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I m U, ffi."":. ffi..r,+'- $t;$r,r f{o.t t &,q 78 Quor.ter$ What does he say abbut How manvc onies Tom- of this?-Seei he MY Rare Records Jotrn- section... andt he son? auctions! The truth about CharleyP atton's MURDER! s!.65 Front cover photo by Fred Ramsey, fr.: (Alabama-66 mlles out of Blrmlngham, on Route 5 t to llontgomery) (Sifaer AnnirtersffiU Issue) GRTTTINGS fltNDS& c0t-t-tcrOR$: Wei nvitey out o partitipate in this2 )!vearc elibraticionf non-rtop'd"lu*peu blishinq with our meaWr eprinto [" lssuenso .1 5nd'no.2 Copyright @\967,1992, 78 Quarterly, Inc. r,.ry s E LETTERS F $ I totheeditor $ lr QLtA RT E R Ly di s co ntinuzs publi c ati on- [.. Cunn, Lod_i, N.].blatk phtti, gennefi., superror and paramormtAs the wife of an auid iazz record collector. I unuld like"to expriss my sympa.thiest 6 other uiues of auid record colLictors. Ladies and niueS: ADVERTISING much of your bu.deeta llotmnce is beins used RATES (black to buy'stratclry-s"oundiner usic on suc\, & whi0eo nlv): bizane labeLs'as Black?atti, Gennett. Suo- Orrc-sixthp agi erior, and Paramount. I haue been manied' (2% bv 5% inches) onb six months and, for the eood of my mar- -$6,N; Onc-third' riarte, I made a significant dEcisioi: durins wee (2Y,b v 10% my"hus barul' s re c"ent's ale s trip t o Chicaeo" for irCh.e.slgl1.00; his manufacturing firm" I renn:ued the soltrc'e Une-lall paze of di{ficiltv..,l iwde seueral triDs to our (8t/zb vStAinelrcs) clnr'cbal c6okow behind the hnise..,meltine -$20.00: Tuo- them dann into a uiscuous liouid. After'u nosnd thirds wee (5 by tlle cfeatest Euer since the demise of hnur's-time. I fomd tlnt the-nateridl 10% iicEes)-$30: TheRecord Chaneer, circa /958, all y:ou '{tior m yet sticky', By euenins, it Ltadr euerted Full paee( 8% bv s.uys lnue been bringine out one naxiitus alnrd, bri{tle SubsnncT t}nt uns dark in 10Yzi ndhes) -$ 0. ia2z publication aftEr u:rnther. They Last color and of ponderous mass-slnoed in the Mechanical Infm- a fei issues thzn'fold. I mean. uh6.t's 'faotrnm of an iniperfect elobe. The s.lobe's mal,ion:lf possible, tlie puroose of allihis eeotistic nonsense? oiter dia'rneiers ircasure siiand eieht Dlease subm,t ads Wln't hhppens'if I take o"ut a year's sub- feet, respectiuelv: the total ueieht is ah in tle form of cam. scription? Inciilently, this mitkes the fifth bsti'mated 950 o6inds. Mv husba"ndi s due to era+edd,y paite-ups. so-ialled trwsazine'[ subscribe to, iu.3i to retttrn from Ais'soles' c6nference in htn AII olntbi or coi make stse I don't miss any auctiois. When days, itnd I unuld Riue a fortme to see the tirutotts-tone art is i-t^going- to endl When.aie you going to exbression on his face. Houeuer. I ltaue must be pre-screetzd. end?1 do"n't mind spendine money on rare scheduled passaed on the Bremeihauen to for offsei priains. records. I do mind ipendinls it on- mnsazines oisit relatiues iiEurope-Mrs. T. Croz. WiId- Otle'naise| lnUt6re tlutt are uhreol.able-F. fuin. Neu Ydrk,'should flou.ter, Kansas a wealth of naterial / nesatiue stri>ins N.y.hcrt rank Mrxic mliki children, iecently camz into an inheritance of uell ntile bv tle brirxer be heard and rnt seen, Krist, you hothottse ouer $3,00O,M0 ilzroueh the death 6f an uill be'cln$ed at flouers brins oa another FRONT LINE aurt. Naatrally, I amlookine for inierestins cost. issue..,Con,1 vou iust listen to the music? u,ays to inuesi a portion of ihis stun, As You ruin it by'uriiins about it. tohrmy Dodds pait of rw ,inuestinent profrarn, I am e,xplor,-. , EDITORIAL uns itnrticulate. Dois this mean anyihins ms nrctnod,s ol Durclasrng rare record,s. wluch STAFF: Editor- to you? If it doesn't, then I can't erplnii it, I fuerstand, hirue .shani-a high net/ gioss. Rrblisher-Pele Music is'meant to bi played or heard, not ratLo rrse-htsher tlan etther stnntDs or colns. WhelnnMutqnin-e read, or read about.S:year subscription Of course, I ieed reassurance tlni the Edi0or-Nanc-v Late in'57, I took out a tlvee-year sub- oberall nwdian uill continue its Dresent VlelanAsscr;'rate scription to Th.e Record Clnnier. Howeuer, uv,urd spiml, an^dt lnl the cuneht prices Editors ard con-- I fuiue heord rwthinp since thdn. I urote at aie not the resuh o{ nanioulation by ato or hibutnrs-Fran/r the time. askine ifiw subscription lnd th.ree indiuidwlsind tfuit rnlues /eflect Driges: La,orence exoired and reieiited rc ansubr. It lp,s sowtd, erowth, ratler than acquisitiubness. Coffi: BiIl Ciuens: belen about ten years, and I iust thoueld I For co:nnlex reasons. uhichl atn tnt at lib- I ohn'Godrich:D oti"e unuld uoice nrt'opinoin aboin it and about eny b ditnlse, I haie been urnble n tydstruo: Beirnrd the sad,s arc 6f iazz in eencral-L.V. deiosit tlp drisiwl smt directly into tle Klatzkai Ioln Sozires. Paxtoh.'Maine. -"vordMul / can bcink for conueision to negotiables, Houteuer, MacKen'zieN: ick oilv soeak for rivself ofLourse. Houeuer, I am lpldins the anount ilr its orisitnl form Perls: tacques it ieeitts ob"uioui to inc'there is sornethins (i.e.,50's,"IN's ard up). I uill'prouide Rocle: Duhcan teniblv urone with the cunent folk-blu.es- certain serial numbers of snnller'dercmin- Schiedt:J acobS , sceneT My o[mrel is rnt so mich utith the atiotts upon request. IncTudes unter-mark, Sclp..zeid,eRro: bert cunent R'&' B or country blues reissues red-threh.d. rae-oulp stnck: 3 colors: 2 sreens Tmuis; Hew,r Ves- ('Psoadtt oknn).D ws. l'nr rnt on6 to krnck Clnrlie & black. dndlthe-Iinc steel ensrauinsfrom tinc: Gayle Wardlar. Mi comolnint is with the listeners 28 oer c ent culner a re duc tion -T1 F oliiri sunrth and, imiat6rs...iith the lnirswe, wunshed III.' N orth slpre. L.1.. N. Y.the bie Overseas bodies of today's YOUTH (uho, I suspect, brbak 1'd like io know ulnt kindaf bhres- Remesentative aTrVe dine osd6omreen ut A|oym rmeaecrctiindgls la eaMinys dt itsottditney's 'ieaizuze am atiheiaszpienre itso iCt.h tahrlaiet dMoeinsgnt'Lt so erb eOnmette aSdin oMn aNraaogieerr:. 'pfafsoolrlllero k b:tgybhsoble u.iu snuZt egrshs ose( nlresly oI b bLwf -bnoshi alsb eh.turehiesit i )uri,fn.s i eclivyido o,m uukfPrnen latmtiimnnsany iEtg -euyqadohnz.ueir ns reeB tn, hy uti ypTeiopir.