Mr. Moore Blues Take 2 - Music

Ida May Mack Or Ida Mae Mack Was An American Classic Female Blues Country Blues And Texas Blues Singer And Songwriter. She Recorded Eight Songs In 1928 Four Of Which She Recorded Twice. Six Of These Tracks Were Released At The Time. Little Is Known Of Her Life Outside The Music Industry. Little Is Known About Mack's Origins And Early Life. It Is Known That She Traveled By Train To Memphis Tennessee In 1928 Alongside Bessie Tucker And Charlie Kyle With The Intention Of Recording For Victor. Memphis Was The Location Of The Recording Studio Nearest To Her Home Which Is Generally Agreed To Have Been In Texas. The Pianist K. D. Johnson Born In Dallas Texas Accompanied Both Mack And Tucker On Their Recordings Which Took Place On 29 And 30 August 1928. Johnson Was Remembered By Another Piano Player Whistlin' Alex Moore As "49" Mack Referred To Johnson As "Mr. 49" During His Piano Solos And She Composed And Recorded The Song "Mr. Forty-Nine Blues." In Calling Johnson "Mr. 49" She Used A Slang Name Often Denoting Tent Show Performers. In Mack's Version Of "Elm Street Blues" She Utilised The Street Name As "a Metaphor For Unrequited Love". Mack Made Twelve Recordings Of Which Six Were Issued At The Time. She Recorded Alternate Takes Of Four Songs "Wrong Doin' Daddy" "Elm Street Blues" "Mr. Forty-Nine Blues" And "Good-Bye Rider". In 1960 The Dallas-Based Whistlin' Alex Moore Told An Interviewer That Mack And Tucker Were Both "tough Cookies ... Don't Mess With Them". However In A 1972 Conversation The Pianist Was Unable To Recall The Name Of Either Singer Which Led The Interviewer To Suspect That He Had Drawn His Own Conclusions From Their Recordings. All Of Mack's Tracks Are Available On Various Compilation Albums. Nothing Is Known Of Her Life After The Recording Session. read less