CLASSIC 1943 WASHBOARD SAM 78 GOOD OLD CABBAGE GREENS US BLUEBIRD 34-0705 E-/V+
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AN WONDERFUL HOKUM / EARLY RHYTHM AND BLUES 78 FROM WASHBOARD SAM AND HIS WASHBOARD BAND ON AN ORIGINAL US BLUEBIRD 78
GOOD OLD CABBAGE GREENS
b/w STOP AND FIX IT
Robert Brown (July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966), known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues singer and musician.
Born in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, and reputedly the half-brother of Big Bill Broonzy, Brown moved to Memphis, Tennessee in the 1920s, performing as a street musician with Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon. He then moved to Chicago in 1932, performing regularly with Broonzy, and appearing with him and other musicians including Memphis Slim and Tampa Red on innumerable recording sessions for Lester Melrose of Bluebird Records.
In 1935 he began recording in his own right for both Bluebird and Vocalion Records, becoming one of the most popular Chicago blues performers of the late 1930s and 1940s, selling numerous records and playing to packed audiences. Between 1935 and 1949 he recorded over 160 sides, including such popular numbers as "Mama Don't Allow", "Back Door" and "Diggin' My Potatoes." His strong voice and talent for creating new songs overcame his stylistic limitations.
By the 1950s, his audience began to shrink, largely because he had difficulty adapting to the new electric blues. His final recording session for RCA Victor was held in 1949, he retired from music for several years, and became a Chicago police officer. He recorded a session in 1953 with Broonzy and Memphis Slim, and in 1959 Samuel Charters included his "I've Been Treated Wrong" on the compilation The Country Blues for Folkways Records. Brown made a modest but short-lived comeback as a live performer in the early 1960s. He died of heart disease in Chicago, in November 1966, and was buried in an unmarked grave at the Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery in Homewood, Illinois.
DISC DETAILS:US BLUEBIRD 34-0705 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
RECORDED IN CHICAGO MARCH 1943
CONDITION - E-/V+
RECORD SURFACE IS NICE AND SHINY AND THE RECORD PLAYS GREAT BUT THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO A SIDE LABEL AND A SMALL RIM FLAKE ON THE A SIDE RUN IN AREA NOT REACHING THE PLAYING SURFACE AND NOT AFFECTING PLAY
TWO GREAT HOKUM BLUES SIDES FROM THE GREAT WASHBOARD SAM ON AN ORIGINAL BLUEBIRD 78
ONE ONLY AVAILABLE
SO DONT MISS OUT
BID NOW!
POSTAGE STUFF
10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!!
THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORREGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS,
USUALLY FOR MAILING OVERSEAS, I RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN 7 IN A BOX, OTHERWISE IT GOES OVER THE AIRMAIL SMALL PACKET MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 2Kgs WHICH CAUSES A LARGE HIKE IN POSTAL RATES.
I PACK VERY VERY SAFELY BUT I AM NOT FAST!!
MY STANDARD DISPATCH TIME IS TEN WORKING DAYS!
I SEND OUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PARCELS A WEEK AND DISPATCH IS NORMALLY DONE ONCE A WEEK
IF YOU HAVE AN URGENT REQUIREMENT FOR THE RECORD - BIRTHDAY PRESENT, WEDDING, FUNERAL etc PLEASE TELL ME AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET IT OUT FOR YOU QUICKLY.
IF A RECORD ARRIVES CRACKED OR BROKEN DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS WITH THIS FANTASTIC PACKAGING I WILL REFUND THE MONEY IN FULL. - JUST SEND ME A QUICK SCAN - IF IT IS A VERY RARE RECORD I MAY ASK YOU TO SEND IT BACK OTHERWISE IT WILL BE YOURS TO KEEP OR DISPOSE OF
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