-ueinve - trICbooal o-ue otleeetkes n tl '>hnsfryenuo t cbiu?sotglh oeh Tlte ihiaedse -s no a'a6ifdpfLfAcp l-rnatotorrlsceoecrw- iocclepydu xenrrp soaer.nrn edc[s',ew sIs nhiaeosigetntea e oyi6nof.' diborf.o'lo uinlvuktdo-stun' IBSBvTieuLlElxsUeDhs Ee.iRl Slr3o-, o BUaEiadANn .SgeLalaIaTc.n4kd-.. done Iazz a great dtsertlce. lranslonrung- personal dessage in rural Southem'blues, It the n;snlsii saea of the 1920's ihto a is rwt your cdtitre or era. You uere blind n 78 QIJARTERLY oonderous"bore inll take some doinA, and the coitntry blues for 100 years. Notu.30 vears is oublislrcd bv 78 7'm confident 78 OUARTERLY uil(brins it aq.fftteerr iitt aallll eennddeedd,.''yyoouu aarree''nrna lloonnseeerr bSlliinndd:! Publishinl Coimpa''ny, Qvoofnfu-lTrit .ve irlCeW,aouozou. rlsdW nit'ltod iilato wlbiteeer r,ba erKvtt cenrfos taloios -clciotleenrafairnrlvfe-- WWnilIS "itt bgen da rnCtolelei m3a0n yilneta rs' Bbiefufo BrEr6 yaoku'in s ive78 B319r1o 2Ro0kel1my,n'su.e N.iSS .Yt.rA.e.bt. dbsiewted os such? Whv iutddy up the bluei-iazz fiel.d uith thb sort of excrement aonne a ?fimitdisre ro oh f tlteh ei nHteelmleicntewu.In y'pddirsetuctr ea?c It ioantn -'pCccr ooinmtiir weide nl'uni.en dtA erl li nr li"s(r ilnt st rseo sece i r fui cec d. Cosponsaed by ORIGIN approach to'Iiterary tsiiine. And, as such, omri slued eellssaa nnhheerere'in'i n tthhiiss nke {.AZ-LIBBA-R!, Box 863, I'iiLI ree direct mlethods fo see tlnt 78 aziiw I is covrrishted by 78 to Berkeley, Califdnia. protect eact iub\tor, anl, i, cannot be reproduced eitlrcr in ulnle or put iritlww the author's consent. NowR EN,LY "eccentric" piano can be heard on VANGUARD "Skip 9219/ 7921 9, I ames/ Jabbo uns selected by Todav." Tuo oiarn tracks Brunsuick Records in' 1929 ROBERTTR AVIS add io euitrr d.ccornpanied to froil a band tlwt the com- blues tlo nake this bne of the 'rLnoiriyis hornd unuld compete uith best--and. for me. the beit Armstrone and his Okeh Tun exrellentr eissues hooes of boostins.s alei, blues rec6rd. Re cords. Siderien inc luded SM"MIttLsitoihnoiItettIOblhe{ elLeteft n UEi fsRtsDntuno'ShN aaeyo eTTraiar dnUe O' rnsDdMe e.t N sSyao eI dha ELsd.nul:liEi dolursse asSg it a2noa .Tf 0buedonrOi0lratn ce af1Nt r u2b otTEPsroa0traeht nn A0a9idId r2lMrIp anto,R .o bb-haAnaetnnelill4dcy ;irsSWiITCfTott ioit dtfdos. uowTrNCieeancrreoo i, dttei Dluhel pPnosaimleetiddB.u^n i;J Io r lx:SdsIl.ai;rbu ic .'ene;|ln; leTBzvke'a; m o s ;ianrlnTutiu w.Dlesid oenclDsls h( e ossTCL o s "B&(l:wnt- couE oFtI"'alnite rnbtRe rEiwh6eibrvSr -aadsitei i e laRAom i, wr deFsBuFiwlo totcsalroo eanroetllornkg-ne, ")),,; RIasIrmot"teehS,n uioeaceu mlirdocosa eeD ri u rlpdotiletIthgv siiurIunbehvta eZasate en.r nV i lxecyMBadA c snilEnNpl,ede ilLelG pswrOGsf UtortoDir erAmoSemeItRoAnhieonateNDuaienad h l sde cattir7rh en iso3ue s "f2e,it1s ASlhLahlhpiensetiraaeslmp selruoravei edt.ernrsh e.el o,byted nlRhnn .I . cke udior(teenor i f'nnr y I.erIale1B ie)tsl 9R.tul htlh eh2fAo ota a9hbi7rfnts rei dIanod o ,tr1bos mhrecpoi9eeCa oenc aisanniso i rvascstiors ndzsldetnutoi2eisiiqdrvdn s cu iets p6 fcdaouemnSnltictdotesli-hymr- luF.feoialrl mtliedn uJfoiartsllaet uiuttiwyrna ere 4 xcstoeeolrlu.eendt OPotercier6snb)t-roS sl t)eM. Oaalhn A (DuDadixvdi ve( lPa(arDdro adtTrdohstwn& tt' abhrloutisse tls oubteiot-hoo muit l riucoi.t f steulenh seinctio uauitnny t ry'and usc oolaplutheldi s tbl tniecta artt leilne I vt dhuneen 2r e0t-hs n.eo nrew'rke t 'dMcbKutpouuelaeOarhtlre ataUbapbtathi r tNr utPclsTzu-ta hi't nrsaesate,oud tuso f.a iiawltelc&tlfttdeientLh, s le .seH relrnavirnsgiFsCsstg Ae-oS ecM nlrtonteEu-ynurieFaneltel'r, (PLCTI o eaoiiRrxixhlwaao7y dsb. DM .ebi Bsreltut ls LayesSotnshilnncw peee' it'aA s ,Bs oir phoRna nubai slpr agBd rya(i lmIueNtfnueriot,uiso.l, 2fein)s. " bttnifTlasonnal lrEerte s srrwhoi ealii ame nl s'os si en ftu ieaooltelmaru nldlmt s 't ap enantinsaotsdho s rbtlhtenewhei arses s.inw m si[ hophhi'ooionsslrswga t ao,Vnisnsled,t, abLpCtErrtoewldiednur,4rf siiootsid aefni tsla tienbenefnn trl-li vcse,'f d.otry t'p srJllsp reqcMtr.i,wo cboH u ubueRit s lhwae limidve,liyA. ron atlnutlRse yboson oseiyitonvhieol-rnd ioe f i d.el itv'! R e c lnnrc I' Ieads off Maih McConiick's iMnga fRora sinieerevo', s71 o9lm2 4?27 1na0)t L. b6bl, ALMANAC (nnber Tdfahteen sn,no "tsnHtel(yst i foaLnmo bniloieat"hr rtaoenc lodar'rdAnslels Jreacbobrod',ss r amn*me dw.sid oenly t hfreom rnCbhliekemilcgeneor n drbcd trlreseaea snba >oahcaura rEintrif te diuto y lniiuoefl cliu nt y h bdkifvsur'noo o o.umdI.wp 'oH wnmnei si'llreal .nad ShTmsboletluatuuxrrieusaansie ilu i o. iosi tHnl hrn o eniitoef hwi wrsaeisn h" ct2s t lllit0usuirrqsott-cI . uaomhutns h oitdr 'clph 3eslteau0nidcvnsthrie,na"l-sl. NSGplGoekituasrilAfothloe" tR rl tmvaDLu nab osenlaneucsrzde Ze"i s soeu mixaoc(c cnHictilolteoopi nsud letipy-f a,?u bV lo,l)ov,Ai aBw NTrl nabh-cavek tuBt"Bho ,Ilclo u uat lerhzeekszo os " tl.nB .v" 'ara siBrtcttdaoole "lstb "'t"$b.6T liiannahSs etesufc 6 yiucil aofofT v lomii rnnp"clex uunaT.iwtit\ ithauule t te blidtl lv$tic c,a htwrigtoctnwli:. g ety " r tJ sclae omtatam onloeadisu n'at ltsnbcv ogloeHi up.a'egatnanr-r' MatRotooe rbodeer boerolct a orCvdrenosreo,s.i Po bu eu.rtSrthn hoiaano nrdued a d Akson Ireeoexsul'.,nrwt rarLlieeoneacmdrpoo ibpvr dne a aCartrdahss ne "th BhRaeelonranebdc e bkfCors trl' a'sGS ioefatturntLIheYi"epn G aWl,"il- 'Dnniln aori ocbMt bkbpiaSolluab rtnybctv rtloddh tsni e hsw etc ihmd)o e tn ( lLnct lateo bryltuEbedno d Sdus l iimuhdeeitsnh BBNtBSBeloilldlueouul,eshte eBusdtssl .'D uT '.. eBri AEBinsufixeiu.mie nosc vslsCsa ,Bb. eiC MmnllSula' o eelmBaarsT vonpB,he w, MoH e GduTa eBonrommndl'uTpe oeBhhnieli,Yuses, TrmCCeohhes rii emuccsmaa e-efo ,btSodfl .e.lCt wbI h r upheipt cm snpaooul reute s ncCrtroydL b pcsann Liree:ooned ersc ele eel-Y. uI9ttN nhil2 unooe2t lr te0uJ /d ./ ta "rTi7tn'eMn o0eded2in ssa1it ns tv0ao i "nsi l.nostd lsr l.oVei sit A p niNspga6 ris G6 feuiJ,Utaet oit Adt ht sg RnutntDigther aDitofhhonuieecrdt yk' i'tpA n hglucaelritl:ecmiuxsi sp, e iH iiel otviirlann tlw in rinncesnc niottndnhttte dvae'ti h- bslopipja-e altsadcy4.r alzmaeu n.oesdfde Dod.hr Blue-s". /"The frla Gitnd.er") . Morta" rut Tavlor ("Whores is Funlq ), The'firyeD odds sidesa l,t WitI E)eIl and.A l Annois cleaned uD and ressued nere ("Here I corie lith My Dirty uere all inde ruith uqrious Dirtv Duckins On) and.m ore. s In>das h. swinging South Sif,e aroups circa [925-'27. Lil?e the others, Slnw' s T he ie s ult i na f r ee <ph e.e.inl g stvle is highlv rhvtlunic, blues style Efited,Dodds , uiored ictable'a nd.e uen enatic. nluch better than,tne rnYlnmtc F6rtunatelv for us, h'ed oes not confines of the Hot F iie arul seemt o fuiu'ep layedm uch SeJen, Soine of,his most , du.rinet he lnti 3As and 4Os exoressiue uoik is included ond,t "oh aue picked up the newer It e're. styles. Neubrthelesi,h is.u ig- urbtts plavins.i ndicates that Irrcludedt oo is fine he is hot'far"out of his Prime- bitins trumpet bv 1'ommY AII in aII. a mouiie.a nd sotis- La.dnier arid, oddlv, two '{dveinlie" gahrttis's t that Pr:oiectst hc sides with Ioe Sriith aLI of the l'ow'life. Rec' the uny from Neu' York. ordiingi s blwlly sati3t'actory. $ point of discographic As g4pegted, Mack McCor' id"etiUiiciya cv .ris'" rraaricsee d[ bDyY tLhnee mick liachs ub the recordu ith Iipn dtl ndt'isshmoiuslsde d,,b eD roudi,dnsti'o nperde,' aonn Silllunmuti.r nthtien sx.S tarenatati sFee "on sseennccee Liss qquueesstionnble oit eroup, and,T exas piarn in tithhheee {ffiiirrrssst tt ttthh1rrveeeeee LLoouuiiee AAuussttiinn V"oeoniniita l Onei ileiestin"sfast ssiiddedss.. LWlh hena sk""e d, Mr. 't*estennrnd"e is tlnt the KkKie" coeenpnenn-ea"u t*s ssaaiidd EEuueerrvtbbooddYy stvle tlut lns-b een in the unrld'thinhs tthhbbyv aarrbe utritten aboit repeatedlYi n DDUooo dddddts],s s eeexxxcc e eqo tt ,illlt aarrttlinnn VVl4iiL llllIil aitaamrms. East is wknani to the- HHee ssaayvss tt,hiv arc timmY players on the sPot. QO'lBBrria-lwa.n"'tlv.ie too, bw dec' All tracks are excellentlv iiddee {{tt''rr vvoouurrsseelfl.f . OOnnee uunnYY E::nnx'so*ii:frztTrhier m-ost important dubbed {rom uirttnLly rciie oo,r tthhee 6ritthhccrr tthhbbvy aarree qouuiiiiee retssue set to appear Ln free _78i, a decided plus tlwt exciting recordS. AC uill srow or ilie. I, lor seueral vear"c ii ihe nn- we do not get uery oJten. l-unuld-sqgesltt ry4fo 1, oasn es,a ltwlsptYZt lnogr fausw tert.uissos tutce.s orenc MorEdL sObDt.I ANl ab73b2o6 S/7m3i2th7". I thirh that euerv tradit- tlose of us wfin rtgld mltuts Most of tluse sid.es lnoe iornl iazz fan, ufrether his it unuld be nice uhen ws- +F"WftC"NYFn:e8oer9 bee'n, reissued in any taste'end, N 1929 or start al sible to keep orig.inal rbcor' fom onl, d,ocwnent a uery' 1930 trrill be glod lw lro.s dlng dates iogether, ratlryr 13383,H ousnn 19, T'exas. he gle c ted. trump et giant.- these. tlnn scatterlng them Ln rne $$ffioN s bGv A*YoLo'o 'o*. Fgf Lf,- Co pyight, 1967,G aYIeD eqnW u dlow All Rights Reserued. IN 78 QUARTERLY's LEAD ARTICLE, GAYLE WARDLOW INTERVTEWSK ING SOLOMONH ILL's WIF'E...REVEALS i HILL'S STARTLING TRUE IDENTITY... I WHEREH E's FROM... IVHOH E PLAYED WITH! l{orttrerLno uisiana is a Mrrenco untwryi th fewin habitanatnsa ,h tn- dancoef r edc lays oil, JoeH olmesar liasK ingS olomon andm ileasn dm ileosf Hill (the name was probabJyg lv€n to commertcimiahl r him bv Paramount's recordlng dlr- ector. Arthur l,aibley)' was a natlve hrlginogu tf romth e south Vlississippi. l{e was born near valleyws tticlhie between McComb in 1897' sparseplyo pulated FollowingC harlieH olme-sa,n sawmtilol wntsh ats ubsist olderb rothebi y teny ears'J oec ame to northemL ouisianhin 191 5' where, ont hep ulPwood three years later, he marriedR oberta industries. Allumi. Their onlv child, Essie (who now lives in Chicago),w as born in the wintero f 1918. Sible!, Louisiana,-some3 0 miies Joe soonf lGlI restlessi n Louisiana fromS hrlvePort,a nd five miles and in 1920G turned to McCombw ith 6eLo* Minadn,i q.a town oI some [is *ife and child. In Burgarlandt,h- e 500 resideats. Two railroads cross colored section o[ north MCCombh' e iust outsidet he citY limits--the met its most famousb lues singer, l-oui";unu and Arkansasa nd the SamC ollins. On one of the few oc- Illinois Central. casions RobertaH olmes went out with her husband,a n unflaggingp arty- sbthareotA woennrn o os tshhldieao 1 cpnrlos<|wo0r cllhi lhnt iloc mhhfi e asw analan ostd.ledr l er,so eucmlnvtenP langalct riKionemtsed sCsCotooielllIllr ii,nrn sesshc a*eolt iss canah wii iue hak tipehmp ,i 5oeal iiacnkrcteeo.n dmwSe Pishts-heao c anfaSnYna amd of upkeep. for one of his Black Patti recordings' With an ?if of expectancYI . . asked.' ..everh earo f a young- btues ;i;n; namedK ing SolomirnH ill? it"'u.t"d to live aioundt his areqand ir;.;;* "aan ds ons about the Gone Dead Tirin. abo"utT ell Me BabY' lli;i i;iiVou Find In Uc?' The old ffill searchedh is mcmory uith a scnilee xprcssionb; ut with a ' frien d Iv s mile, reP licd, Don 't rememb'enro SolomonH ill, but I had a cousin namedl oe l{olmesw ho used to sing all themtongs you mentioned.' Thirty minules latcr I bcgan nry conversationw ith Holmes's"wfie ,-a sentle womanw ho for 3l years had lived with one of the mosi incredible mvsteries in the historv of the countrv bfues. A three-day-seirchin five differcntt owns belan to pay off. cotntesy of tohn Steiner llhile travelins bv rrain to E Texas in 1928, th--efe gendary Blind Lemon lefferson made a bririf stop at Mind6n. Shortly thereafter, ]o6 and a efose friend who lived ndar F. r Minden, George YounE, Feft on a- r Illinois Cent[l passdnsent rain for t- Wichita Falls, a'favorit! hangouto f Lemon's in Texas. Lemon Jefferson, fat, and a slovenly dresser, always cariied a pearl-handleil' .45 pistol, iu6t as he latef did in the MisCissippfD elta whereh e used Ishman Braceya s a guide and travelling companron. Twom nlhs latel, Holmesa nd l.efferson parted gompgny. After making tne roundso I varrous lexas towns and road stops. Ioe and his friend Georse returned"to Siblev to plav in the blrrelhouses and iuk'es oI N6rthem Louisiana. An affemath of Lemon's trip throushM indenm ay have been-the 1928P aramounts ession which markedt he debut of Willard (Ramblin') Thomasi a blues singer who prob- Holnres'( Hill's) wife. Roberta. ablv hailed from West Texas or recomizdd this'drawins of Ari2ona. It seemsp ossible that Collis (ftom a Black Fatti ad) Paramountc ontactdd Thomas on J effersonrs recoqrfie ndation. The family remained tosetfier in McCombf or [2 months. Then Roberta and Essie went back to their home in Siblev. Ioe staved an extra six months, just flay'ing m.usica nd doing as little worK as possrDle. ln latef yeals, Holmes was