PIANO BLUES: Roosevelt Sykes / Sugar Babe Blues / Okeh / 1942

Описание к видео PIANO BLUES: Roosevelt Sykes / Sugar Babe Blues / Okeh / 1942

Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 - July 17, 1983) was an American blues singer and pianist, born in Elmar, AR, and raised St. Louis, MO. His first recordings were made for the Okeh label in 1929, and he subsequently had releases on Paramount, Victor, Melotone, Champion, Bluebird, and Decca before the advent of WWII. Records bore his own name, as well as a variety of pseudonyms, such as Willy Kelly, Dobby Bragg, Easy Papa Johnson, The Honeydripper, and St. Louis Johnny. After the War, Sykes recorded for RCA-Victor and a number of smaller independent labels, and made over a dozen 33 ⅓ rpm albums. During his career he accompanied countless singers and ensembles on their recording sessions.

[Sugar Babe (AKA Chattanooga Sugar Babe) is a version of the Crawdad Song with verses consisting of four lines, the first three being identical. A version by Land Norris playing banjo was recorded by Okeh in 1926 with the lyric, “Getting into trouble is all I do, Sugar Babe (x3), Getting into trouble is all I do, ever since I first met you.” It is a distinctly different song from the traditional banjo number “Sugar Baby” (AKA Red Rocking Chair) recorded by Doc Boggs in 1927.]

[Sugar Babe Blues, Roosevelt Sykes, Okeh 6709, recorded 4/16/42, matrix C 4228]
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