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Pistol Slapper Blues by Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry
Artist Biography For Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry
Blind Boy Fuller Born Fulton Allen Was An American Blues Guitarist And Vocalist. Fuller Was Born In July 10 1907 In Wadesboro North Carolina And Died February 13 1941 In Durham North Carolina. He Played A Steel National Resonator Guitar. As A Boy Fuller Learned To Play The Guitar And Also Learned From Older Singers The Field Hollers Country Rags And Traditional Songs And Blues Popular In Poor Rural Areas. It Is Reported That Around 1926 He Suffered From Ulcerated Eyes And Became Partially Blind. His Vision Continued To Deteriorate Until 1928 When He Was Completely Blind. He Started Playing At Informal Gatherings And As He Grew Older The Opportunities For A Blind Black Man Being Limited He Turned To Getting What Employment He Could As A Singer And Entertainer At Dives Street Corners House Parties And Dances For Pay. He Became Well Known Enough That In 1935 He Received An Offer To Record. Over A Period Of Five Years Fuller Made Over 120 Sides And His Recordings Appeared On Several Labels. His Style Of Singing Was Rough And Direct And His Lyrics Explicit And Uninhibited As He Drew From From Every Aspect Of His Experience As An Underpriviledged Person On The Streets -- Pawnshops Jailhouses Sickness Death -- With An Honesty That Lacked Sentimentality. Although He Was Not Sophisticated His Artistry As A Folk Singer Lay In The Honesty And Integrity Of His Self-Expression. His Songs Contained Desire Love Jealousy Disappointment Menace And Humor. 1 Blind Boy Fuller Was One Of The Most Popular Of The Piedmont Blues Artists That Counted Reverend Gary Davis Blind Willie McTell And Blind Blake Amongst Its Number. He Was So Popular That When He Died His Protégé Brownie McGhee Reluctantly Began A Short Lived Career As Blind Boy Fuller No. 2 So That Columbia Records Could Cash In On His Popularity. His Song 'Trucking My Blues Away' Also Gave America The Famous Saying 'Keep On Trucking'. He Was Often Accompanied On Harmonica By Sonny Terry. Blind Boy Fuller Died From A Severe Bladder Infection In 1942 When He Was Only 33 Years Old. Blind Boy Fuller Was An Expressive Vocalist And A Masterful Guitar Player Best Remembered For His Uptempo Ragtime Hits "Rag Mama Rag " "Trucking My Blues Away " And "Step It Up And Go." At The Same Time He Was Capable Of Deeper Material And His Versions Of "Lost Lover Blues" "Rattlesnakin' Daddy" And "Mamie" Are As Deep As Most Delta Blues. Because Of His Popularity He May Have Been Overexposed On Records Yet Most Of His Songs Remained Close To Tradition And Much Of His Repertoire And Style Is Kept Alive By North Carolina And Virginia Artists Today. The Location Of The Final Resting Place Of Blind Boy Fuller Is Grove Hill Cemetery Located On Private Property In Durham North Carolina. State Records Indicate That This Was Once An Official Cemetery And Fuller's Interment Is Recorded. The Only Remaining Headstone Is That Of Mary Caston Langey. Blind Boy Fuller Has Been Recognized On Two Different Plaques In The City Of Durham. The North Carolina Division Of Archives And History Plaque Is Located A Few Miles North Of Fuller's Gravesite Along Fayetteville St. In Durham. The City Of Durham Officially Recognized Fuller On July 16 2001 And The Commemorating Plaque Is Located Along The American Tobacco Trail Adjacent To The Property Where Fuller's Unmarked Grave Is Located Several Hundred Feet East Of Fayetteville St. . Saunders Terrell Better Known As Sonny Terry October 24 1911-March 11 1986 Was A Blues Musician. He Was Born In Greensboro North Carolina On October 24 1911 And Died On March 11 1986 In Mineola New York. He Was Most Widely Known For His Energetic Blues Harmonica Style Which Frequently Included Vocal Whoops And Hollers And Imitations Of Trains And Fox Hunts. His Father A Farmer Taught Him To Play Basic Blues Harp As A Youth. He Sustained Injuries To His Eyes At A Young Age Which Eventually Prevented Him From Doing Farm Work Himself. In Order To Earn A Living Sonny Was Now Forced To Play Music. He Began Playing In Shelby North Carolina. After His Father Died He Began Playing With Piedmont-Style Guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller Died He Established A Long-Standing Musical Relationship With Brownie McGhee And The Pair Recorded Numerous Tracks Together. The Duo Became Well-Known Even Among White Audiences As They Joined The Growing Folk Movement Of The 1950s And '60s. This Included Collaborations With Woody Guthrie And Moses Asch Producing Folkways Records Now Smithsonian/Folkways Classic Recordings. In 1938 Sonny Terry Was Invited To Play At Carnegie Hall For The First From Spirituals To Swing Concert And Later That Year He Recorded For The Library Of Congress. In 1940 Sonny Terry Recorded His First Commercial Sides. Despite Their Fame As "pure" Folk Artists In The 1940s Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Fronted A Jump Band Combo With Honking Saxophone That Was Variously Called Brownie McGhee And His Jook House Rockers Or Sonny Terry And His Buckshot Five. Terry Was Also In The 1947 Original Cast Of The Broadway Musical Comedy Finian's Rainbow. Or See Blind Boy Fuller And Sonny Terry
