WILLIAM HARRIS
Curiosamente, a pesar de que WILLIAM HARRIS es un artista del cual se desconoce casi todo, como podéis comprobar, dispone de un grupo de Facebook ,seguidores suyos imaginamos , aunque no estamos nada seguros que la fotografía que aparece en el mismo sea la del auténtico William Harris, más bien nos inclinamos por que es la de su colega BUDDY BOY HAWKINS, como así lo demuestra el dibujo de R.CRUMB en una de sus 36 cartas del set HEROES OF THE BLUES, como os mostramos más abajo, dudas aparte lo que si queda claro es que fué el compositor del tema BULLFROG BLUES., versionado entre otros muchos por CANNED HEAT en 1967 y más tarde en 1972 por RORY GALLAGHER
Virtually nothing is known about bluesman William Harris; as a result of the rhythmic intricacy of the guitar work in evidence on the nine songs which comprise his recorded legacy, historians have placed him as a product of the Mississippi Delta, although the geographic references scattered among his music also suggest an Alabama background. Birmingham, Alabama was certainly the location of his first recording session, cut on July 18, 1927; accounts suggest that at the time Harris was a performer with F.S. Wolcott's Rabbit Foot Minstrels. Theories that he traveled the medicine show circuit are lent further credence by his second recording date, which occured over a three-day period in October 1928 in Richmond, Indiana; among the tracks cut by Harris was "Kansas City Blues," previously recorded by Jim Jackson, another medicine show entertainer. Additionally, two other staples of the circuit, Frank Stokes and Papa Charlie Jackson, previously recorded "Take Me Back," updated by Harris as "Hot Time Blues." In all likelihood, these are mysteries which will never be solved -- his trail ends after this final session.
Dibujo de R. CRUMB
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