Sorry about yesterday, work caught up with me, also I can’t stop watching the Sister Rosetta Tharpe video - so awesome. I’m working on two more videos - Big Bill Broonzy and Lead Belly.

Hattie Hudson only recorded a couple of songs in her career but they both are stunning. They also both feature Willie Tyson on piano who is right up there in my book with Lonnie Johnson, Black Bob and Blind John Davis the best backing piano players in pre-war blues. My favorite of the two is Black Hand Blues that features Hudson screaming toward god about her bad luck. It’s a wonderful and original tune that holds up much better than Doggone My Good Luck Soul which is as awkward sounding as the name implies and is much more indebted to Blind Lemon Jefferson’s Bad Luck Blues than her other side.

Hattie Hudson - Black Hand Blues
Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul

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