"The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues" - St. Louis, MO
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YoSam.
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A humor parody of the W.C. Handy classic...by Emmett Miller...look inside and see, with amazement, the band members of this group...unbelievable...big stars to be...Band name: "The Georgia Crackers"
Waymark Code: WM107X2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2019
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County of song: St. Louis Independent City
Location of site: Statue in Forest Park, St. Louis
Composers: Billy Curtis and J. Russell Robinson
Performed by: Emmett Miller and his Georgia Crackers
"This countdown of 100 songs begins where it ends (or vice versa, if you prefer), with "The St. Louis Blues," or rather with the ghost of that song -- and the specter of the trickster to end all musical tricksters, Emmett Miller. So much more than just a minstrel performer, Miller is like the missing link between blues, jazz, country and even rock & roll. On this parody, he and his band the Georgia Crackers have a comedic ball with W. C. Handy's immortal song, turning it into a politically incorrect séance, with his piercing yodel all but mocking the sound of Louis Armstrong's coronet, as recorded four years earlier. Miller (and composers Billy Curtis and J. Russell Robinson) had one thing right: You can't escape an earworm like "The St. Louis Blues." But you'd have to be as insane as Miller sounds to even try." -Roy Kasten, Christian Schaeffer and RFT Music
Listen to him play it: The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues
The Georgia Crackers:
Emmet Miller With Vocal Accompaniment By His Georgia Crackers
Bass - Joe Tarto;
Clarinet - Jimmy Dorsey;
Drums - Stan King;
Guitar - Eddie Lang;
Piano - Arthur Schutt;
Saxophone [Alto] - Jimmy Dorsey;
Trombone - Tommy Dorsey;
Trumpet - Mannie Klein;
Vocals - Emmett Miller; Vocals - Phil Pavey; Written-By - Curtis; Written-By - Robinson
New York, 9 September, 1929