pre war blues

Mr. ScrapperFor being a rather unknown blues player, Scrapper Blackwell recorded a ridiculous amount of music. More often than not, he was supporting the under appreciated LeRoy Carr, but apart from the hundred sides that the two worked out together, Blackwell himself, who recorded mostly during the late '20s and early '30s, can lay claim to at least another thirty to forty sides during his hey day. That most fertile period, though, came to an end when Carr passed away from some combination of drinking and kidney problems. It would be at least twenty years after this occurrence that Blackwell would again record. Read more