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Biography - Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry
Blind Boy Fuller Born Fulton Allen Was An American Blues Guitarist And Vocalist. Fuller Was Born In July 10 1907 In Wadesboro North Carolina And Died February 13 1941 In Durham North Carolina. He Played A Steel National Resonator Guitar. As A Boy Fuller Learned To Play The Guitar And Also Learned From Older Singers The Field Hollers Country Rags And Traditional Songs And Blues Popular In Poor Rural Areas. It Is Reported That Around 1926 He Suffered From Ulcerated Eyes And Became Partially Blind. His Vision Continued To Deteriorate Until 1928 When He Was Completely Blind. He Started Playing At Informal Gatherings And As He Grew Older The Opportunities For A Blind Black Man Being Limited He Turned To Getting What Employment He Could As A Singer And Entertainer At Dives Street Corners House Parties And Dances For Pay. He Became Well Known Enough That In 1935 He Received An Offer To Record. Over A Period Of Five Years Fuller Made Over 120 Sides And His Recordings Appeared On Several Labels. His Style Of Singing Was Rough And Direct And His Lyrics Explicit And Uninhibited As He Drew From From Every Aspect Of His Experience As An Underpriviledged Person On The Streets -- Pawnshops Jailhouses Sickness Death -- With An Honesty That Lacked Sentimentality. Although He Was Not Sophisticated His Artistry As A Folk Singer Lay In The Honesty And Integrity Of His Self-Expression. His Songs Contained Desire Love Jealousy Disappointment Menace And Humor. 1 Blind Boy Fuller Was One Of The Most Popular Of The Piedmont Blues Artists That Counted Reverend Gary Davis Blind Willie McTell And Blind Blake Amongst Its Number. He Was So Popular That When He Died His Protégé Brownie McGhee Reluctantly Began A Short Lived Career As Blind Boy Fuller No. 2 So That Columbia Records Could Cash In On His Popularity. His Song 'Trucking My Blues Away' Also Gave America The Famous Saying 'Keep On Trucking'. He Was Often Accompanied On Harmonica By Sonny Terry. Blind Boy Fuller Died From A Severe Bladder Infection In 1942 When He Was Only 33 Years Old. Blind Boy Fuller Was An Expressive Vocalist And A Masterful Guitar Player Best Remembered For His Uptempo Ragtime Hits "Rag Mama Rag " "Trucking My Blues Away " And "Step It Up And Go." At The Same Time He Was Capable Of Deeper Material And His Versions Of "Lost Lover Blues" "Rattlesnakin' Daddy" And "Mamie" Are As Deep As Most Delta Blues. Because Of His Popularity He May Have Been Overexposed On Records Yet Most Of His Songs Remained Close To Tradition And Much Of His Repertoire And Style Is Kept Alive By North Carolina And Virginia Artists Today. The Location Of The Final Resting Place Of Blind Boy Fuller Is Grove Hill Cemetery Located On Private Property In Durham North Carolina. State Records Indicate That This Was Once An Official Cemetery And Fuller's Interment Is Recorded. The Only Remaining Headstone Is That Of Mary Caston Langey. Blind Boy Fuller Has Been Recognized On Two Different Plaques In The City Of Durham. The North Carolina Division Of Archives And History Plaque Is Located A Few Miles North Of Fuller's Gravesite Along Fayetteville St. In Durham. The City Of Durham Officially Recognized Fuller On July 16 2001 And The Commemorating Plaque Is Located Along The American Tobacco Trail Adjacent To The Property Where Fuller's Unmarked Grave Is Located Several Hundred Feet East Of Fayetteville St. . Saunders Terrell Better Known As Sonny Terry October 24 1911-March 11 1986 Was A Blues Musician. He Was Born In Greensboro North Carolina On October 24 1911 And Died On March 11 1986 In Mineola New York. He Was Most Widely Known For His Energetic Blues Harmonica Style Which Frequently Included Vocal Whoops And Hollers And Imitations Of Trains And Fox Hunts. His Father A Farmer Taught Him To Play Basic Blues Harp As A Youth. He Sustained Injuries To His Eyes At A Young Age Which Eventually Prevented Him From Doing Farm Work Himself. In Order To Earn A Living Sonny Was Now Forced To Play Music. He Began Playing In Shelby North Carolina. After His Father Died He Began Playing With Piedmont-Style Guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller Died He Established A Long-Standing Musical Relationship With Brownie McGhee And The Pair Recorded Numerous Tracks Together. The Duo Became Well-Known Even Among White Audiences As They Joined The Growing Folk Movement Of The 1950s And '60s. This Included Collaborations With Woody Guthrie And Moses Asch Producing Folkways Records Now Smithsonian/Folkways Classic Recordings. In 1938 Sonny Terry Was Invited To Play At Carnegie Hall For The First From Spirituals To Swing Concert And Later That Year He Recorded For The Library Of Congress. In 1940 Sonny Terry Recorded His First Commercial Sides. Despite Their Fame As "pure" Folk Artists In The 1940s Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Fronted A Jump Band Combo With Honking Saxophone That Was Variously Called Brownie McGhee And His Jook House Rockers Or Sonny Terry And His Buckshot Five. Terry Was Also In The 1947 Original Cast Of The Broadway Musical Comedy Finian's Rainbow. Or See Blind Boy Fuller And Sonny Terry
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