Various 'The Ultimate 30’s and 40’s Reefer Songs' CD-021

A bumper crop of Original, Reefer influenced Jazz, Blues & Swing from 1930’s & 1940’s America.
Marijuana has been around from the beginnings of time and has played a key role in various civilizations. In the first half of the 20th Century jazz culture took hold, marijuana was still legal and proved popular with the musicians of the day, some would say influencing and helping them along their way. Even so its use was still kept relatively underground in an already conservative America, resulting in the use of various alisas such as ‘Jive’, ‘Golden Leaf ’, ‘Texas Tea’, ‘Viper’ and others too numerous to mention.Eventually Middle Class White American worries over its corrupting influences won the day and it was banned in 1933 in 33 states with the rest following suit some 3 years later.In many ways these were the pop records of the day, as they were often no more than 3 mins long and obtained national appeal from the Radio and Record Companies. ( This was the bedrock on which pop culture was laid ). This is an important cultural record of a time long since gone but the songs should be loved and remembered - forever.The use of Marijuana within society and it’s influence on musicians whether it is legal or not has never gone away- nor will it.