ABC of the Blues CD1 (2010)

CD1 - Kokomo Arnold & Billy Boy Arnold

01 Kokomo Arnold – Backfence Picket Blues
02 Kokomo Arnold – Fool Man Blues
03 Kokomo Arnold – Long and Tall
04 Kokomo Arnold – Sally Dog
05 Kokomo Arnold – Cold Winter Blues
06 Kokomo Arnold – Sister Jane Cross the Hall		play
07 Kokomo Arnold – Wild Water Blues
08 Kokomo Arnold – Laugh and Grin Blues
09 Kokomo Arnold – Mean Old Twister
10 Kokomo Arnold – Red Beans and Rice
11 Billy Boy Arnold – My Heart Is Crying
12 Billy Boy Arnold – I Wish You Would
13 Billy Boy Arnold – I Ain’t Got You
14 Billy Boy Arnold – Here’s My Picture		play
15 Billy Boy Arnold – You Got Me Wrong
16 Billy Boy Arnold – Prisoner’s Plea
17 Billy Boy Arnold – Every Day, Every Night
18 Billy Boy Arnold – No, No, No, No, No
19 Billy Boy Arnold – Rockinitis
20 Billy Boy Arnold – I Was Fooled

Kokomo Arnold (February 15, 1901 – November 8, 1968) was an American blues musician. Born as James Arnold in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, he got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for the Decca label; it was a cover of the Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana. A left-handed slide guitarist, his intense slide style of playing and rapid-fire vocal style set him apart from his contemporaries.

Billy Boy Arnold (born William Arnold, September 16, 1935, Chicago, Illinois) is an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.

In the early 1950s, he joined forces with street musician Bo Diddley and played harmonica on the March 2, 1955 recording of the Bo Diddley song "I'm a Man" released by Checker Records. The same day as the Bo Diddley sessions, Billy Boy recorded the self-penned "You Got to Love Me" which was not released until the box set, Chess Blues 1947-1967, in 1992. In the late 1950s Arnold continued to play in Chicago clubs, and in 1963 he recorded a LP, More Blues From The South Side. By the 1970s Arnold had begun playing festivals, touring Europe, and recording again. He recorded a session for BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel on 5 October 1977.

In 1993 he released the album Back Where I Belong on Alligator Records, followed by Eldorado Cadillac (1995) and Boogie ’n’ Shuffle (2001).

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