BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON 78 CHANGE MY LUCK BLUES / WEARY DOG BLUES UK TEMPO R 38 E-
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A HARD TO FIND COPY OF THIS GREAT BLUES 78 FROM
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
WEARY DOG BLUES
b/w CHANGE MY LUCK BLUES
JEFFERSON, BLIND LEMON (1897-1929). Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues musician, son of Alec and Cassie Jefferson, was born in Coutchman, Texas, in July 1897 (an estimated date since no records are available). He was born blind and was known all his life as Blind Lemon Jefferson. Jefferson received no formal education and instead travelled from town to town in the Wortham area, playing his guitar and singing songs, most of which were his own compositions.He later moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and became a well-known figure in the Deep Ellum district of Dallas. There he met Huddie Ledbetter (better known as "Leadbelly"), and for a time they played together in some of the brothels of Texas' cities. Leadbelly's "Blind Lemon Blues" was in honour of his friend. Jefferson was discovered by a talent scout for Paramount Records while in Dallas and was taken to Chicago. He made seventy-nine records for Paramount in the 1920s, each estimated to have sold 100,000 copies; he also made two recordings under the "Okeh" label. Recordings included "Matchbox Blues," "Black Snake Moan," and "See that My Grave is Kept Clean."
He recorded spirituals under the pseudonym Deacon L. J. Bates.
Jefferson is recognized as one of the earliest representatives of the "classic blues" field, considered to be one of the best folk blues singers of the 1920s, and said to have influenced such artists as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Bix Beiderbecker, and to have encouraged Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins when Hopkins was an eight-year-old boy in Buffalo, Texas.
It is not definitely known whether Jefferson was married, although one source says he married in 1922 or 1923 and had a son. He died in late December 1929 in Chicago. The exact date and cause of death is unknown because there was no death certificate, but it was reported that he had a heart attack and died on the streets during a snowstorm. Blind Lemon was buried in the Wortham Negro Cemetery, and his grave was marked as an official Texas historical monument in 1967.
DISC DETAILS:
UK TEMPO R 38 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
TAKEN FROM PARAMOUNT 12639
RECORD CHICAGO 1927
CONDITION - E-
The playing surface both sides of the record is excellent, any noise is from the original paramount pressing it was taken from! There is some writing on the labels from a previous owner.
TWO GREAT BLUES SIDES ON A RARE LIMITED EDITION UK REISSUE
ONE ONLY AVAILABLE
SO DONT MISS OUT
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