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There are so many great songs in the public domain arena. We are ripping and specially mastering MP3 files as fast as we can. We hope you enjoy our selections.
Swing, Brother, Swing!byBillie Holiday jazz, swing/big band Magnificent. You know, after all these years, there still isn't a singer in the same ballpark as Billie Holiday. While she's influenced generations of performers,...more »
Flaming YouthbyDuke Ellington jazz, standards, big band How hot do you want it? The great Duke Ellington, arguably the most prolific and innovative composer and bandleader in American history, shows what swing...more »
Choo ChoobyDuke Ellington jazz, big band No other band has so singularly possessed more charm and sophistication than Duke Ellington and The Washingtonians. "Choo Choo" always paints my imagination with...more »
Your Mother's Son-In-LawbyBillie Holiday jazz, vocal I love me some Billie Holiday. One of the most creative, charming, and down right sexy voices in music - both past and present. "Your...more »
Stack O' Lee BluesbyMa Rainey blues Yes indeed, Stack 'O Lee was a bad bad man. And let me tell you Ma Rainey, if I was your man, I would never...more »
Clarksdale MoanbySon House blues, delta Y'all every wondered where Robert Johnson got this chops from? Well it ain't from God. Son House is the touchstone artist of the delta blues,...more »
Stop Breakin' Down BluesbyRobert Johnson blues, delta Now looky here, the grandaddy himself has shown back up with some new music titled, "Stop Breakin' Down Blues." You listen up, nobody in the...more »
I'd Rather Be Dead and BuriedbyBessie Smith blues Oh Bessie, please say it ain't so. Your swearin' off men for good? The moment I fall in love with your style, powerful yet oozing...more »
I'm Wild About That ThingbyBessie Smith blues, country blues, delta, dirty south Thanks Bessie for posting "I'm Wild About That Thing." You know uncle PD4U has been wild about you since I first heard your timeless music...more »
Come Back, Sweet PapabyLouis Armstrong jazz, standards Lord knows I can never grow tired listening to one of the greatest musicians to walk the earth. This is one of his earlier recordings...more »
Times Has Done Got HardbyKing Solomon Hill country/folk, blues, folk blues King Solomon Hill, thanks for the post! Man some of these new indie rockers I have heard of late wish they could play with as...more »
Pile Driver BluesbyJoe McCoy country/folk, blues A man can work his whole life and feel like nobody cares if he did or didn't. Coming from a man who did just...more »
Little Rock BluesbyPearl Dickson urban/R&B, country/folk, folk blues, acoustic blues The guitars really dance all over this classic piece of Americana I ripped from the "Memphis Masters" compilation that I recently re-discovered collecting dust over...more »
Doctor MedicinebySouth Memphis Jug Band country/folk, blues, folk blues, acoustic blues Appalachian style blues coming from one of my personal faves, the South Memphis Jug Band. This is basically an instrumental jam piece with heavy fiddle...more »
I'm Going Away BluesbyFrank Stokes country/folk, blues, acoustic blues Frank Stokes is pulling at PD4U's heartstrings with "I'm Going Away Blues." Now this is what the blues is all about. Morose...more »
Poor Boy A Long Way From HomebyGus Cannon country/folk, blues, acoustic blues, folk blues Gus Cannon's story starts off the same way many other poor black aspiring musicians' stories started off. At the turn of the century in...more »
Billy Lyons And StackoleebyFurry Lewis country/folk, blues, folk blues, acoustic blues Better be careful when you gamble away the pay check, cause your women might come out shooting, and that, as you know, always ends in...more »
Last Chance BluesbyCannon's Jug Stompers country/folk, blues, folk blues, acoustic blues "Last Chance Blues" is a rather morose (even for a blues song) account of Cannon's struggles with his reckless woman, and how he must lug...more »