THE BLUES OF ALEC SEWARD PRESTIGE BLUESVILLE 1076 RARE
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"Alec Seward, best know as "Guitar Slim" was born on March 16, 1902, in Charles City, VA, as a child (he had 14 siblings), he picked up the guitar and began playing regularly at local dances. When he turned 18, he packed up and moved to New York with the intention of professionally playing music. Along the way, Seward struck up a friendship with two bluesmen who played in the same acoustic Piedmont style as he did, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. While the Piedmont style was rapidly becoming outdated and even considered corny in comparison to the newly polished urban blues, Seward stayed true to his roots. Luckily, he also came in contact with another transplanted Carolina country blues stylist who was also striving to make it New York named Louis Hayes, aka both Fat Boy Hayes and Jelly Belly. Sharing similar backgrounds and musical styles, the two began performing as the Blues Servant Boys, Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly, and the Backporch Boys. While the moniker Guitar Slim was the one that stuck with Seward over the course of his career, he had also taken on several other short-lived aliases, including "Blues Servant Boy," "King Blues," and "Georgia Slim." Over the next two decades, Seward played and recorded with Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. He also released an album on Blueville, Creepin' Blues, under his real name. Seward's accompaniment on that date was provided by a young guitarist and harmonica player named Larry Johnson. The remainder of the '60s found Seward playing live whenever possible and working the folk/blues festivals that had become popular in that decade. On May 11, 1972, Alec Seward was admitted to a hospital in New York where he died of natural causes." This lp is fantastic.THE BLUES OF ALEC SEWARD (AKA GUITAR SLIM) recorded on the PRESTIGE BLUESVILLE label BV1076.This rare gem is in great condition. CREEPIN BLUES cover has slight riing wear but otherwise is in very good shape. There is some splitting on the right spine and slight corner tears but otherwise looks great. the back cover aside from very slight brwning due to aging is excellent. vg++. the wax is vg triple plus and has been previewed on the day of listing all the way through to assure that there are no serious surface noises or scratches ..
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