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Mary'd take that lamb with her, 'most every place that she go. She went to the depot agent, said "give me a ticket to Kokomo". Ticket agent looked down at mary's lamb said "I declare your lamb can't go" - Freddie Spruell, Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues

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Offline Gumbo

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Re: Ruby Walker (Ruby Smith) talks about life on the road with Bessie
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2011, 03:31:06 AM »
Quote from: Chris A on June 07, 2011, 06:50:33 PM
I just posted this to my blog.



here's a working link

Ruby tells a great story!
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Offline Chris A

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Ruby Walker (Ruby Smith) talks about life on the road with Bessie
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2012, 06:53:20 AM »
Yesterday, I added a clip of Ruby recounting Bessie's violent confrontations with her nemesis, Gertrude Saunders, as well as a 1949 broadcast performances of Ruby singing 3 numbers. Here's a direct link:http://stomp-off.blogspot.com/2012/01/ruby-smith-cab-ride-to-columbus.html.

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Offline Chris A

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Re: Ruby Walker (Ruby Smith) talks about life on the road with Bessie
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2012, 08:31:06 PM »
I have just posted another segment of the previously unpublished Ruby Walker interviews. In this one, she recalls her backstage meeting
with Ma Rainey and gives my doberman, Mingus, some advice. Here is a direct link:
http://stomp-off.blogspot.com/2012/06/on-road-ruby-meets-ma-rainey.html


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