Gulf Coast Blues

Trumpeter and vocalist De De Pierce (born Joseph De Lacroix Pierce) and pianist/vocalist Billie Pierce (born Wilhelmina Goodson) performed traditional jazz and ragtime music in New Orleans from the 1920s until their passing in the early 1970s. Although De De’s illness and eventual blindness sidelined their careers in the mid-1950s, the renewed interest in traditional jazz by the 1960s—and their joining the Preservation Hall Jazz Band—turned things around for them. This album, recorded in 1959, features a re-recording of one of De De’s earlier hit recordings, “The Peanut Vendor.”

Track Listing

101	Eh La Bas	Billie & De De Pierce	03:16
102	Gulf Coast Blues	Billie & De De Pierce	03:10
103	Some of These Days	Billie & De De Pierce	02:38
104	You Can Depend on Me	Billie & De De Pierce	04:18
105	The Peanut Vendor	Billie & De De Pierce	03:27
106	Jelly Roll	Billie & De De Pierce	02:55
107	Mama Don't Allow	Billie & De De Pierce	04:50
108	Nobody Knows You When You're Down Andout	Billie & De De Pierce	03:16
109	Going Back to Florida	Billie & De De Pierce	03:42
110	Panama	Billie & De De Pierce	02:07
111	St. James Infirmary	Billie & De De Pierce	02:59
112	John Henry	Billie & De De Pierce	03:02
113	Get a Working Man	Billie & De De Pierce	03:07
114	Panama Rag	Billie & De De Pierce	02:22
115	In the Racket	Billie & De De Pierce	03:12