Emmett Miller: Minstrel Man From Georgia
Genre: Pop, Jazz, Blues, Country Vocal	Dates: 1928-1929

One of the most fascinating figures in American music. Author Nick Tosches describes Miller's achievement as a "transcendence of the bloodlines of country and blues, jazz and pop, black and white…prophecy and summation." As amazing as it is that such an obscure figure could have been such a strong influence on artists like Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, and Merle Haggard—each of whom could quote Miller chapter and verse—it's even more amazing that such timeless music could grow out of such a dubious tradition as minstrelsy ("whites imitating blacks imitating whites," as Tosches calls it). The 20 songs include "Right Or Wrong," "Big Bad Bill (is Sweet William Now)," "I Ain't Got Nobody," "Lovesick Blues," and "She's Funny That Way." Readers of a certain age may be muttering to themselves, "This guy did those songs?!!" Exactly.

Playlist:

1. God's River
2. I Ain't Got Nobody
3. Lovesick Blues
4. Lion Tamers, The
5. Anytime
6. St. Louis Blues
7. Take Your Tomorrow
8. Dusky Stevedore
9. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll
10. She's Funny That Way, (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)
11. You Lose
12. Right Or Wrong
13. That's The Good Old Sunny South
14. You're The Cream In My Coffee
15. Lovin' Sam (The Sheik Of Alabam')
16. Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now
17. Ghost Of The St. Louis Blues, The
18. Sweet Mama (Papa's Getting Mad)
19. Pickaninnies' Paradise, The
20. Blues Singer (From Alabam'), The