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Robert Clifford Brown (July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966), known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues musician and singer. [....] He was reputedly the half-brother of [[Big Bill Broonzy]]. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1920s, performing as a street musician with [[Sleepy John Estes]] and [[Hammie Nixon]]. He moved to Chicago in 1932, performing regularly with Broonzy and other musicians, including [[Memphis Slim]] and [[Tampa Red]] on many recording sessions for Lester Melrose of Bluebird Records. |
Robert Clifford Brown (July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966), known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues musician and singer. [....] He was reputedly the half-brother of [[Big Bill Broonzy]]. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1920s, performing as a street musician with [[Sleepy John Estes]] and [[Hammie Nixon]]. He moved to Chicago in 1932, performing regularly with Broonzy and other musicians, including [[Memphis Slim]] and [[Tampa Red]] on many recording sessions for Lester Melrose of Bluebird Records. |
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| − | In 1935, he began recording in his own right for both Bluebird and Vocalion Records, becoming one of the most popular Chicago blues performers of the late 1930s and 1940s, selling numerous records and playing to packed audiences. He recorded over 160 tracks in those decades. [...] By the 1950s, his audience had begun to shrink, largely because he had difficulty adapting to the new electric blues. His final recording session, for RCA Victor, was in 1949. [...]. |
+ | In 1935, he began recording in his own right for both Bluebird and Vocalion Records, becoming one of the most popular Chicago blues performers of the late 1930s and 1940s, selling numerous records and playing to packed audiences. He recorded over 160 tracks in those decades. [...] By the 1950s, his audience had begun to shrink, largely because he had difficulty adapting to the new electric blues. His final recording session, for RCA Victor, was in 1949. [...]. Brown made a modest and short-lived comeback as a live performer in the early 1960s. (Read more at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_Sam Wikipedia]) |
== Links to Peel == |
== Links to Peel == |
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The young John Ravenscroft was a collector of blues LPs and it was this enthusiasm which got him his first radio job in the early 1960s, on the [[Kat's Karavan]] show on station [[WRR]] in Dallas, Texas. As Peel recalled on the show of [[07 October 1986]] when playing a track by Washboard Sam, the first record he ever played on the radio was by the artist - a familiar name to blues record collectors like himself, but not one of the best-known bluesmen. |
The young John Ravenscroft was a collector of blues LPs and it was this enthusiasm which got him his first radio job in the early 1960s, on the [[Kat's Karavan]] show on station [[WRR]] in Dallas, Texas. As Peel recalled on the show of [[07 October 1986]] when playing a track by Washboard Sam, the first record he ever played on the radio was by the artist - a familiar name to blues record collectors like himself, but not one of the best-known bluesmen. |
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| + | *[[02 June 1972]]: Minding My Own Business (4xLP – Genesis: The Beginnings Of Rock) Chess |
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| + | *[[10 July 1982]]: Mountain Blues ''(One of the records Peel played on his radio debut in 1961)'' |
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| + | *[[07 October 1986]]: I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted (10" - Washboard Sam) RCA ''(Peel says the very first records he played on the radio was from Washboard Sam.)'' |
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| + | *[[24 August 1999]]: She Belongs To The Devil ([[Peelenium 1941]]) |
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| + | *[[03 January 2001]]: Evil Blues (78) Bluebird ([[Pig's Big 78]]) |
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| + | *[[Peeling Back The Years 2 (Transcript)]]: I'm Feeling Low Down (Bluebird) ''(JP: I went down there and I’d got these records that I’d bought in Holland, or bought from Holland, although they were French – the sleeve notes were in French – and they were records drawn from the Bluebird record catalogue. Now Bluebird Records was a label which I think was affiliated with RCA. It was their kind of race record label, and the music on Bluebird was linked, the kind of solo acoustic guitar player or piano player, with the electric Chicago bands of a few years afterwards. So it was mainly acoustic stuff, but mainly little groups.) |
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| + | == External Links == |
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| + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_Sam Wikipedia] |
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| + | *[http://www----] Official site |
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Revision as of 03:47, 29 January 2017
Robert Clifford Brown (July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966), known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues musician and singer. [....] He was reputedly the half-brother of Big Bill Broonzy. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1920s, performing as a street musician with Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon. He moved to Chicago in 1932, performing regularly with Broonzy and other musicians, including Memphis Slim and Tampa Red on many recording sessions for Lester Melrose of Bluebird Records.
In 1935, he began recording in his own right for both Bluebird and Vocalion Records, becoming one of the most popular Chicago blues performers of the late 1930s and 1940s, selling numerous records and playing to packed audiences. He recorded over 160 tracks in those decades. [...] By the 1950s, his audience had begun to shrink, largely because he had difficulty adapting to the new electric blues. His final recording session, for RCA Victor, was in 1949. [...]. Brown made a modest and short-lived comeback as a live performer in the early 1960s. (Read more at Wikipedia)
Links to Peel
The young John Ravenscroft was a collector of blues LPs and it was this enthusiasm which got him his first radio job in the early 1960s, on the Kat's Karavan show on station WRR in Dallas, Texas. As Peel recalled on the show of 07 October 1986 when playing a track by Washboard Sam, the first record he ever played on the radio was by the artist - a familiar name to blues record collectors like himself, but not one of the best-known bluesmen.
Festive Fifty Entries
- None
Sessions
- None
Other Shows Played
- 02 June 1972: Minding My Own Business (4xLP – Genesis: The Beginnings Of Rock) Chess
- 10 July 1982: Mountain Blues (One of the records Peel played on his radio debut in 1961)
- 07 October 1986: I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted (10" - Washboard Sam) RCA (Peel says the very first records he played on the radio was from Washboard Sam.)
- 24 August 1999: She Belongs To The Devil (Peelenium 1941)
- 03 January 2001: Evil Blues (78) Bluebird (Pig's Big 78)
- Other
- Peeling Back The Years 2 (Transcript): I'm Feeling Low Down (Bluebird) (JP: I went down there and I’d got these records that I’d bought in Holland, or bought from Holland, although they were French – the sleeve notes were in French – and they were records drawn from the Bluebird record catalogue. Now Bluebird Records was a label which I think was affiliated with RCA. It was their kind of race record label, and the music on Bluebird was linked, the kind of solo acoustic guitar player or piano player, with the electric Chicago bands of a few years afterwards. So it was mainly acoustic stuff, but mainly little groups.)