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The origins of the blues standard "Tin Pan Alley" can be traced directly back to pianist Curtis Jones, who also enjoyed considerable success in 1937 with his "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Vocalion%22">Vocalion</a> (a song inspired by a breakup with his wife). Jones started out on guitar but switched to the 88s after moving to Dallas. He arrived in Chicago in 1936 and recorded for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Vocalion%22">Vocalion</a>, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Bluebird%22">Bluebird</a>, and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22OKeh%22">OKeh</a> from 1937 to 1941. But the war ended his recording career until 1953, when powerful DJ <a href="spotify:artist:5uE2DqZyBBM2fOqVTXq3HT">Al Benson</a> issued a one-off single by Jones, "Wrong Blues"/"Cool Playing Blues," on his <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Parrot%22">Parrot</a> label with L.C. McKinley on guitar. In 1960, Jones waxed his debut album, Trouble Blues, for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Prestige%22">Prestige</a>'s <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Bluesville%22">Bluesville</a> subsidiary with a classy crew of New York session aces and Chicagoan <a href="spotify:artist:0a4xVWpLoNjWN8NbMqE6tU">Johnny "Big Moose" Walker</a> on guitar. By then, his audience was shifting drastically, as he became a fixture on the Chicago folk circuit. His next LP, Lonesome Bedroom Blues, was a 1962 solo affair for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Delmark%22">Delmark</a> offering definitive renditions of the title cut and "Tin Pan Alley." Jones left Chicago permanently in January of 1962, settling in Europe and extensively touring the Continent until his 1971 death. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi
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