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Hokum Blues – Fast 2/4, Stride Piano Talk-Back, Washboard Drive | Studying the Blues

Hokum blues music for studying, focus and deep work — pre-war vaudeville “good-time” blues built for the floor: brisk 2/4 two-step drive, tight 12-bar cycles, simple I-IV-V dominance (dom7 color, clear turnarounds), hook-first phrasing, and constant call-and-response where stride piano “talks back” and the acoustic guitar answers in clipped fills. This episode keeps the period grammar: dry mono, close attack, legible rhythm, and punchline timing (brief stop-time hits, hard stinger endings), without drifting into rock backbeat or modern polish. Style references (for your ear): the commercial vaudeville spark of Tampa Red & Georgia Tom’s “It’s Tight Like That” (the template for hook-first dirty-blues phrasing), the earlier party-blues lineage of Papa Charlie Jackson’s “Shake That Thing,” and the “good-time, lyric-forward” stagecraft that made hokum a race-records staple in the late 1920s/early 1930s. Think: catchy chorus logic, clean cadences, and band-as-comedy—music that moves fast but stays structurally simple. This is Studying the Blues #015 – Hokum Blues, issued by the IUM Department of Blues Studies and performed/produced by Raccoon and the Invisible Band. Think “blues as stagecraft”: fast charm, short hooks, clear cadence logic, and ensemble dialogue — engineered to sit under deep work while still teaching real pre-war vocabulary. Production (archive-coded) Dry, close, mono-centered, mild 78rpm-style saturation, controlled dynamics. The final LIVE cuts include room tone, light crowd texture, table taps, stage cues, and applause — kept disciplined so the energy reads without hijacking focus. Tracklist (Click to Jump) 00:00 Intro / Room Tone (Tuning the Hall) 02:49 Track 01 – Ticket-Taker Two-Step 06:19 Track 02 – Washboard Wink 09:21 Track 03 – Turnaround Telegram 12:43 Track 04 – Ragtime Turnaround Machine 15:57 Track 05 – Radio Dial Romance 18:42 Track 06 – Card Game Chorus 24:38 Track 07 – Kitchen Valve Blues 28:16 Track 08 – Fake Ending Floor-Shaker 30:16 Track 09 – Backroom Banter 33:59 Track 10 – Nickel-on-the-Rail Groove 36:40 Track 11 – Sidewalk Stomp in Eighth Notes 39:25 Track 12 – Jug-Band Jolt 42:14 Track 13 – Tin Cup Rhythm 45:16 Track 14 – Hotel Lobby Two-Step 48:42 Track 15 – Last Train Turnaround 52:17 Track 16 – LIVE: Vaudeville Closing Stinger 55:31 Track 17 – LIVE: Encore in Mono 01:00:24 Track 18 – Outro / After-Hours Room Tone Drift Archives Note A silent space raccoon archivist recovered a worn reel labeled “#015 – Vaudeville Two-Step Blues (1928–33)”. The signal was cleaned, the room tone preserved, and the file was catalogued by the Department of Blues Studies as required listening. Quick references (style anchors) – Tampa Red & Georgia Tom (Thomas A. Dorsey): the 1928 “vaudeville hook” blueprint (tight 12-bar cycles, sing-back chorus logic, piano talk-back) – Papa Charlie Jackson: early party-blues / double-entendre lineage that feeds hokum’s stagewise humor and fast phrasing – The Hokum Boys (Tampa Red & Georgia Tom branding): “hokum” as a commercial race-records format—repetition, punchline timing, crowd-ready refrains – Butterbeans & Susie (vaudeville comedy-duo grammar): patter, banter, call-and-response, and “number” construction (song as a stage scene) – Jug-band tradition (Memphis/Jug ensembles): washboard/tuba bounce, two-beat drive, percussive acoustic attack, floor-first feel (no modern backbeat) Support Ko-fi → ko-fi.com/echoesofallworlds Streaming → Spotify, Apple Music & all major platforms (as Raccoon and the Invisible Band) Contact & Collaboration echoesofallworlds@gmail.com © All rights reserved. Original music and archive framing created for Studying the Blues / IUM. #HokumBlues #VaudevilleBlues #PreWarBlues #1920sBlues #1930sBlues #RaceRecords #78rpm #JugBand #Washboard #StridePiano #AcousticBlues #StudyMusic #FocusMusic #StudyingTheBlues #IUM hokum blues, vaudeville blues, dirty blues, 1920s blues, 1930s blues, prewar blues, race records, 78rpm, mono blues, jug band, washboard, stride piano, acoustic guitar, tuba bass, two step, 2/4 groove, 12 bar blues, I IV V, call and response, stop time, good time blues, vintage blues, blues history, study music, focus music, deep work, writing music, coding music, studying the blues, IUM, blues studies, Raccoon and the Invisible Band