Scrapper Blackwell
Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues styles. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 21, 1903 (North Carolina), Died October 7, 1962 (Indianapolis)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1935
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, songwriter, composer, lyricist, mandolin
Notes: Real name: Francis Hillman Blackwell
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Recordings (Results 101-120 of 120 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gennett | 16214 | 10-in. | 2/4/1930 | Ain't it a shame | Teddy Moss | Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16215 | 10-in. | 2/4/1930 | Ain't that some gal? | Teddy Moss ; Bob Robinson | Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16216 | 10-in. | 2/4/1930 | Rocking and rolling | Robinson's Knights of Rest | Jazz ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16217 | 10-in. | 2/4/1930 | Mean baby blues | Robinson's Knights of Rest | Jazz ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16218 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | Dark hour blues | Thomas Andrew Dorsey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16219 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | Six shooter blues | Thomas Andrew Dorsey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16220 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | Mississippi Bottom blues | Thomas Andrew Dorsey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16221 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | Second-hand woman blues | Georgia Tom | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16222 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | Maybe it's the blues | Thomas Andrew Dorsey | Male vocal solo and whistling, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16223 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | Second hand love | Thomas Andrew Dorsey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16224 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | Levee bound blues | Thomas Andrew Dorsey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 16225 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | Gee, but it's hard | Thomas Andrew Dorsey | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Decca | 90079 | 10-in. | 7/7/1935 | My old pal blues | Scrapper Blackwell | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 90080 | 10-in. | 7/7/1935 | Bad liquor blues | Scrapper Blackwell | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 90081 | 10-in. | 7/7/1935 | Alley Sally blues | Scrapper Blackwell | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 90082 | 10-in. | 7/7/1935 | No good woman blues | Scrapper Blackwell | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 90087 | 10-in. | 7/8/1935 | Motherless boy blues | Scrapper Blackwell | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 90088 | 10-in. | 7/8/1935 | Wayback blues | Scrapper Blackwell | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 90089 | My baby blues | Scrapper Blackwell | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||||
Decca | 90090 | 10-in. | 7/8/1935 | Texas stomp (Instrumental) | Scrapper Blackwell | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blackwell, Scrapper," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106340.
Blackwell, Scrapper. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106340.
"Blackwell, Scrapper." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Blackwell, Scrapper - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91063230
Wikidata: Scrapper Blackwell - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2164449
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/5120533
MusicBrainz: Scrapper Blackwell - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/158db858-7cca-434f-ab06-f67615ac833e
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