known ' for a song that besan, Going to Shrevepoit, tell thE chief police.' This niav have been his vbrsion of Collins'' Iailhouse Blues on Gennett6 167. ffi$ffi$ffi Joe Holnes (Kinq SolomonH iil) often travelled io Sh"reveportto oliv with Thomas, who later rirovedi irst' north of that town, and who waj to travel through many parts of Texas and Louisiana. Toberta iemembers that ' foe had ratler play with Thomas than with any other sins6r.' Next to Georse Young, Thomas wals Holmes' best friend. t[e[ Thomas came to Siblev. he and Ioe went down in the cfav hill vallev irea that was mentioned 6n ' WHOOPEE BLUES: I got to so ro that valley, there ain't i hous6 for 25 miles arorind.' They olayed in the small sawmill settlbmeni of Roytown. performing at a iukehouse that iryasc iosed by the lafr in thL late 1930's after two piople were killed there in a single nlght. In eerly l9ililr a scout lor Paramount Recordsf ound loe singingi n uptown Mindena nd ask"edh im if he wanted to r"cord. Ioe went homea nd askedR oberta *hat she"t hought about the opportuni ty. ' Shef old him, Co wherey ou wanna so.' Holmesd id exactly that, although Robertar emembersth at he was not too ;;"it"a about the then forthcomingt rip to Wisconsin. Thg scout in cuestion,P robablY Art Laiblev (soorit o be the subject-of a seDaratea rticle by this auth-or,w h.o **'"U1" io locate liim severalm onths "go), u""ornpaniedJ oe to.Birmingh3m' wlreret he two were lotned- by tten L urry' Curry, an old friend'o.Jf ge's, *as , ;it':i; fii"?;iity't illi-olti i#nt."'lu iaoi;u ;lL" of uii;'s iiia'; n' ra',ij, dX; ; !.31: llas Done Got Panmount l3t been found. HOlmeSw as the last to record:s ix sonss.a ll of whichR obertas aid hc had bceil performinsb eforeh is triP to Grafton.O ne,i he GONE DEADT RAI\' was one of the best train blues o[ the 1930's. Usin"grtc hacs Pons'e, udonyqr,-fsoor me... unJetermined King Solomonll ill,' he told o[ his expcriencehso boinga nd hustlinc on tlrc Southern railroad[ uhich runs frdmN cw Orleanst o New York via Birminsham)a,n do n the Illinois ('entral( "6ich runst hroughS iblcy). 1)n( iONL-D L,ADl 'RAlN, Ilill also alluded to thc to$n of F ryburg,w hich consist.s of hut a storca nda posto lltce tcn mtles southo [ SibleY. The llip sirlc oI that record,r eleased on I'aramount1 3129,w as a versrono l thc old \4cmnhis\l rrrnica nd loe McCoy duet,W llA'['l"Atl. T YOt FND lN \lE. His lyrics for his othcr two recordcd n,.,mbcrsDl owN oN \{Y IIENDED K\t'-l'- *a WHOOpEBEL UES( Paramoun1t 3116)' exDresst he attitudco f the macho,- a stince not unlike that takenb y Robert Johnsona nd Isaiah Nettles. Theset wo singcrsg. ]"ngt itl\ thc Alabama blue-i-man\l arshall Uwens l'"a tn""f ^*ous BluesJ ay.Singers oI Birminghanlt,h en travelledt o i';;;;i;tft' " Gralton studi os' The ouartel opencd the recording scssion with two sides, followedb y. Currv's [ive, one of which [eaturedb oth. l;;;3 ;*; harmonicap laYinga- nd Owcns' iuitar. On all of his own srdes'L urry iised his mandolin,t he instrumenth e pi"y"a with the greatest proficiency' Owens, then a man in his late fifties or earl'v*t stii"xttt ies, recordedf our-sides,. i*" .f hau" neu"t been located Ln-u-t""otac ollector. His TEXA-S-- . .- Rl.uESb. i; fnY Ne oNEM oRET IME [i"t"i."a onP aramou1n3t 117),.ais classic example of an early style ol blues that evblved into the southern nf uU"tt" Stres style-..A lthough Owens'. , music has many qualrtres tn common w.ltn T;;;. 6i;.;; hiis'si4ginsgt Ylei s highlY r"*lnl"i""nt of Ed Bell's. ever; few people aroundS ibley even knew that'Joe made records,b ecause they were ieleased under an assumed name. Joe conlinued to travel in the 1930's to nearbyS hreveporta nd Monroe.a s well as bn to ea6tem Texas. He also qpentt ime in small towns like Choudrant. Ringold, and Ionesboro. Roberta ' rememberst hdt He we_nut p in Arkansas ttoo ppllaayy..aanndd ppeeooppllee --wwoouullddcc ddmmee ffrroomm EEiriis aanndd UUaallhhoouunn aa nndd ootthheerr t toowwnnss ttoo goee!f him .hiq to play after they heard tell abou"th im.' A satmill U0tket at Heflin. a small town south of Siblev. saw Holmes set off a train from Lonsview one nishf after he had been playing out in Texas. I Funniest sight I ever see'd: that guy didn't stay in town 30 minutes before he got in an argumentw ith this other guy in this ioin1. That other suy iust pulled out his pistol and sho[ at him three times. He didn't stop runningu ntil he was clear out of town. ftist left h'is bassase and guitar layin' down there on thElll5or.' His belongingsw ere eventuallv retrieved by Inother friend. - By the lalg 1940's, Holmes was drinking more and more. but was still playing mlrsic. He never attended ' church; hrs wife recountst hat Ioe iust kept right on, just like he was g6ing" stfaight to the"devil.' .[n l!49, Holmes took sick. Roberta splg, :tl.e never went to no doctor. Ta--k-e- sick; laid around about threl davs-. then he died. Been drinkins before he died and he starte d bleedin"gi nsidl- Had a hemmorage.t (" "1 d%1'"T JF,f""t.l:,s h|f lit ru,:l s;l: and Skip.J"t-n""),H glmes was very short. He stood only lrve feet and threei nches. He weigheda bout 130 pounds,a nd was brown-skinnedin complexion.H e smoked constandv. HObeila rememberst wo other facts, o.nep grtaining to his musical development. The ftUOs ongs which completed the other to.the tragedyt hat led to his that session have never been located death. by a collector. One of them MY ' BUDDY BLIND PAPA LEMON. was She said, He learnedh imself how to written as a tribute to Lemon. with play, b'e foreh e ever came to Sibley.' The whomH olmes played on at least three other: He drank all the time. He'was occasions.d u.ring J efferson's stop- drinking when we married.' overs ln Mrnden. The othel missins sons. TIMES GayleW ardlorytsti relessa nd resourceful HAS DONE C,OTO Ij'T OF*HAND. WAS researchi n the bluesf ield ias-ilre'aiJ'' a.typical 'hard times' depression uncoueredt he Vi c tor-Pa ramaunta rtisi prece. IshmanQ lacgy,t he Paramountta lent scout an_dtr_o ubleshooteHr .C. Spiers,a s well as 0n all of his extant pieces. Hill Elder.Cunya nd Reu. O.C. Eii:a *;";i;i" used a cow bone for chrirdine.'in the ol,rese&rcho n sanctifiedm usic--ando thei modeo f SamC ollins' blues." oruesa rttsts-ol rural renown. He also did JOg brought cbpies of all three ney_ oehmd-the-scenerse searchw hich led records bac[ to Sfblev with him. but all to the' rre-Udis!co"u*erriets!o ",f oiS"kk:ip[ gj"ar[ofii ,W-Sii-lisi have leen_destroyed.' Holmes retumed fr'tif f wwirtthh tEheen u Lnlruercryb,r adnedd Gboetohr smee Yno.u anlocn. -s Q4l2r5,9,.qidth e {wos anctifieain li", made a trip to Texas to p"ublicize"iheir OJLI2 & 13. ln thec ourseo Tn is-ir"riti recent recordings. Few copies of anv as a sportswritgr fo-ya Jacks6n newsDaDer. single Holmes 6ffort were sold, how-' a,:n:a, :a!ys !a! fr ecord collector, he has anisied- _.?!*ytign gyltrr y 4isl?r;i i.- ?Tf 'ilr!,!trtiag!!",f'l:r"Hf*oFinf y:,r,r cunently writing.

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I m U, ffi."":. ffi..r,+'- $t;$r,r f{o.t t &,q 78 Quor.ter$ What does he say abbut How manvc onies Tom- of this?-Seei he MY Rare Records Jotrn- section... andt he son? auctions! The truth about CharleyP atton's MURDER! s!.65 Front cover photo by Fred Ramsey, fr.: (Alabama-66 mlles out of Blrmlngham, on Route 5 t to llontgomery) (Sifaer AnnirtersffiU Issue) GRTTTINGS fltNDS& c0t-t-tcrOR$: Wei nvitey out o partitipate in this2 )!vearc elibraticionf non-rtop'd"lu*peu blishinq with our meaWr eprinto [" lssuenso .1 5nd'no.2 Copyright @\967,1992, 78 Quarterly, Inc. r,.ry s E LETTERS F $ I totheeditor $ lr QLtA RT E R Ly di s co ntinuzs publi c ati on- [.. Cunn, Lod_i, N.].blatk phtti, gennefi., superror and paramormtAs the wife of an auid iazz record collector. I unuld like"to expriss my sympa.thiest 6 other uiues of auid record colLictors. Ladies and niueS: ADVERTISING much of your bu.deeta llotmnce is beins used RATES (black to buy'stratclry-s"oundiner usic on suc\, & whi0eo nlv): bizane labeLs'as Black?atti, Gennett. Suo- Orrc-sixthp agi erior, and Paramount. I haue been manied' (2% bv 5% inches) onb six months and, for the eood of my mar- -$6,N; Onc-third' riarte, I made a significant dEcisioi: durins wee (2Y,b v 10% my"hus barul' s re c"ent's ale s trip t o Chicaeo" for irCh.e.slgl1.00; his manufacturing firm" I renn:ued the soltrc'e Une-lall paze of di{ficiltv..,l iwde seueral triDs to our (8t/zb vStAinelrcs) clnr'cbal c6okow behind the hnise..,meltine -$20.00: Tuo- them dann into a uiscuous liouid. After'u nosnd thirds wee (5 by tlle cfeatest Euer since the demise of hnur's-time. I fomd tlnt the-nateridl 10% iicEes)-$30: TheRecord Chaneer, circa /958, all y:ou '{tior m yet sticky', By euenins, it Ltadr euerted Full paee( 8% bv s.uys lnue been bringine out one naxiitus alnrd, bri{tle SubsnncT t}nt uns dark in 10Yzi ndhes) -$ 0. ia2z publication aftEr u:rnther. They Last color and of ponderous mass-slnoed in the Mechanical Infm- a fei issues thzn'fold. I mean. uh6.t's 'faotrnm of an iniperfect elobe. The s.lobe's mal,ion:lf possible, tlie puroose of allihis eeotistic nonsense? oiter dia'rneiers ircasure siiand eieht Dlease subm,t ads Wln't hhppens'if I take o"ut a year's sub- feet, respectiuelv: the total ueieht is ah in tle form of cam. scription? Inciilently, this mitkes the fifth bsti'mated 950 o6inds. Mv husba"ndi s due to era+edd,y paite-ups. so-ialled trwsazine'[ subscribe to, iu.3i to retttrn from Ais'soles' c6nference in htn AII olntbi or coi make stse I don't miss any auctiois. When days, itnd I unuld Riue a fortme to see the tirutotts-tone art is i-t^going- to endl When.aie you going to exbression on his face. Houeuer. I ltaue must be pre-screetzd. end?1 do"n't mind spendine money on rare scheduled passaed on the Bremeihauen to for offsei priains. records. I do mind ipendinls it on- mnsazines oisit relatiues iiEurope-Mrs. T. Croz. WiId- Otle'naise| lnUt6re tlutt are uhreol.able-F. fuin. Neu Ydrk,'should flou.ter, Kansas a wealth of naterial / nesatiue stri>ins N.y.hcrt rank Mrxic mliki children, iecently camz into an inheritance of uell ntile bv tle brirxer be heard and rnt seen, Krist, you hothottse ouer $3,00O,M0 ilzroueh the death 6f an uill be'cln$ed at flouers brins oa another FRONT LINE aurt. Naatrally, I amlookine for inierestins cost. issue..,Con,1 vou iust listen to the music? u,ays to inuesi a portion of ihis stun, As You ruin it by'uriiins about it. tohrmy Dodds pait of rw ,inuestinent profrarn, I am e,xplor,-. , EDITORIAL uns itnrticulate. Dois this mean anyihins ms nrctnod,s ol Durclasrng rare record,s. wluch STAFF: Editor- to you? If it doesn't, then I can't erplnii it, I fuerstand, hirue .shani-a high net/ gioss. Rrblisher-Pele Music is'meant to bi played or heard, not ratLo rrse-htsher tlan etther stnntDs or colns. WhelnnMutqnin-e read, or read about.S:year subscription Of course, I ieed reassurance tlni the Edi0or-Nanc-v Late in'57, I took out a tlvee-year sub- oberall nwdian uill continue its Dresent VlelanAsscr;'rate scription to Th.e Record Clnnier. Howeuer, uv,urd spiml, an^dt lnl the cuneht prices Editors ard con-- I fuiue heord rwthinp since thdn. I urote at aie not the resuh o{ nanioulation by ato or hibutnrs-Fran/r the time. askine ifiw subscription lnd th.ree indiuidwlsind tfuit rnlues /eflect Driges: La,orence exoired and reieiited rc ansubr. It lp,s sowtd, erowth, ratler than acquisitiubness. Coffi: BiIl Ciuens: belen about ten years, and I iust thoueld I For co:nnlex reasons. uhichl atn tnt at lib- I ohn'Godrich:D oti"e unuld uoice nrt'opinoin aboin it and about eny b ditnlse, I haie been urnble n tydstruo: Beirnrd the sad,s arc 6f iazz in eencral-L.V. deiosit tlp drisiwl smt directly into tle Klatzkai Ioln Sozires. Paxtoh.'Maine. -"vordMul / can bcink for conueision to negotiables, Houteuer, MacKen'zieN: ick oilv soeak for rivself ofLourse. Houeuer, I am lpldins the anount ilr its orisitnl form Perls: tacques it ieeitts ob"uioui to inc'there is sornethins (i.e.,50's,"IN's ard up). I uill'prouide Rocle: Duhcan teniblv urone with the cunent folk-blu.es- certain serial numbers of snnller'dercmin- Schiedt:J acobS , sceneT My o[mrel is rnt so mich utith the atiotts upon request. IncTudes unter-mark, Sclp..zeid,eRro: bert cunent R'&' B or country blues reissues red-threh.d. rae-oulp stnck: 3 colors: 2 sreens Tmuis; Hew,r Ves- ('Psoadtt oknn).D ws. l'nr rnt on6 to krnck Clnrlie & black. dndlthe-Iinc steel ensrauinsfrom tinc: Gayle Wardlar. Mi comolnint is with the listeners 28 oer c ent culner a re duc tion -T1 F oliiri sunrth and, imiat6rs...iith the lnirswe, wunshed III.' N orth slpre. L.1.. N. Y.the bie Overseas bodies of today's YOUTH (uho, I suspect, brbak 1'd like io know ulnt kindaf bhres- Remesentative aTrVe dine osd6omreen ut A|oym rmeaecrctiindgls la eaMinys dt itsottditney's 'ieaizuze am atiheiaszpienre itso iCt.h tahrlaiet dMoeinsgnt'Lt so erb eOnmette aSdin oMn aNraaogieerr:. 