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Sylvester Weaver July 25 1897 – April 4 1960 Was An American Blues Guitar Player And Pioneer Of Country Blues. On Some Recordings From 1927 He Was Accompanied By Walter Beasley And The Singer Helen Humes. Weaver Recorded From 1923 Until 1927 Sometimes Accompanied By Sara Martin About 50 Additional Songs.
Weaver Often Used The Bottleneck-Style Method Playing His Guitar With A Knife. His Recordings Were Quite Successful But In 1927 He Retired And Went Back To Louisville Until His Death In 1960. Though Many Country Blues Artists Had A Revival From The 1950s On Weaver Died Almost Forgotten. On October 23 1923 He Recorded In New York City With The Blues Singer Sara Martin "Longing For Daddy Blues" / "I've Got To Go And Leave My Daddy Behind" And Two Weeks Later As A Soloist "Guitar Blues" / "Guitar Rag". Both Recordings Were Released On Okeh Records. These Recordings Are The Very First Country-Blues Recordings And The First Known Recorded Songs Using The Slide Guitar Style. "Guitar Rag" Played On A Guitjo Became A Blues Classic And Was Covered In The 1930s By Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys As "Steel Guitar Rag" And Became A Country Music Standard Too. In 1992 His Complete Works Were Released On Two CDs The Same Year His Up To Then Anonymous Grave Got A Headstone By Engagement Of The Louisville-Based Kentuckiana Blues Society KBS . Furthermore The KBS Has Annually Honored Since 1989 Persons Who Rendered Outstanding Services To The Blues With Their Sylvester Weaver Award.
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Sylvester Weaver July 25 1897 – April 4 1960 Was An American Blues Guitar Player And Pioneer Of Country Blues. On Some Recordings From 1927 He Was Accompanied By Walter Beasley And The Singer Helen Humes. Weaver Recorded From 1923 Until 1927 Sometimes Accompanied By Sara Martin About 50 Additional Songs.
Weaver Often Used The Bottleneck-Style Method Playing His Guitar With A Knife. His Recordings Were Quite Successful But In 1927 He Retired And Went Back To Louisville Until His Death In 1960. Though Many Country Blues Artists Had A Revival From The 1950s On Weaver Died Almost Forgotten. On October 23 1923 He Recorded In New York City With The Blues Singer Sara Martin "Longing For Daddy Blues" / "I've Got To Go And Leave My Daddy Behind" And Two Weeks Later As A Soloist "Guitar Blues" / "Guitar Rag". Both Recordings Were Released On Okeh Records. These Recordings Are The Very First Country-Blues Recordings And The First Known Recorded Songs Using The Slide Guitar Style. "Guitar Rag" Played On A Guitjo Became A Blues Classic And Was Covered In The 1930s By Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys As "Steel Guitar Rag" And Became A Country Music Standard Too. In 1992 His Complete Works Were Released On Two CDs The Same Year His Up To Then Anonymous Grave Got A Headstone By Engagement Of The Louisville-Based Kentuckiana Blues Society KBS . Furthermore The KBS Has Annually Honored Since 1989 Persons Who Rendered Outstanding Services To The Blues With Their Sylvester Weaver Award. read less
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Weaver Often Used The Bottleneck-Style Method Playing His Guitar With A Knife. His Recordings Were Quite Successful But In 1927 He Retired And Went Back To Louisville Until His Death In 1960. Though Many Country Blues Artists Had A Revival From The 1950s On Weaver Died Almost Forgotten. On October 23 1923 He Recorded In New York City With The Blues Singer Sara Martin "Longing For Daddy Blues" / "I've Got To Go And Leave My Daddy Behind" And Two Weeks Later As A Soloist "Guitar Blues" / "Guitar Rag". Both Recordings Were Released On Okeh Records. These Recordings Are The Very First Country-Blues Recordings And The First Known Recorded Songs Using The Slide Guitar Style. "Guitar Rag" Played On A Guitjo Became A Blues Classic And Was Covered In The 1930s By Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys As "Steel Guitar Rag" And Became A Country Music Standard Too. In 1992 His Complete Works Were Released On Two CDs The Same Year His Up To Then Anonymous Grave Got A Headstone By Engagement Of The Louisville-Based Kentuckiana Blues Society KBS . Furthermore The KBS Has Annually Honored Since 1989 Persons Who Rendered Outstanding Services To The Blues With Their Sylvester Weaver Award. read less
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