Topic: The death of Bessie Smith - eyewitness account

[Chris A]

PLEASE NOTE: The audio file that originally accompanied this post was the wrong one. Instead of hearing Dr. Smith's account of this tragic event, you heard an interview with Ornette Coleman! I apologise and have now made the correction. CA

If you have read my biography of Bessie Smith, you may recall the chapter in which I quote extensively from Dr. Hugh Smith's eyewitness account. Well, here, published for the first time, is the actual recording of that account. It gives more details than I included in the book, and it has a surprise ending.

Here is a direct link: http://stomp-off.blogspot.com/2010/10/death-of-bessie-smith.html

Let me know what you think.

[uncle bud]

Hi Chris - Boy, you wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of this guy if he was a witness in a trial. Talk about a detail-oriented man. I found the recordings of Dr. Smith fascinating to listen to. I can imagine you must have been pretty pleased when you first received those tapes. Thanks for sharing them.

[Bunker Hill]

Boy, you wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of this guy if he was a witness in a trial. Talk about a detail-oriented man.

You can say that again. I await the next interview with bated breath.  Jack Gee Jr maybe? 

[poymando]

Great! Thanks for posting!