Wednesday, September 11, 2013

W.C. Handy "St. Louis Blues"


Today is the day, 99 years ago, in 1914, that the father figure of the blues, W.C. Handy published his most well known song, "St. Louis Blues".  It has been covered many, many times to be sure.  Here is the version that Handy recorded, on a 78 RPM record.

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