Scrapper Blackwell
aka. Francis Blackwell

Scrapper Blackwell was best known for his work with pianist Leroy Carr during the early and mid-'30s, but he also recorded many solo sides between 1928 and 1935. A distinctive stylist whose work was closer to jazz than blues, Blackwell was an exceptional player with a technique, built around single-note picking, that anticipated the electric blues of the 1940s and 1950s. He abandoned music for more than 20 years after Carr's death in 1935, but re-emerged at the end of the 1950s and began his career anew, before his life was taken in an apparent robbery attempt.

 

1.Mr. Scrapper's Blues

2.Scrapper Blackwell, Vol. 3 (1959-1960)

3.Virtuoso Guitar 1925-1934

4.How Long

5.Scrapper Blackwell, Vol. 2 (1934-1958)

6.1928-1939, Vol. 1

7.Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell...

8.Bad Liquor Blues

9.How Long Blues : 1928-1935

10.Hard Time Blues

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