Big Bill “Mean Old World” (1937)

A rollicking Chicago blues number by Big Bill Broonzy about the “mean old world we live in”. Features a swingin’ backup band that includes New Orleans jazz trumpeter Punch Miller.

Recorded in Chicago on Sunday, January 31, 1937.
Released as Melotone 7-07-64

Credits:
Big Bill Broonzy – vocals, guitar
Punch Miller – trumpet
Black Bob – piano
Bill Settles – bass
Fred Williams – drums