'pfafsoolrlllero k b:tgybhsoble u.iu snuZt egrshs ose( nlresly oI b bLwf -bnoshi alsb eh.turehiesit i )uri,fn.s i eclivyido o,m uukfPrnen latmtiimnnsany iEtg -euyqadohnz.ueir ns reeB tn, hy uti ypTeiopir.-ueinve - trICbooal o-ue otleeetkes n tl '>hnsfryenuo t cbiu?sotglh oeh Tlte ihiaedse -s no a'a6ifdpfLfAcp l-rnatotorrlsceoecrw- iocclepydu xenrrp soaer.nrn edc[s',ew sIs nhiaeosigetntea e oyi6nof.' diborf.o'lo uinlvuktdo-stun' IBSBvTieuLlElxsUeDhs Ee.iRl Slr3o-, o BUaEiadANn .SgeLalaIaTc.n4kd-.. done Iazz a great dtsertlce. lranslonrung- personal dessage in rural Southem'blues, It the n;snlsii saea of the 1920's ihto a is rwt your cdtitre or era. You uere blind n 78 QIJARTERLY oonderous"bore inll take some doinA, and the coitntry blues for 100 years. Notu.30 vears is oublislrcd bv 78 7'm confident 78 OUARTERLY uil(brins it aq.fftteerr iitt aallll eennddeedd,.''yyoouu aarree''nrna lloonnseeerr bSlliinndd:! Publishinl Coimpa''ny, Qvoofnfu-lTrit .ve irlCeW,aouozou. rlsdW nit'ltod iilato wlbiteeer r,ba erKvtt cenrfos taloios -clciotleenrafairnrlvfe-- WWnilIS "itt bgen da rnCtolelei m3a0n yilneta rs' Bbiefufo BrEr6 yaoku'in s ive78 B319r1o 2Ro0kel1my,n'su.e N.iSS .Yt.rA.e.bt. dbsiewted os such? Whv iutddy up the bluei-iazz fiel.d uith thb sort of excrement aonne a ?fimitdisre ro oh f tlteh ei nHteelmleicntewu.In y'pddirsetuctr ea?c It ioantn -'pCccr ooinmtiir weide nl'uni.en dtA erl li nr li"s(r ilnt st rseo sece i r fui cec d. Cosponsaed by ORIGIN approach to'Iiterary tsiiine. And, as such, omri slued eellssaa nnhheerere'in'i n tthhiiss nke {.AZ-LIBBA-R!, Box 863, I'iiLI ree direct mlethods fo see tlnt 78 aziiw I is covrrishted by 78 to Berkeley, Califdnia. protect eact iub\tor, anl, i, cannot be reproduced eitlrcr in ulnle or put iritlww the author's consent. NowR EN,LY "eccentric" piano can be heard on VANGUARD "Skip 9219/ 7921 9, I ames/ Jabbo uns selected by Todav." Tuo oiarn tracks Brunsuick Records in' 1929 ROBERTTR AVIS add io euitrr d.ccornpanied to froil a band tlwt the com- blues tlo nake this bne of the 'rLnoiriyis hornd unuld compete uith best--and. for me. the beit Armstrone and his Okeh Tun exrellentr eissues hooes of boostins.s alei, blues rec6rd. Re cords. Siderien inc luded SM"MIttLsitoihnoiItettIOblhe{ elLeteft n UEi fsRtsDntuno'ShN aaeyo eTTraiar dnUe O' rnsDdMe e.t N sSyao eI dha ELsd.nul:liEi dolursse asSg it a2noa .Tf 0buedonrOi0lratn ce af1Nt r u2b otTEPsroa0traeht nn A0a9idId r2lMrIp anto,R .o bb-haAnaetnnelill4dcy ;irsSWiITCfTott ioit dtfdos. uowTrNCieeancrreoo i, dttei Dluhel pPnosaimleetiddB.u^n i;J Io r lx:SdsIl.ai;rbu ic .'ene;|ln; leTBzvke'a; m o s ;ianrlnTutiu w.Dlesid oenclDsls h( e ossTCL o s "B&(l:wnt- couE oFtI"'alnite rnbtRe rEiwh6eibrvSr -aadsitei i e laRAom i, wr deFsBuFiwlo totcsalroo eanroetllornkg-ne, ")),,; RIasIrmot"teehS,n uioeaceu mlirdocosa eeD ri u rlpdotiletIthgv siiurIunbehvta eZasate en.r nV i lxecyMBadA c snilEnNpl,ede ilLelG pswrOGsf UtortoDir erAmoSemeItRoAnhieonateNDuaienad h l sde cattir7rh en iso3ue s "f2e,it1s ASlhLahlhpiensetiraaeslmp selruoravei edt.ernrsh e.el o,byted nlRhnn .I . cke udior(teenor i f'nnr y I.erIale1B ie)tsl 9R.tul htlh eh2fAo ota a9hbi7rfnts rei dIanod o ,tr1bos mhrecpoi9eeCa oenc aisanniso i rvascstiors ndzsldetnutoi2eisiiqdrvdn s cu iets p6 fcdaouemnSnltictdotesli-hymr- luF.feoialrl mtliedn uJfoiartsllaet uiuttiwyrna ere 4 xcstoeeolrlu.eendt OPotercier6snb)t-roS sl t)eM. Oaalhn A (DuDadixvdi ve( lPa(arDdro adtTrdohstwn& tt' abhrloutisse tls oubteiot-hoo muit l riucoi.t f steulenh seinctio uauitnny t ry'and usc oolaplutheldi s tbl tniecta artt leilne I vt dhuneen 2r e0t-hs n.eo nrew'rke t 'dMcbKutpouuelaeOarhtlre ataUbapbtathi r tNr utPclsTzu-ta hi't nrsaesate,oud tuso f.a iiawltelc&tlfttdeientLh, s le .seH relrnavirnsgiFsCsstg Ae-oS ecM nlrtonteEu-ynurieFaneltel'r, (PLCTI o eaoiiRrxixhlwaao7y dsb. DM .ebi Bsreltut ls LayesSotnshilnncw peee' it'aA s ,Bs oir phoRna nubai slpr agBd rya(i lmIueNtfnueriot,uiso.l, 2fein)s. " bttnifTlasonnal lrEerte s srrwhoi ealii ame nl s'os si en ftu ieaooltelmaru nldlmt s 't ap enantinsaotsdho s rbtlhtenewhei arses s.inw m si[ hophhi'ooionsslrswga t ao,Vnisnsled,t, abLpCtErrtoewldiednur,4rf siiootsid aefni tsla tienbenefnn trl-li vcse,'f d.otry t'p srJllsp reqcMtr.i,wo cboH u ubueRit s lhwae limidve,liyA. ron atlnutlRse yboson oseiyitonvhieol-rnd ioe f i d.el itv'! R e c lnnrc I' Ieads off Maih McConiick's iMnga fRora sinieerevo', s71 o9lm2 4?27 1na0)t L. b6bl, ALMANAC (nnber Tdfahteen sn,no "tsnHtel(yst i foaLnmo bniloieat"hr rtaoenc lodar'rdAnslels Jreacbobrod',ss r amn*me dw.sid oenly t hfreom rnCbhliekemilcgeneor n drbcd trlreseaea snba >oahcaura rEintrif te diuto y lniiuoefl cliu nt y h bdkifvsur'noo o o.umdI.wp 'oH wnmnei si'llreal .nad ShTmsboletluatuuxrrieusaansie ilu i o. iosi tHnl hrn o eniitoef hwi wrsaeisn h" ct2s t lllit0usuirrqsott-cI . uaomhutns h oitdr 'clph 3eslteau0nidcvnsthrie,na"l-sl. 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Morta" rut Tavlor ("Whores is Funlq ), The'firyeD odds sidesa l,t WitI E)eIl and.A l Annois cleaned uD and ressued nere ("Here I corie lith My Dirty uere all inde ruith uqrious Dirtv Duckins On) and.m ore. s In>das h. swinging South Sif,e aroups circa [925-'27. Lil?e the others, Slnw' s T he ie s ult i na f r ee <ph e.e.inl g stvle is highlv rhvtlunic, blues style Efited,Dodds , uiored ictable'a nd.e uen enatic. nluch better than,tne rnYlnmtc F6rtunatelv for us, h'ed oes not confines of the Hot F iie arul seemt o fuiu'ep layedm uch SeJen, Soine of,his most , du.rinet he lnti 3As and 4Os exoressiue uoik is included ond,t "oh aue picked up the newer It e're. styles. Neubrthelesi,h is.u ig- urbtts plavins.i ndicates that Irrcludedt oo is fine he is hot'far"out of his Prime- bitins trumpet bv 1'ommY AII in aII. a mouiie.a nd sotis- La.dnier arid, oddlv, two '{dveinlie" gahrttis's t that Pr:oiectst hc sides with Ioe Sriith aLI of the l'ow'life. Rec' the uny from Neu' York. ordiingi s blwlly sati3t'actory. $ point of discographic As g4pegted, Mack McCor' id"etiUiiciya cv .ris'" rraaricsee d[ bDyY tLhnee mick liachs ub the recordu ith Iipn dtl ndt'isshmoiuslsde d,,b eD roudi,dnsti'o nperde,' aonn Silllunmuti.r nthtien sx.S tarenatati sFee "on sseennccee Liss qquueesstionnble oit eroup, and,T exas piarn in tithhheee {ffiiirrrssst tt ttthh1rrveeeeee LLoouuiiee AAuussttiinn V"oeoniniita l Onei ileiestin"sfast ssiiddedss.. LWlh hena sk""e d, Mr. 