SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010
John Byrd & Walter Taylor (1929-1931) (Story of Blues, 1991) This is an interesting CD that collects the recordings of two notable performers from 1920s-era Louisville, Kentucky, John Byrd and "Washboard" Walter Taylor. Although the city is best known for jug bands among its notable early 20th-century black musicians, its location made it a logical stopping place for many African Americans migrating from the Deep South. Indeed, what little information we have about John Byrd suggests that he was a transplant from Mississippi.

Read more about Walter Taylor on Last.fm.


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