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| (Richard Brown) |
| (o): | Richard 'Rabbit' Brown (1927) | label: Victor |
| | One of the oldest musicians in a twelve bar blues format. Lived on Jane's Alley, not James Alley, in New Orleans, the same street Louis Armstrong grew up. Rough neighborhood west of Storyville, then reputed as 'Black Storyville', now an empty parking lot. Reissued on the Anthology of American Folk Music. (see also: Down On Penny's Farm) |
| (c): | Bob Dylan & The Band (1967) [in Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) from the Basement Tapes], Jeff Tweedy-Roger McGuinn-Jay Bennett (1998) [on The Harry Smith Connection], David Johansen & The Harry Smiths (2000) [appropriate band name], Wilco (2006) [with Jeff Tweedy], David Johansen (2006) [on The Harry Smith Project Revisited], |
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