61 “James Alley Blues” by Richard (Rabbit) Brown


"Recorded in New Orleans in 1927, Richard (Rabbit) Brown was a songster, a black folk singer and musician, often itinerant, busking on street corners and working as a boatman on Lake Pontchartrain. He grew up in the late 19th century on Jane Alley (or Jane’s Alley, as the residents called it), the turpentine distillery district of New Orleans. ... Video: Bob Dylan (The Minnesota Tapes), Judy Roderick (Woman Blue), Fox and Branch (Bootlegger’s Blues), Alice Stuart (All the Good Times), Jeff Tweedy (The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute to the Anthology), Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (Hazel & Alice), Big Moe & Jolly Jumper (Rooster Soup), Sweet Ginger Heat (Healy Heartache)"
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