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Recorded in January, 1930, for the Vocalion label, "Who Dressed You Up For Easter," by the Rev. A.W. Nix, contains an original treatment of a holiday theme but also for the first time puts the dignified Rev. Nix in a compromising position .
Document Records DOCD-5490 'Rev. A.W. Nix (1928-1930).
Under the Bamboo Tree -Co-written by Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson, the song was published in 1902 and went on to sell 400,000 copies in just six months—
This version by Tricky featured on his album Blowback
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_D...
James Weldon Johnson referred to Cole, as “the single greatest force in the middle period of the development of black theatricals in America.”
Robert Allen Cole Jr. (July 1, 1868 – August 2, 1911 ) was an American composer, actor, and playwright who produced and directed stage shows
#blackhistory
This Black History Month, Document Records is proud to celebrate Francis Johnson—an artist, innovator, and trailblazer whose music shaped generations to come.
Learn more here www.1838blackmetropolis.com/.../a-fresh-....
We would like to take you back to a recording from January 1928 . It has been said that Moses Mason’s Molly Man is one of the most unlikely commercial recordings ever made. And yet, here it is—a song about hot tamales, recorded in Chicago in 1928 by a Louisiana-born reverend
An amazing recording !
This tintype bears tax stamps used to fund the Union in the Civil War. The band features a 5-string banjo, 2 violins, and a classical guitar, likely traveling musicians performing in homes and theatres.
(Source: Hidden Witness, Jackie Napoleon Wilson, 1999
Established in 1928 by Thermon Ruth, the group combined gospel ministry with secular entertainment, recording beloved tracks like “Precious Lord” and “Walk Around.”
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"This song is one of the greatest treasures in music history." – Lottie Kimbrough, Lost Lover Blues. We're creating a special Valentine’s Day album for our subscribers, with Lottie’s track as a standout highlight.
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Herve Duerson was one of the most idiosyncratic barrelhouse pianists, known for his distinctive, energetic, and nimble style. While he used traditional accompaniment techniques like walking bass, he also introduced his own inventive figures, setting him apart from his contemporaries.
Volume 2 of Lucille Bogan's complete works features 22 tracks recorded in Chicago (1930–1933) during the Great Depression. With Charles Avery & Walter Roland on piano, Bogan's raw lyrics reveal the struggles of survival, especially for women in tough times
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🎸 Today, we remember the incredible Earl Hooker on what would have been his birthday! Known as one of the greatest slide guitarists in blues history, Earl’s innovative style and mastery of the guitar influenced countless artists.
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Their recording journey began in February 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia, with their debut session yielding "I Believe I'll Make a Change," a track that would later become a foundational element of Robert Johnson’s iconic "Dust My Broom.
#robertjohnson #blues
ooh when you have your Rockabilly Head on for New Year .
Powerful stuff !
#rockabilly #documentrecords #oldtimemusic #blues
Image of a Paramount Record Label with its eagle logo -ISSUE 12692-B featuring Blind Lemon Jefferson .Vocal Guitar acc. Track is " Happy New Year Blues "
What's up ? A Happy New Year from Blind Lemon Jefferson that's what
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So which came first ? The Booker T or Skip Robinson version of this famous organ riff ?
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"'Mannenberg' became an anthem for the anti-apartheid movement… Its success became a springboard for As-Shams, whose catalog would grow to include jazz, soul, funk, and fusion often with covert—or not-so-covert—political and social messages."
South African Jazz Label As-Shams Gets a Second Life:
Even Iggy is in Festive Mood !
Iggy Pop - White Christmas (Psych-Out Christmas)
Document Records specialise in early African American gospel music, sermons and spirituals particularly in the pre-war period, and this pioneering company sports a vast catalogue of compilation CDs featuring giants of gospel music
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Gospel Music from DOCUMENT
DOCD-5313-Gospel Classics – Various Artists – Complete Recorded Works Vol 2 (1927-1935).
Death Is Riding Through The Land
""Presidential Life is in God's hands
This message is for you too
And , Governors remember
When you are sentencing men
My God is watching you "
Have you go the Santa Claus Crave ? Elzadie Robinson – The Santa Claus Crave / Paramount – 12573- 10",
Find this and other rare Festive Blues at our online store .
You can listen to it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvU-...
#blues #christmas
people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
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🔥 New Limited Editions 🔥
"Blues, Blues Christmas Vol 7 " | "A Christmas Honky-Tonk"⚡ Only 150 copies made. Stocks are nearly gone. Don’t hang about—grab yours now before they’re history!
A Christmas Honky-Tonk !
#oldtimemusic #hillbilly #blues#jazz #documentrecords
Why early Blues and Jazz Christmas music needs to be on your festive playlist ! Here are 12 good reasons why it is worth discovering. Don’t be fooled into thinking that early Blues and Jazz is depressing or irrelevant to life today.
#blues #christmas #recordcollectors
This is the story of the incredible Django Reinhardt and how he managed to become one of the greatest guitarists ever with only two functioning fingers on his fretting hand – a skill unmatched to this day.!
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Happy Advent
"Huddie 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter - Blues singer +guitarist. His songbook contained a large number of standard folk tunes, most adapted from previous sources. Bob Dylan once remarked, on his XM radio show, that Leadbelly was "One of the few ex-cons who recorded a popular children's album.
Hello .Cowboy Santa Clause Well, I am not sure if any of this fits the bill but I wanted to make you aware of it anyway . We are long-established roots label but have remained staunchly indie !
I will write to you with more info ..thanks
John Lee Hooker "Boogie Chillun" !
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Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee November 30, 1915 .
The Blues Revival - Various Artists Vol 1 (1963-1969)
SKU DOCD-5697 " Featuring:
Sleepy John Estes, vocal and guitar. (With Yank Rachel, mandolin) Brownie McGhee: vocal and guitar.
#bluesrevival #blues #sonnyterryandbrowniemcghee
Remembering Robert Nighthawk -Nov.30th 1909 -Nov 5th 1967
"Nobody else could play a slide like him.
They think they can but they can't....
I ain't never heard anybody play a slide like
Robert Nighthawk. It's wailin' man."
#blues #robertnighthawk #sldeguitar #iketurner #earlhooker #guitar
