Annotation:Wabash Blues

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WABASH BLUES. American, Country Rag. Wabash Blues was composed by Fred Meinken, with a lyric by Dave Ringle, recorded in 1921 by pianist, saxophonist and song composer Isham Jones (1894-1956) and his Orchestra. It was extremely popular, sold a milliion copies, and remained twelve weeks in the U.S. charts, six at No. 1. Song and instrumental versions of the tune have been recorded frequently and it has enjoyed remarkable longevity. It was one of the “uptown” numbers featured on Atlanta radio in the late 1920’s by the Home Town Boys, led by fiddler Clayton McMichen, and was also recorded in the late 1920’s by guitarist Hoke Rice, also an Atlanta native, for Brunswick Records (as Hoke Rice and His Hoky Poky Boys).

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Hear Isham Jones and His Orchestra's 1921 recording [1]

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