NATHAN BEAUREGARD
Nathan Beauregard, real name Nathan Bogard, (*1887, 1893 or 1896 in Colbert, Mississippi; died May 15, 1970 in Memphis, Tennessee) was an African-American blues singer and guitarist.
Born blind, Beauregard soon became a musician, his repertoire consisting of songs of the pre-blues era and dance tunes like "Spoonful" and "Pretty Bunch of Daisies". When he was in his thirties, in the times of the "race recordings" of the 1920s, he saw many blues musicians with minor talent make a fortune as a recording artist while he himself was not offered such a chance.
During the folk and blues revival of the 1960s Beauregard was "discovered" in Memphis by Bill Barth, who convinced him to work as a musician again. In the short time between his "discovery" in 1968 and his death in 1970, he played at various folk and blues festivals (e.g. the 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival, which has been recorded on the Sire and Blue Horizon labels) and on a number of compilation albums on such labels as Blue Thumb, Arhoolie und Adelphi.
Nathan Beauregard - 'Bout A Spoonful
rec. June 9, 1969 at Ardent Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee; Nathan Beauregard, voc, el g [right channel]; Mike Stewart, ac g [left channel]; all sessions supervised by Chris Strachwitz; prod. by Chris Strachwitz; assistant producers: John Fahey and Bill Barth
... this recording originally released on and taken from Blue Thumb DLP BTS 6000 (US 1969) "Memphis Swamp Jam", later re-released on Arhoolie LP 1084 (US 1979) "Kings Of Country Blues Vol. 1" and Arhoolie CD 386 (US 1993) "Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis Vol. 2"
Nathan Beauregard discography at http://www.wirz.de/beaurega.htm
Arhoolie Records (LPs) discography at http://www.wirz.de/arhoolie.htm
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