't*estennrnd"e is tlnt the KkKie" coeenpnenn-ea"u t*s ssaaiidd EEuueerrvtbbooddYy stvle tlut lns-b een in the unrld'thinhs tthhbbyv aarrbe utritten aboit repeatedlYi n DDUooo dddddts],s s eeexxxcc e eqo tt ,illlt aarrttlinnn VVl4iiL llllIil aitaamrms. East is wknani to the- HHee ssaayvss tt,hiv arc timmY players on the sPot. QO'lBBrria-lwa.n"'tlv.ie too, bw dec' All tracks are excellentlv iiddee {{tt''rr vvoouurrsseelfl.f . OOnnee uunnYY E::nnx'so*ii:frztTrhier m-ost important dubbed {rom uirttnLly rciie oo,r tthhee 6ritthhccrr tthhbbvy aarree qouuiiiiee retssue set to appear Ln free _78i, a decided plus tlwt exciting recordS. AC uill srow or ilie. I, lor seueral vear"c ii ihe nn- we do not get uery oJten. l-unuld-sqgesltt ry4fo 1, oasn es,a ltwlsptYZt lnogr fausw tert.uissos tutce.s orenc MorEdL sObDt.I ANl ab73b2o6 S/7m3i2th7". I thirh that euerv tradit- tlose of us wfin rtgld mltuts Most of tluse sid.es lnoe iornl iazz fan, ufrether his it unuld be nice uhen ws- +F"WftC"NYFn:e8oer9 bee'n, reissued in any taste'end, N 1929 or start al sible to keep orig.inal rbcor' fom onl, d,ocwnent a uery' 1930 trrill be glod lw lro.s dlng dates iogether, ratlryr 13383,H ousnn 19, T'exas. he gle c ted. trump et giant.- these. tlnn scatterlng them Ln rne $$ffioN s bGv A*YoLo'o 'o*. Fgf Lf,- Co pyight, 1967,G aYIeD eqnW u dlow All Rights Reserued. IN 78 QUARTERLY's LEAD ARTICLE, GAYLE WARDLOW INTERVTEWSK ING SOLOMONH ILL's WIF'E...REVEALS i HILL'S STARTLING TRUE IDENTITY... I WHEREH E's FROM... IVHOH E PLAYED WITH! l{orttrerLno uisiana is a Mrrenco untwryi th fewin habitanatnsa ,h tn- dancoef r edc lays oil, JoeH olmesar liasK ingS olomon andm ileasn dm ileosf Hill (the name was probabJyg lv€n to commertcimiahl r him bv Paramount's recordlng dlr- ector. Arthur l,aibley)' was a natlve hrlginogu tf romth e south Vlississippi. l{e was born near valleyws tticlhie between McComb in 1897' sparseplyo pulated FollowingC harlieH olme-sa,n sawmtilol wntsh ats ubsist olderb rothebi y teny ears'J oec ame to northemL ouisianhin 191 5' where, ont hep ulPwood three years later, he marriedR oberta industries. Allumi. Their onlv child, Essie (who now lives in Chicago),w as born in the wintero f 1918. Sible!, Louisiana,-some3 0 miies Joe soonf lGlI restlessi n Louisiana fromS hrlvePort,a nd five miles and in 1920G turned to McCombw ith 6eLo* Minadn,i q.a town oI some [is *ife and child. In Burgarlandt,h- e 500 resideats. Two railroads cross colored section o[ north MCCombh' e iust outsidet he citY limits--the met its most famousb lues singer, l-oui";unu and Arkansasa nd the SamC ollins. On one of the few oc- Illinois Central. casions RobertaH olmes went out with her husband,a n unflaggingp arty- sbthareotA woennrn o os tshhldieao 1 cpnrlos<|wo0r cllhi lhnt iloc mhhfi e asw analan ostd.ledr l er,so eucmlnvtenP langalct riKionemtsed sCsCotooielllIllr ii,nrn sesshc a*eolt iss canah wii iue hak tipehmp ,i 5oeal iiacnkrcteeo.n dmwSe Pishts-heao c anfaSnYna amd of upkeep. for one of his Black Patti recordings' With an ?if of expectancYI . . asked.' ..everh earo f a young- btues ;i;n; namedK ing SolomirnH ill? it"'u.t"d to live aioundt his areqand ir;.;;* "aan ds ons about the Gone Dead Tirin. abo"utT ell Me BabY' lli;i i;iiVou Find In Uc?' The old ffill searchedh is mcmory uith a scnilee xprcssionb; ut with a ' frien d Iv s mile, reP licd, Don 't rememb'enro SolomonH ill, but I had a cousin namedl oe l{olmesw ho used to sing all themtongs you mentioned.' Thirty minules latcr I bcgan nry conversationw ith Holmes's"wfie ,-a sentle womanw ho for 3l years had lived with one of the mosi incredible mvsteries in the historv of the countrv bfues. A three-day-seirchin five differcntt owns belan to pay off. cotntesy of tohn Steiner llhile travelins bv rrain to E Texas in 1928, th--efe gendary Blind Lemon lefferson made a bririf stop at Mind6n. Shortly thereafter, ]o6 and a efose friend who lived ndar F. r Minden, George YounE, Feft on a- r Illinois Cent[l passdnsent rain for t- Wichita Falls, a'favorit! hangouto f Lemon's in Texas. Lemon Jefferson, fat, and a slovenly dresser, always cariied a pearl-handleil' .45 pistol, iu6t as he latef did in the MisCissippfD elta whereh e used Ishman Braceya s a guide and travelling companron. Twom nlhs latel, Holmesa nd l.efferson parted gompgny. After making tne roundso I varrous lexas towns and road stops. Ioe and his friend Georse returned"to Siblev to plav in the blrrelhouses and iuk'es oI N6rthem Louisiana. An affemath of Lemon's trip throushM indenm ay have been-the 1928P aramounts ession which markedt he debut of Willard (Ramblin') Thomasi a blues singer who prob- Holnres'( Hill's) wife. Roberta. ablv hailed from West Texas or recomizdd this'drawins of Ari2ona. It seemsp ossible that Collis (ftom a Black Fatti ad) Paramountc ontactdd Thomas on J effersonrs recoqrfie ndation. The family remained tosetfier in McCombf or [2 months. Then Roberta and Essie went back to their home in Siblev. Ioe staved an extra six months, just flay'ing m.usica nd doing as little worK as possrDle. ln latef yeals, Holmes was known ' for a song that besan, Going to Shrevepoit, tell thE chief police.' This niav have been his vbrsion of Collins'' Iailhouse Blues on Gennett6 167. ffi$ffi$ffi Joe Holnes (Kinq SolomonH iil) often travelled io Sh"reveportto oliv with Thomas, who later rirovedi irst' north of that town, and who waj to travel through many parts of Texas and Louisiana. Toberta iemembers that ' foe had ratler play with Thomas than with any other sins6r.' Next to Georse Young, Thomas wals Holmes' best friend. t[e[ Thomas came to Siblev. he and Ioe went down in the cfav hill vallev irea that was mentioned 6n ' WHOOPEE BLUES: I got to so ro that valley, there ain't i hous6 for 25 miles arorind.' They olayed in the small sawmill settlbmeni