"Among African Americans in the early twentieth century, Diddy Wah Diddy was known as a mythical town in the South where food was plentiful and no one had to work -- sort of like the hobo's Big Rock Candy Mountain (where the "cops have wooden legs" and "the hens lay soft-boiled eggs"). Zora Neale Hurston used "Diddy-Wah-Diddy" as the title of a collection of folk tales, published in 1938 by the WPA Writers' Project. In the title story, Hurston explained that Diddy Wah Diddy could only be "reached by a road that curves so much that a mule pulling a wagonload of fodder can eat off the back of the wagon as he goes.” Upon arrival, a traveler could find a sweet potato pie that kept growing larger as it was eaten: "Nobody can ever eat it all up. No matter how much you eat it grows just that much faster.”
THE RAUNCHY RAWHIDE CHICKEN
In March 2012, a group of record collectors and DJs have launched a monthly listening party dedicated to 50s and 60s sounds on vinyl, called the RAUNCHY RAWHIDE CHICKEN.
SUPERGUMBO
As a long-time fan, purveyor and collector of New Orleans soul, R&B and related genres, I also have an irregular series called SUPERGUMBO.
Perron1, Brig
Bar Berlin, Luzern
La Madeleine, Luzern
Palace, St. Gallen
Hangar Rockin, St. Stephan
Club Rakete, Stuttgart
Goldmark's, Stuttgart
One Eyed Jack's, New Orleans
R Bar, New Orleans
The Fifth Estate, Brooklyn
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