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Papa Charlie Jackson
Artist Biography For Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson November 10 1887 – May 7 1938 Was An American Bluesman And Songster Who Accompanied Himself With A Banjo Guitar A Guitar Or A Ukulele. His Recording Career Began In 1924. Much Of His Life Remains A Mystery But His Draft Card Lists His Birthplace As New Orleans Louisiana And His Death Certificate States That He Died In Chicago Illinois On May 7 1938. Born William Henry Jackson He Originally Performed In Minstrel And Medicine Shows. From The Early 1920s Into The 1930s He Played Frequent Club Dates In Chicago And Was Noted For Busking At Chicago's Maxwell Street Market. In August 1924 He Recorded The Commercially Successful "Airy Man Blues" And "Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues" For Paramount Records. One Of His Sunsequent Tracks "Salty Dog Blues" Became His Most Famous Song. Among His Recordings Are Several In Which He Accompanied Classic Female Blues Singers Such As Ida Cox Hattie McDaniel And Ma Rainey. According To The Blues Writer Bruce Eder Jackson Achieved "a Musical Peak Of Sorts In September Of 1929 When He Got To Record With His Longtime Idol Blind Arthur Blake Often Known As The King Of Ragtime Guitar During This Period. 'Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It' Parts One And Two Are Among The Most Unusual Sides Of The Late '20s Containing Elements Of Blues Jam Session Hokum Recording And Ragtime." A Few More Recordings For The Paramount Label Followed In 1929 And 1930. In 1934 Jackson Recorded For Okeh Records And The Following Year He Recorded With Big Bill Broonzy. Altogether Jackson Recorded 66 Sides During His Career. Jackson Was An Influential Figure In Blues Music. He Was The First Self-Accompanied Blues Musician To Make Records. He Was One Of The First Musicians Of The Hokum Genre Which Uses Comic Often Sexually Suggestive Lyrics And Lively Danceable Rhythms. He Wrote Or Was The First To Record Several Songs That Became Blues Standards Including "Spoonful" And "Salty Dog". Nonetheless He Has Received Little Attention From Blues Historians. Jackson's "Shake That Thing" Was Covered By Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions In 1964. "Loan Me Your Heart" Appeared On The Wildpary Sheiks' Eponymous Album In 2002. The Carolina Chocolate Drops Recorded "Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine" On Their Grammy Award–winning 2010 Album Genuine Negro Jig And Often Played The Song In Interviews After Its Release. A Brief Selection From "Shake That Thing" Was Used In The Television Series Sanford And Son In The 1973 Episode Entitled "The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection" In Which Fred Sanford Played By Redd Foxx Danced And Sang Along With It.
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Biography - Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson November 10 1887 – May 7 1938 Was An American Bluesman And Songster Who Accompanied Himself With A Banjo Guitar A Guitar Or A Ukulele. His Recording Career Began In 1924. Much Of His Life Remains A Mystery But His Draft Card Lists His Birthplace As New Orleans Louisiana And His Death Certificate States That He Died In Chicago Illinois On May 7 1938. Born William Henry Jackson He Originally Performed In Minstrel And Medicine Shows. From The Early 1920s Into The 1930s He Played Frequent Club Dates In Chicago And Was Noted For Busking At Chicago's Maxwell Street Market. In August 1924 He Recorded The Commercially Successful "Airy Man Blues" And "Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues" For Paramount Records. One Of His Sunsequent Tracks "Salty Dog Blues" Became His Most Famous Song. Among His Recordings Are Several In Which He Accompanied Classic Female Blues Singers Such As Ida Cox Hattie McDaniel And Ma Rainey. According To The Blues Writer Bruce Eder Jackson Achieved "a Musical Peak Of Sorts In September Of 1929 When He Got To Record With His Longtime Idol Blind Arthur Blake Often Known As The King Of Ragtime Guitar During This Period. 'Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It' Parts One And Two Are Among The Most Unusual Sides Of The Late '20s Containing Elements Of Blues Jam Session Hokum Recording And Ragtime." A Few More Recordings For The Paramount Label Followed In 1929 And 1930. In 1934 Jackson Recorded For Okeh Records And The Following Year He Recorded With Big Bill Broonzy. Altogether Jackson Recorded 66 Sides During His Career. Jackson Was An Influential Figure In Blues Music. He Was The First Self-Accompanied Blues Musician To Make Records. He Was One Of The First Musicians Of The Hokum Genre Which Uses Comic Often Sexually Suggestive Lyrics And Lively Danceable Rhythms. He Wrote Or Was The First To Record Several Songs That Became Blues Standards Including "Spoonful" And "Salty Dog". Nonetheless He Has Received Little Attention From Blues Historians. Jackson's "Shake That Thing" Was Covered By Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions In 1964. "Loan Me Your Heart" Appeared On The Wildpary Sheiks' Eponymous Album In 2002. The Carolina Chocolate Drops Recorded "Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine" On Their Grammy Award–winning 2010 Album Genuine Negro Jig And Often Played The Song In Interviews After Its Release. A Brief Selection From "Shake That Thing" Was Used In The Television Series Sanford And Son In The 1973 Episode Entitled "The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection" In Which Fred Sanford Played By Redd Foxx Danced And Sang Along With It.
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