Clarence Williams in New Orleans - 1916
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 57:
[In 1916 Clarence Williams received, unexpectedly, a $1600 check from Columbia records who had, without his knowledge, recorded, re-recorded and marketed a performance in New Orleans of a song he wrote.]
The news got around, and, in the Mardi Gras, all the bands were playin' "Brown Skin, Who You For?". Canal Street was decorated with brown-skin leather, and all the children were singin' it. Walkin' down Rampart Street, it was the biggest day of my life. You ask George Brunies about it. He was a youngster then, but he was at the head of the parade in one of the hottest bands down … more >>
Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro, Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It (London, 1992), p. 57. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436020336512 accessed: 22 November, 2024
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Brown skin, who you for
written by Clarence Williams |
performed by George Brunies |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1916 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |