IDA COX / BONE ORCHARD BLUES / Paramount 12664 / E
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IDA COX
1928 Paramount Blues 78
THE BASICS
ARTIST : IDA COX
LABEL : Paramount 12664
SELECTIONS : Bone Orchard Blues
Western Unioon Blues
RECORD DATE : July 1928
CONDITION : E
Ida Prather was born February 25, 1896 in Toccoa Georgia. She left home at fourteen to work, as a comedian and singer, in vaudeville and in the Tent Shows of the era. In 1923 Cox signed with Paramont Records and stayed with Paramont until 1929. During this period she recorded 78 sides.
Paramont billed her as the "Uncrowned Queen of the Blues." Like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey she symbolized the liberated spirit of some Black American blues women. The songs she wrote and performed were targeted directly to the Black women in her audience. "Wild Women Don't Have the Blues," is a song that alludes to sexual freedom. "Pink Slip Blues" dealt with the woes of unemployment. "Last Mile Blues" is a song about Capital Punishment.
A very stylish woman, Cox possessed a lavish wardrobe. She was also a wise business woman, very much in control of her career. She hired all of her own musicians, produced her own stage shows and managed her own touring company, called Raising Cain. By the 1930's people's taste in music changed and Ida Cox, like other Classic Blues artists, lost some of her popularity. But, she continued to perform and caught a break in 1939 when hired by produce John Hammond to perform at Carnegie Hall which led to some new recordings in the 1940's. [house of blues ]
This recording is a brilliant original Paramount recording from the summer of 1928. On this she is accompanied by a small group which is likely Dave C Nelson (or B. T. Wingfield) on clarinet, Jesse Crump on piano and a banjo player.
LISTEN TO PART OF THIS RECORD HERE!
CONDITION: E
Records can be combined for postage savings. IN THE US – one 78 costs $7, but 2-7 will travel for only $10.50 flat rate ! ODD RECORDS ARE A REEL GEORGE SPECIALTY! CHECK MY OTHER AUCTIONS
