The curtain would open and you wouldn't see nothing but this big record player... You know, a Victrola. Then Matt, he would come out and open the door, don't you know, and then I would step out singing while Hersal [Thomas] was playing the piano. It was beautiful, child, you should have seen it - Sippie Wallace describes a dramatic stage entrance in the 1920s, quoted in Black Pearls: Blues Queens Of The 1920s by Daphne Duval Harrison
All Stefan requires now is for the Cohn-DeSilva enterprise to come to fruition to make his discography complete. Being a cynic I'd say it won't be long in coming - the Gray book is published so no fear of any of their research being used by him.
Not sure where to put this with the multiple McTell threads but here's a link to my website which has some commentary about the newly issued McTell track: http://sundayblues.org/
Great site jharris, am enjoying the articles . . . & thanks for the BWM & M Willis mp3, very much enjoyed that song (reminding me of Blake's 'Georgia Bound', Patton's 'Tom Rushen/'High Sheriff', R. Johnson's 'Four 'til Late) & am very happy BWM has a vocal imput on this one as some of the tracks featuring Mary can be, well, too much Mary! Still can't believe the Desilva box set put two of her tracks on the 45 record they're offering instead of stronger BWM solo songs . . . maybe that's something they'll reconsider before officially releasing it . . . & I'm very much enjoying Mr. Wirz's discography, great work as per usual . . .
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torturing through all these BWMcT compilations leaves me with one big question: Who on earth is supposed to buy all those 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- and more CD box sets existing ?!? Stefan
. . . jharris: don't have 'Man of my Own', would like to hear it . . . still pretty much like Mary altho' a little grating & why give her primetime on a BWMcTell box? Who will buy all those boxes Stefan? Don't know, not me, Desilva box is off my radar . . . but perusing your page I came across this monster coming out this month <AHREF="http://www.amazon.com/Georgia-Blues-Blind-Willie-McTell/dp/B000QXDHHE/ref=sr_1_17/104-2325145-4386356?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186344422&sr=1-17 I mean for $23.00 what is a person to do?!! & it looks like it has some items I don't immediately see on either Stefan's discography or on some of the CDs I've just ordered, namely 'Teasing Brown' & 'This is Not the Stove . . .' with Harris & Harris on vocal so I'm assuming BWMcTell on guitar acc.? What is Snapper's deal anyway? How can they release this much music for that price? I mean they are undercutting JSP for god sakes! Are their transfers any good? & they seem to be just starting a new series:
I mean for $23.00 what is a person to do?!! & it looks like it has some items I don't immediately see on either Stephan's discography or on some of the CDs I've just ordered, namely 'Teasing Brown' & 'This is Not the Stove . . .' with Harris & Harris on vocal so I'm assuming BWMcTell on guitar acc.?
17 years ago the Harris numbers were on the first volume in Document's complete BWMcT and accounted for in Stefan's ('f" not "ph") listing of that CD. Haven't played them for years but from memory both are in the style and manner of Butterbeans & Susie.
With one important difference ... they are terrible.
You can say that again. Very sub, sub, sub standard attempt at B & S that fails miserably. Nobody should lose too much sleep at not having those two songs in their collection - regardless of the prescence of BWMcT!
Does anyone here know anything about Snapper's transfer/remastering processes? A 6-CD box set at about $25.00 is a little scary for several reasons . . .
Just something Stefan might wish to add to his BWM discography. Rhino Handmade have just released a 4 cd set called "Atlantic Blues 1949-1970" which features two Mctell tracks he recorded for Ahmet Ertegun: THE RAZOR BALL and LAST DIME BLUES.
Hey Bchris & Bunker, just heard the Harris & Harris tunes with Blind Willie . . . I actually quite like them . . . but then again I think Al Jolson is the Man, so . . . & apologies on the spelling of Stefan's name, I have several friends that spell it with the 'ph', habit . . .