Prohibition Cabaret Bar in Newcastle is closing today. It's a brilliant bar. I'd been a fan since coming across it in its previous location in Gateshead (before it moved to the site of former, legendary, Jazz Cafe), and post-pandemic, I've helped put on a bunch of parties there, getting the chance to play all kinds of stuff and have a lovely time. I'll really miss it a lot.
I was honoured to be able to DJ the last Saturday it was open, playing Prohibition-era jazz and blues - aaaand some stuff that had that sound and spirit from a bit later.
Here's what got played:
1 - Louis Jordan - Whiskey Do Your Stuff
2 - Howlin' Wolf - All Night Boogie
3 - Harry Roy & his Bat Club Boys - My Girl's Pussy
4 - Benny Goodman - Wholly Cats
5 - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox feat. Emily Goglia
& Juliette Goglia - The Boy Is Mine
6 - Earl Hines & his Orch. - Beau-Koo Jack
7 - Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues
8 - Bix Beiderbecke & Frankie Trumbauer & His
Orchestra - Riverboat Shuffle
9 - Slim Gaillard - Dunkin' Bagel
10 - Louis Armstrong - Ole Miss Blues
11 - Sonny Boy Williamson - Shake The Boogie
12 - Harold Land - Swingin' On Savoy
13 - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch. - Loose like a goose
14 - Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson - Barrelhouse Boogie
15 - Mose Allison - Baby, Please Don't Go
16 - Smiley Lewis - Caldonia's Party
17 - Dave Bartholomew - Who Drank My Beer?
18 - Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - The Sheik
of Araby
19 - Cab Calloway - Are You Hep To The Jive?
20 - Kid Ory - Muskrat Ramble
21 - Roy Milton - Hop, Skip And Jump
22 - The Lost Fingers - Careless Whisper
23 - Big Maybelle - Ring Dang Dilly
24 - Professor Longhair - Oh Well
25 - Doctor Ross - Texas Hop
26 - Johnny Otis - Beer Bottle Boogie
27 - Lynn Hope - Shocking
28 - Mickey Hawks & The Night Raiders - Bip Bop Boom
29 - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Charleston
30 - Chick Webb & his Orchestra - Heebie Jeebies
31 - The Charleston Chasers - My Melancholy Baby
32 - Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Gettin' Drunk
33 - Louis Prima & Keely Smith - Just A Gigolo / I Ain't
Got Nobody
34 - Amos Milburn - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
35 - Blue Charlie - Whole Lot Of Drinking On The Block
36 - Classie Ballou - Lucille
37 - Willis 'Gatortail' Jackson - Later for the Gator
38 - Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
39 - Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
40 - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox feat. Ariana Savalas
& Sarah Reich - Bad Romance
41 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
42 - Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - Rockin' Pneumonia
And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Pt. 2)
43 - Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - It Don't
Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
44 - Little Willie John - I'm Shakin'
45 - Lowell Fulson - Rocking After Midnight
46 - Irma Thomas - I Done Got Over It
47 - Jelly Roll Morton - Mint Julep
48 - Rob Heron & the Teapad Orchestra - Hot Bath
49 - The Puppini Sisters - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't
Got That Swing
50 - Jimmy McCracklin - I Want to Make Love to You
51 - Roy Brown - Shake 'Em Up Baby
52 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Ubangi Stomp
53 - Etta James - Tell Mama
54 - Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming
55 - Finis Tasby - Cloudy Day
56 - Jimmy Smith - Uh Ruh
57 - Lee Dorsey - Mess Around
58 - Eddie Bo - Every Dog Got His Day
59 - Floyd Dixon - Wine Wine Wine
60 - Little Richard - Rice, Red Beans and Turnip Greens
61 - Chuck Berry - Route 66
62 - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox feat. Gunhild
Carling - Dancing Queen
63 - The Lost Fingers - Billie Jean
64 - Champion Jack Dupree - Nasty Boogie
65 - Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin'
66 - Irving Aaronson - Let's Misbehave
67 - Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack
68 - Etta James - Tighten Up Your Own Thing
69 - Ramsey Lewis Trio - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
70 - The Beatles - Back In The USSR
71 - Carl Perkins - Boppin' The Blues
72 - Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
73 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head I Hear Music
In The Air
74 - Calvin Bose - Waiting & Drinking
75 - Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
76 - Charles Sheffield - Give It Up
77 - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home
78 - Hot Lips Page & his Orchestra - They Raided The
Joint
79 - Perez Prado and His Orchestra - Mambo No. 5
80 - Voodoo Love Orchestra - Sunshine of Your Love
81 - Little Esther - Cupid's Boogie
82 - Lloyd Price - Carry Me Home
83 - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox feat. Kate Davis - All
About That Bass
84 - The Lost Fingers - Pump up the Jam
85 - Elmore James - Dust My Broom
86 - Helen Thompson - Going Down To Big Mary's
87 - Wynonie Harris - Quiet Whiskey
88 - Jimmy Liggins - I Ain't Drunk
89 - Marilyn Scott - Beer Bottle Boogie
90 - Laverne Ray - Drunk, That's All
91 - Roy Brown - Bootleggin' Baby
92 - Frankie Lee Sims - She Likes To Boogie Real Low
93 - Jack McVea and His All Stars - Bartender Boogie
94 - Fats Domino - So Long
95 - Chuck Berry - Deep Feeling
