ED ANDREWS * CENTURY OF THE BLUES +
ED ANDREWS es uno de estos guitarrista de los cuales se dispone de poca información, por no disponer no se dispone de ninguna fotografía suya , lo mas parecido que hemos encontrado es este dibujo de OKEH Race Records donde supuestamente la imagen representada es la de ED ANDREWS , por aquellos entonces, ( 1924 ) toda la fama se la llevaba CHARLEY PATTON que se hacía pasar por el primer guitarrista del Delta , del poco material que se dispone , una pieza aparece en el recopilatorio que os mostramos , CENTURY OF THE BLUES, un pequeño albúm muy bien presentado con pequeña reseña de cada artista y varias fotografías además de cuatro Cd.s muy interesantes todos ellos .Esta pieza es BARRELHOUSE BLUES, una composición del propio artista.
randomandrareI do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes
There are no existing photos of Ed Andrews. There was an advertisement that was placed in the Chicago Defender in 1924 regarding this record, but I wasn't able to locate it either other than in an index. Andrews only recorded two songs. However, for a such an obscure artist his one record has been the subject of much debate over the years. Many call his one record the first country blues record ever recorded, while others lean on Sylvester Weaver who recorded five months prior to Andrews. The sides recorded by Weaver were guitar instrumentals, so this could be regarded as the very first recorded country blues with vocals. Weaver recorded several sides by himself and with his partner Walter Beasley. Andrews wasn't asked back to record again.
Ed Andrews:Vocals & 12-String Guitar
Recorded in Atlanta GA. c. late March/early April 1924
Originally issued on the 1924 single ( OKeh 8137) (78 RPM)
This recording taken from the CD "Country Blues Collector's Items (1924-1928)"
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Wikipedia info:
Ed Andrews (fl. 1920s) was an American blues singer and guitarist, who made what are considered to be the first commercially-released country blues recordings, in 1924, some three years before such releases became commonplace.
Biography
Virtually nothing is known of Andrews' life. After the commercial success of some of the first female "classic blues" singers such as Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith in the early 1920s, the Okeh record company made field trips to the southern states to discover unrecorded musicians. In Atlanta, Georgia, they discovered and recorded Andrews in April 1924. He recorded two tracks, "Barrel House Blues" and "Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay", which were issued as Okeh Records (OK 8137). They were the first commercially-released recordings of a male country blues singer. The record company's advertisement stated: "Right where the blues songs were born is where Ed. Andrews was singing ‘em and playing ‘em when the special OKeh Recording Expedition discovered him. Why, man alive, he was just scattering happiness all around, wherever he appeared."
It is not known whether Andrews originated from Atlanta, or was an itinerant musician passing through the city. He played 12-string guitar, and sang with a pronounced vibrato. His style has been likened to that of Peg Leg Howell, a Georgia musician who first recorded in 1926. On the basis of a lyric line, "Ain't got nobody lead me round and round", it has been conjectured that Andrews may have been blind.
Andrews made no further recordings. He was thought to have been "approaching middle age" when he recorded,but other aspects of his life are unknown.
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