

    Champion Jack Dupree (1940)

  14. Reefer Hound Blues

    Curtis Jones (1938)

  15. The Reefer Song

    Fats Waller (1943)

  16. I’m Feelin’ High and Happy (The Do-Do Bird’s Theme from Porky in Wackyland)

    Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1938)

  17. When I Get Low, I Get High

    Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and His Orchestra (April 1936)

  18. Ol’ Man River (Smoke a Little Tea)

    Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters (April 1938)

  19. Blue Reefer Blues

    Richard M Jones and His Jazz Wizards (1935)

  20. Cocaine

    Dick Justice

  21. Reefer Head Woman

    Jazz Gillum and His Jazz Boys (1938)

  22. Willie the Weeper

    Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon (1927)

  23. Cocaine Blues

    Luke Jordan (1927)

  24. Blue Drag

    Freddy Taylor and His Swing Men from Harlem (Paris, March 1935)

  25. A Viper’s Moan

    Willie Bryant and His Orchestra (4 January 1935)


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