78 ALEX MOORE BULL CON BLUES DECCA 7552 M-
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TWO FANTASTIC BLUES SIDES IN NEAR MINT CONDITION!!
MOORE, ALEXANDER HERMAN (1899-1989). Alexander Herman Moore, blues pianist, was born in the part of Dallas, Texas, known as Freedmen's Town on November 22, 1899. Due to the death of his father, he dropped out of the sixth grade to support his mother and two siblings. While working odd jobs, he learned to play the piano before entering the United States Army in 1916. Moore arrived at his unique sound during the 1920s by combining elements of various musical styles, including blues, ragtime, barrelhouse boogie, and stride. In the 1920s he acquired the nickname "Whistlin' Alex" for a piercing whistle he made with his lips curled back while playing the piano. Moore was among the first of his peers to record in a studio. He recorded six tracks for the Columbia Company in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929. Although he made other recordings in 1937, 1947, and 1951, he had little regard for commercial endeavors. In addition to his piano engagements, he continued to work his day job until his retirement in 1965. Though he was soon forgotten in his native surroundings, he was rediscovered during the 1960s throughout the United States and Western Europe. In 1969 he toured with the American Folk Blues Festival in England and Western Europe, performing with such blues artists as Earl Hooker and Magic Sam. He also recorded a session in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1969, which produced the popular album Alex Moore in Europe. During the 1970s and 1980s, Moore could be found at the Dallas YMCA playing dominos or at a local blues club playing his piano. In 1987 he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He became the first African-American Texan to receive this honor. On November 22, 1988, the state of Texas designated his birthday "Alex Moore Day." That same year Moore celebrated his last record release, entitled "Wiggle Tail," which was recorded live at a Dallas show. About his bachelorhood he remarked, "I say the reason why I never got married is I always been married to my piano-my piano's my wife, my girlfriend, my lady, my bed." He died of a heart attack on January 20, 1989, and was buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Dallas.
DISC DETAILS :- US DECCA 7552 recorded 5th December 1929
A SIDE : BULL CON BLUES
B SIDE: HARD HEARTED WOMAN
THIS IS A MEGA RARE ORIGINAL BLUES 78 IN GREAT CONDITION!
HAS THIS BEEN SEEN ON eBaY BEFORE IN THIS CONDITION!!??
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