Black Bottom Vintage Blues Dance

The Black Bottom (aka Swanee Bottom) was originally from New Orleans, later worked its way to Georgia and finally New York. Some say the Black Bottom was introduced by blues singer Alberta Hunter (which is probably true as many songs dances were stolen and reproduced by someone else). However, it has been reported that the Black Bottom was derived from an earlier and similar dance called the The dance was done all over the South before Bradford wrote his song in 1919. Simple moves were create br, br,