Down South ( 1920s andFemale Blues andHoney )
Hannah Sylvester recorded a handful of songs for Fletcher Henderson’s Band in 1923 and unlike the majority of his female blues singers she was able to pull off the blues style and not just vaudeville style over singer that a lot of his works are mired with. Her voice is sweet, but solid and Henderson […]
( more )Chinatown, My Chinatown ( 1930s andHoney andJazz )
Dust To Digital (the wonderful people behind Goodbye, Babylon) released a smattering of wonderful albums towards the end of last year. Apparently I was the last one to know about this, so I’m late posting samples from their new box set How Low Can You Go? The first major anthology of string bass in pre-war […]
( more )St. Joe’s ( 1920s andFemale Blues andHoney )
I’m feel pretty under the weather today, which may interrupt my Halloween plans to see Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live organ accompaniment tonight, which will make me sad. Gambler’s Blues/Crapshooters’ Blues/St. John’s Infirmary etc has always been one of my favorite blues songs and this version by Mattie Hite is one of the […]
( more )You’ve Got The World In A Jug ( 1920s andHoney andPiano Blues )
Bessie Brown and George Williams recorded a series of duets through out the twenties and early thirties to some success, though the never really broke out of the blues husband and wife formula. The Bessie Brown here is not the Bessie Brown who recorded as “The Original Bessie Brown” and she’s not really as talented […]
( more )He Broke My Heart To Pass The Time ( Honey )
Only a few more days until Christmas, I’ve completed all my shopping though amazon.com has chosen to only ship bits and pieces of my orders. So here’s to hoping I get most (any) of my stuff before the holidays. The John Fahey Christmas album is amazing, I’ll post more about that (with samples of course) […]
( more )Don’t Advertise Your Man ( Honey )
It appears that the server was down for a time yesterday, hopefully this won’t be a regular thing. I’m finally going to Washington, D.C in a few weeks, If anyone has any suggestions about good record stores in the city let me know, also anything that’s going on – blues or otherwise from 7/8 – […]
( more )Monday! ( Honey )
I hope that everyone had a good weekend – great weather in Greensboro this weekend, i could have spent the whole time outside. I have really unfairly ignored one of my favorite blues singers here on the blog. Alberta Hunter, one of the earliest and most important blues singers of all time, started out like […]
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