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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Gus Cannon
Author: Alec Lee
Label: Paramount
Year: 1927
Alias Banjo Joe. Song about President Theodore Roosevelt inviting black civil rights activist Booker T. Washington to come to dinner at the (brand new) White House in 1901.
Covers:
Ry Cooder [lyrical inspiration for John Lee Hooker For President]
South Memphis String Band [with Alvin Youngblood Hart, Luther Dickinson and Jimbo Mathus]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)