EDDY MAPP ( II )

Quizá sea esta la única imagen que existe del armonicista EDDIE MAPP, y no podemos asegurar que sea el auténtico Eddy Mapp quien aparece retratado, Mapp murió muy joven ( 21 años), fué considerado un virtuoso de la armónica durante el tiempo que pudo tocar , acompaño a legendarios como Barbecue Bob y sobre todo a CURLEY WEAVER del que si que existen audios que os ofrecemos a continuación 

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Eddie Mapp (c. 1910 – November 14, 1931) was an American country blues harmonicist. He is best known for his accompaniment on record of both Barbecue Bob and Curley Weaver.

Mapp was born in Social Circle, Walton County, Georgia. He relocated in 1922 to Newton County, where he met the guitar player, Curley Weaver. Although he did not sing, Mapp was noted in Newton County as a harmonica virtuoso with a unique style, who often performed for tips on the street. In 1925 Weaver and Mapp left for Atlanta The twosome played at country dances, then Weaver together with Barbecue Bob and his brother Charlie Hicks formed a group with Mapp, and continued to play locally.

In 1929, and billed as the Georgia Cotton Pickers, they recorded for the Atlanta based QRS label. Mapp also cut one solo track, "Riding the Blinds", the same year. None of the songs sold well

In November 1931, Mapp was discovered stabbed on an Atlanta street corner. His death certificate recorded that the brachial artery in his left arm had been severed, and gave his age as twenty. No one was charged with his murder. The certificate also noted his employment as 'musician', unusual at the time for a coroner to acknowledge Mapp's status.

                           

Tragically Georgia harmonica prodigy Eddie Mapp didn't get any older than just 20 years - nevertheless he's to remain one of the most accomplished harmonica players of the pre war era. 

Just give it a listen, folks!

                           

There are no songwriting credits on the label, however, the song was composed by Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker & Thomas A. "Georgia Tom" Dorsey

For more information please visit the website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mapp

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Recorded in Long Island City, N.Y. c. May 1929

Originally issued on and this recording taken from the 1929 single (QRS R7081) (78 RPM)

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