of Roytown. performing at a iukehouse that iryasc iosed by the lafr in thL late 1930's after two piople were killed there in a single nlght. In eerly l9ililr a scout lor Paramount Recordsf ound loe singingi n uptown Mindena nd ask"edh im if he wanted to r"cord. Ioe went homea nd askedR oberta *hat she"t hought about the opportuni ty. ' Shef old him, Co wherey ou wanna so.' Holmesd id exactly that, although Robertar emembersth at he was not too ;;"it"a about the then forthcomingt rip to Wisconsin. Thg scout in cuestion,P robablY Art Laiblev (soorit o be the subject-of a seDaratea rticle by this auth-or,w h.o **'"U1" io locate liim severalm onths "go), u""ornpaniedJ oe to.Birmingh3m' wlreret he two were lotned- by tten L urry' Curry, an old friend'o.Jf ge's, *as , ;it':i; fii"?;iity't illi-olti i#nt."'lu iaoi;u ;lL" of uii;'s iiia'; n' ra',ij, dX; ; !.31: llas Done Got Panmount l3t been found. HOlmeSw as the last to record:s ix sonss.a ll of whichR obertas aid hc had bceil performinsb eforeh is triP to Grafton.O ne,i he GONE DEADT RAI\' was one of the best train blues o[ the 1930's. Usin"grtc hacs Pons'e, udonyqr,-fsoor me... unJetermined King Solomonll ill,' he told o[ his expcriencehso boinga nd hustlinc on tlrc Southern railroad[ uhich runs frdmN cw Orleanst o New York via Birminsham)a,n do n the Illinois ('entral( "6ich runst hroughS iblcy). 1)n( iONL-D L,ADl 'RAlN, Ilill also alluded to thc to$n of F ryburg,w hich consist.s of hut a storca nda posto lltce tcn mtles southo [ SibleY. The llip sirlc oI that record,r eleased on I'aramount1 3129,w as a versrono l thc old \4cmnhis\l rrrnica nd loe McCoy duet,W llA'['l"Atl. T YOt FND lN \lE. His lyrics for his othcr two recordcd n,.,mbcrsDl owN oN \{Y IIENDED K\t'-l'- *a WHOOpEBEL UES( Paramoun1t 3116)' exDresst he attitudco f the macho,- a stince not unlike that takenb y Robert Johnsona nd Isaiah Nettles. Theset wo singcrsg. ]"ngt itl\ thc Alabama blue-i-man\l arshall Uwens l'"a tn""f ^*ous BluesJ ay.Singers oI Birminghanlt,h en travelledt o i';;;;i;tft' " Gralton studi os' The ouartel opencd the recording scssion with two sides, followedb y. Currv's [ive, one of which [eaturedb oth. l;;;3 ;*; harmonicap laYinga- nd Owcns' iuitar. On all of his own srdes'L urry iised his mandolin,t he instrumenth e pi"y"a with the greatest proficiency' Owens, then a man in his late fifties or earl'v*t stii"xttt ies, recordedf our-sides,. i*" .f hau" neu"t been located Ln-u-t""otac ollector. His TEXA-S-- . .- Rl.uESb. i; fnY Ne oNEM oRET IME [i"t"i."a onP aramou1n3t 117),.ais classic example of an early style ol blues that evblved into the southern nf uU"tt" Stres style-..A lthough Owens'. , music has many qualrtres tn common w.ltn T;;;. 6i;.;; hiis'si4ginsgt Ylei s highlY r"*lnl"i""nt of Ed Bell's. ever; few people aroundS ibley even knew that'Joe made records,b ecause they were ieleased under an assumed name. Joe conlinued to travel in the 1930's to nearbyS hreveporta nd Monroe.a s well as bn to ea6tem Texas. He also qpentt ime in small towns like Choudrant. Ringold, and Ionesboro. Roberta ' rememberst hdt He we_nut p in Arkansas ttoo ppllaayy..aanndd ppeeooppllee --wwoouullddcc ddmmee ffrroomm EEiriis aanndd UUaallhhoouunn aa nndd ootthheerr t toowwnnss ttoo goee!f him .hiq to play after they heard tell abou"th im.' A satmill U0tket at Heflin. a small town south of Siblev. saw Holmes set off a train from Lonsview one nishf after he had been playing out in Texas. I Funniest sight I ever see'd: that guy didn't stay in town 30 minutes before he got in an argumentw ith this other guy in this ioin1. That other suy iust pulled out his pistol and sho[ at him three times. He didn't stop runningu ntil he was clear out of town. ftist left h'is bassase and guitar layin' down there on thElll5or.' His belongingsw ere eventuallv retrieved by Inother friend. - By the lalg 1940's, Holmes was drinking more and more. but was still playing mlrsic. He never attended ' church; hrs wife recountst hat Ioe iust kept right on, just like he was g6ing" stfaight to the"devil.' .[n l!49, Holmes took sick. Roberta splg, :tl.e never went to no doctor. Ta--k-e- sick; laid around about threl davs-. then he died. Been drinkins before he died and he starte d bleedin"gi nsidl- Had a hemmorage.t (" "1 d%1'"T JF,f""t.l:,s h|f lit ru,:l s;l: and Skip.J"t-n""),H glmes was very short. He stood only lrve feet and threei nches. He weigheda bout 130 pounds,a nd was brown-skinnedin complexion.H e smoked constandv. HObeila rememberst wo other facts, o.nep grtaining to his musical development. The ftUOs ongs which completed the other to.the tragedyt hat led to his that session have never been located death. by a collector. One of them MY ' BUDDY BLIND PAPA LEMON. was She said, He learnedh imself how to written as a tribute to Lemon. with play, b'e foreh e ever came to Sibley.' The whomH olmes played on at least three other: He drank all the time. He'was occasions.d u.ring J efferson's stop- drinking when we married.' overs ln Mrnden. The othel missins sons. TIMES GayleW ardlorytsti relessa nd resourceful HAS DONE C,OTO Ij'T OF*HAND. WAS researchi n the bluesf ield ias-ilre'aiJ'' a.typical 'hard times' depression uncoueredt he Vi c tor-Pa ramaunta rtisi prece. IshmanQ lacgy,t he Paramountta lent scout an_dtr_o ubleshooteHr .C. Spiers,a s well as 0n all of his extant pieces. Hill Elder.Cunya nd Reu. O.C. Eii:a *;";i;i" used a cow bone for chrirdine.'in the ol,rese&rcho n sanctifiedm usic--ando thei modeo f SamC ollins' blues." oruesa rttsts-ol rural renown. He also did JOg brought cbpies of all three ney_ oehmd-the-scenerse searchw hich led records bac[ to Sfblev with him. but all to the' rre-Udis!co"u*erriets!o ",f oiS"kk:ip[ gj"ar[ofii ,W-Sii-lisi have leen_destroyed.' Holmes retumed fr'tif f wwirtthh tEheen u Lnlruercryb,r adnedd Gboetohr smee Yno.u anlocn. -s Q4l2r5,9,.qidth e {wos anctifieain li", made a trip to Texas to p"ublicize"iheir OJLI2 & 13. ln thec ourseo Tn is-ir"riti recent recordings. Few copies of anv as a sportswritgr fo-ya Jacks6n newsDaDer. single Holmes 6ffort were sold, how-' a,:n:a, :a!ys !a! fr ecord collector, he has anisied- _.?!*ytign gyltrr y 4isl?r;i i.- ?Tf 'ilr!,!trtiag!!",f'l:r"Hf*oFinf y:,r,r cunently writing.

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