Ma Rainey, Prove it on me Blues
Here s another classic, recorded the year before I was born Born Gertrude Pridgett, she first performed in talent shows when she was about 13 years old. She met Will Rainey (also a performer) and they married in 1904. During the following years, she met the young Bessie Smith, on whom she had great influence (and the rest is history ) This recording is one of her earliest. Her Tub Jug Washboard Band was made up of Herman Brown; kazoo washboard, Thomas Dorsey; pno. Martin Pettiford; bjo. and Carl Re
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