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Barnyard Blues, 1917
Music Illustrated: The Songbooks of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Music Illustrated: The Songbooks of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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Barnyard Blues, 1917
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Tiger Rag, 1917
Some Rainy Night, 1921
Barnyard Blues, 1917
Original Dixieland One Step, 1917
At the Jazz Band Ball, 1917
Ostrich Walk, 1917
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Title: Barnyard Blues music
Description: This image shows the first page of the "Barnyard Blues" songbook. Also called "Livery Stable Blues," it was first recorded in 1917. The creation of the song, distinctive for its use of animal sounds on the recording, has an interesting story. Rumor has it that while the ODJB was playing at the Schiller Cafe, "a young woman who had imbibed generously began to cut indiscreet capers on the dance floor. One of the members of the band ripped out the shrill neigh of a horse on his clarinet. It encouraged the young woman, and the cornet came through with the call of a rooster." (Variety Oct. 19, 1917)
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Title: Barnyard Blues 2
Description: This image shows the Original Dixieland Jazz Band cover of the "Barnyard Blues" songbook. On October 19, 1917, Variety reported on the associated court case in Chicago regarding the name change of the song. The original song, "Livery Stable Blues," was identical to "Barnyard Blues" and composed by Ray Lopez and Alcide Nunez. Roger Graham and Leo Feist, rival music publishers, eventually reached an agreement to allow the songbook to stand as long as any reference to "Livery Stable Blues" was removed from the songbook cover.
Exhibit Sections
Tiger Rag, 1917
Some Rainy Night, 1921
Barnyard Blues, 1917
Original Dixieland One Step, 1917
At the Jazz Band Ball, 1917
Ostrich Walk, 1917
Additional Items