Working on a couple of other songs for the November Showcase, but here's one that I've got ready to go. The first number I posted on my SoundCloud site is Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own posted here:
https://soundcloud.com/vern-equinox/...usiness-but-my (Same as current song in my signature. Dept of Redundancy Dept.) Published by Porter Granger and Everett Robbins in 1922, this song has been a blues, jazz, ragtime standby for many years and many artists. There are many different titles, lyrics, even chord structure depending on the musicians involved. A few of the early big-selling, "race record" recordings were sung by women:
~ Anna Meyers (Original Memphis Five), 1922, Pathé Records
~ Alberta Hunter, 1923, Paramount Records
~ Bessie Smith, 1923, Columbia Records
Other female artists who've done this song include Billie Holiday, Susan Tedeschi and Dinah Washington.
A rough recording but I like this one better than other, cleaner versions. Captures a warm evening with a window fan blowing, drinking bourbon, playing the guitar. The arrangement was one that just popped into my hands, if that makes sense. My brain said, "Something like this," and my hands said "Okay."