"Hokum Boys" was the billing (or part of the billing) of multiple jazz bands (typically, just studio grouping of musicians[1]) active in 1920s and 1930s. The hokum subgenre of blues music got its name from these bands.
"Hokum", originally a vaudeville term used for a simple performance bordering on vulgarity,[2] but hinting at a smart wordplay, was first used in a billing of a race record for Tampa Red's Hokum Jazz Band (Tampa Red and Georgia Tom).[3] After releasing a big hit, "It's Tight Like That", with Vocalion Records (and its sequel) in 1928, the musicians went on to Paramount Records where they were called The Hokum Boys. Other recording studios joined the fray using similarly named ensembles. The groups continued into the 1930s, with Big Bill Broonzy joining forces with Georgia Tom as Famous Hokum Boys[4] on records for the American Record Corporation, joined occasionally by Frank Brasswell, Mozelle Anderson, and possibly Arthur Petties.[5]
Larkin, Colin (30 September 2013). "Hokum Boys". The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. Random House. ISBN978-1-4481-3274-4.
Hansen, Barry (2000). "A Lot of Hokum". Rhino's Cruise Through the Blues. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 60. ISBN978-0-87930-625-0. OCLC 39007030.
Calt, Stephen (1 October 2010). Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary. University of Illinois Press. p. 125. ISBN978-0-252-09071-4. OCLC 1156337352. hokum: A vaudeville term [...] fun bordering on vulgarity and quite obvious [...] descriptive of material by [...] Hokum Boys [...] musical approach [...] fostered by Papa Charlie Jackson
O'Neal, Jim; Singel, Amy van (5 September 2013). The Voice of the Blues: Classic Interviews from Living Blues Magazine. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN978-1-136-70741-4.
Wald, E. (2010). The Blues: A Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-975287-4. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
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