Welcome to Blue Monday! A tribute within a tribute, today’s musical hit comes from the blues legend that suggested Ellis McDaniels use the name “Bo Diddley” in a song they were making up on the spot during a recording session. As I channel Paul Harvey….and now you know the rest of the story….. It doesn’t get much bluer than the Chicago Blues, and today on the stash we have Chicago blues legend Billy Boy Arnold with the hit, “New Jail House Blues”. I don’t think that you get to enjoy a podcast if you are behind bars, but if any Stasher has been able to enjoy the NORML Daily Audio Stash while incarcerated, let us know by leaving a comment. Unfortunately, far too many cannabis consumers have had a stint as a POW. Billy Boy Arnold began playing harmonica as a child in Chicago and in 1948 received informal lessons from his near neighbor, John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, shortly before his death. In 1952 a small record company gave Arnold the nickname “Billy Boy” on his recording debut. “New Jail House Blues” is a track from a long-overdue album, recorded in 1992 but released just last month. Billy Boy Arnold comes full circle with a wonderful tribute to his mentor, the Original Sonny Boy, John Lee Williamson.
Billy Boy Arnold
“New Jail House Blues” (mp3)
from “Billy Boy Sings Sonny Boy”
(Electro-Fi Records)
