Reefer Songs Explained

Reefer Songs
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Various artists
Cover:	File:Reefer Songs album cover.jpg
Recorded:	June 17, 1932 – November 2, 1945^[1]
Genre:	Jazz, blues
Length:	1:09:08
Label:	Stash, Mojo Records cat# MOJO 302^[2]

Reefer Songs is a 1989 compilation album of jazz songs about drugs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. It features notable artists and musicians of the period, including Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, Sidney Bechet and Benny Goodman. Although cannabis is the main drug cited here, cocaine, benzedrine (amphetamine) and heroin are also mentioned.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Reefer Man"
2. "Man from Harlem"
3. "Here Comes the Man with the Jive"
4. "If You're a Viper"
5. "Texas Tea Party"
6. "Light Up"
7. "Jack, I'm Mellow"
8. "Sweet Marijuana Brown"
9. "Viper Mad"
10. "The Weed Smoker's Dream (Why Don't You Do Right)"
11. "The 'G' Man Got the 'T' Man"
12. "All the Jive Is Gone"
13. "The Stuff Is Here"
14. "Wacky Dust"
15. "Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?"
16. "Jerry the Junker"
17. "Reefer Song"
18. "Lotus Blossom"
19. "Willie the Chimney Sweeper"
20. "Weed"
21. "Save the Roach for Me"
22. "Knockin' Myself Out"
23. "Minnie the Moocher"

Notes and References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/reefer-songs-original-jazz-blues-vocals-mw0000653620/releases allmusic - Reefer Songs: Original Jazz & Blues Vocals 1989 CD
2. http://www.discogs.com/Various-Reefer-Songs/release/5400751 discogs - Reefer Songs 1996 CD
3. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1063567 cduniverse - Reefer Songs: 23 Jazz & Blues Vocals 1996-06-25th CD