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Arnold Rypens
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Artist: Barbecue Bob
Author: Robert Hicks
Label: Columbia
Year: 1927
Real name: Robert Hicks. Worked a lot as entertainer on barbecues in and around Atlanta, GA. In '31 he died of pneumonia.
Covers:
Elvie Thomas [for Paramount]
Eric Clapton [as Motherless Child on From The Cradle cd; Eric was a motherless child, raised by an aunt]
Sue Foley [on One Guitar Woman: Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar; taking Elsie's as example]
The Motherless Children Clapton cut in '74 was Blind Willie Johnson's (see: Mother's Children).
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)
Belgium