Sylvester Weaver
Sylvester Weaver (July 25, 1897 – April 4, 1960) was an American blues guitar player and a pioneer of country blues. He was the son of Walter and Mattie (nee Embers or Embry) Weaver. Walter Weaver's 1952 Kentucky death certificate indicates that he was born in Port Gibson, Mississippi. That area's economy was heavily agricultural, relying on African American labor to produce a profitable cotton crop. After Walter Weaver migrated to Louisville, Kentucky, Port Gibson would play a role in the preservation and dissemination of a blues tradition indigenous to the Mississippi Delta. This tradition, in the form in which Walter Weaver experienced it, likely was a foundation upon which Sylvester Weaver built his unique performance style. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 25, 1897 (Louisville), Died April 4, 1960 (Louisville)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1927
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer, songwriter, banjo-guitar, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 69 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | 8582 | 10-in. | 3/19/1924 | Everybody's got the blues | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with banjo-guitar | instrumentalist, banjo-guitar, songwriter | |
OKeh | 8583 | 10-in. | 3/19/1924 | My man blues | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with banjo-guitar | instrumentalist, banjo-guitar, songwriter | |
OKeh | 8584 | 10-in. | 3/19/1924 | Pleading blues | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with banjo-guitar | instrumentalist, banjo-guitar, songwriter | |
OKeh | 8585 | 10-in. | 3/19/1924 | Every woman needs a man | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
OKeh | 8593 | Not documented | Mar. 1924 | [Unknown title(s)] | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | 8594 | Not documented | Mar. 1924 | [Unknown title(s)] | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | 8595 | 10-in. | Mar. 1924 | Got to leave my home blues | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
OKeh | 8596 | 10-in. | Mar. 1924 | Poor me blues | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with banjo-guitar | instrumentalist, banjo-guitar, songwriter | |
OKeh | 9023 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | Can't find nobody to do like my old daddy do | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with banjo and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | 9024 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | I'm sorry blues | Sara Martin ; Charles Washington ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with banjo and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | 9026 | Not documented | Mar. 1925 | [Unknown title(s)] | Instrumental Trio | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | 9027 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | Steel string blues | Instrumental Trio | Instrumental trio | composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | 9029 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | Strange lovin' blues | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | 9030 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | I can always tell when a man is treatin' me cool | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | S-71980 | 10-in. | October 1923 | Longing for daddy blues | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | S-71981 | 10-in. | October 1923 | I've got to go and leave my daddy behind | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | S-71986 | 10-in. | 11/2/1923 | Guitar blues | Sylvester Weaver | Guitar solo | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
OKeh | S-71997 | 10-in. | 11/2/1923 | Guitar rag | Sylvester Weaver | Guitar solo | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-71998 | 10-in. | 11/2/1923 | Roamin' blues | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | S-71999 | 10-in. | 11/2/1923 | Good-bye blues | Sara Martin ; Sylvester Weaver | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | S-72265 | 10-in. | Jan. 1924 | Jail house blues | Virginia Liston | Female vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
OKeh | S-72582 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Weaver's blues | Sylvester Weaver | Guitar solo | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
OKeh | S-72585 | 10-in. | 5/29/1924 | Smoketown strut | Sylvester Weaver | Guitar solo | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
OKeh | S-72586 | 10-in. | 5/29/1924 | If I don't find my brown I won't be back at all | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with guitar (take A); with piano (take B) | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-72590 | 10-in. | June 1924 | Mixing them up in "C" | Sylvester Weaver | Guitar solo | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Weaver, Sylvester," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110648.
Weaver, Sylvester. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110648.
"Weaver, Sylvester." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Weaver, Sylvester - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98004854
Wikidata: Sylvester Weaver - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2374143
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/2660969
MusicBrainz: Sylvester Weaver - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1e1fa4a5-3bd6-4a1c-9b1d-5c613a741500
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