How Long, How Long Blues

March 27, 1905 – April 29, 1935

Recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 19, 1928 featuring Leroy Carr (piano & vocals), and Scrapper Blackwell (guitar).

“How Long, How Long Blues” is a traditional eight bar blues song, made famous by Leroy Carr on this 1928 Vocalion Records release

A pianist and a recording star of the late ’20s Leroy Carr first popularized the blues piano/guitar duo paired with Scrapper Blackwell.

He wrote a number popular blues and developed a vocal delivery with an air of sophistication that would have a significant influence on many artists to follow.

Carr’s life came to a tragic end with his death from nephritis in 1935 a month after his thirtieth birthday.

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