Gladys Bentley Wild Geese Blues

[ChrissieBana]

ooh baby, give me more of that jazz!

[arjhendrix]

bliss channel

thx you for sharing/caring

regards

[breebombshell]

i think every african american needs to be taught history like this.shes a pioneer no matter if you believe in homosexuality or not. i adore her and so many other LGBT artist of this time period. this is definately a piece of our history that needs to be taught

[jazzgirl1920s]

@breebombshell - I would really like to have heard her in person. I think she probably was a fantastic entertainer as well as a singer.

[xxQueenOfXtremexx]

WOW.

That's all i can say.

[et6yEhzxexzhrz]

Great recording, very clean!

[texxxasfynest]

Such a wonderful piece of Black History that is never told. She was a pioneer in music, and she was openly Lesbian... This, during a time when African Americans were fighting for equality, being Lesbian with that and you could only imagine how hard life for her may have been.

Unfortunately, she was forced to adopt a heterosexual lifestyle because of the Black Church.

In spite of that, this is black history that needs to be told - especially to GLBT people of color.

[koogeek]

@texxxasfynest She was forced into a heterosexual lifestyle? She headlined at the clam house?

[terigower]

this is favourited and 5 stars  will share it on......mary

[SINeca6]

She's amazing!!

[jbthegrinder]

is she dead

[JohnyBlaze86aimz]

yup she was openly lesbian in her early career but later claimed to be 'cured' by hormones. She also used to flirt with women in the audience while performing.

[buddmar]

Gladys was the original "Drag King" ... known for wearing men's clothes, especially all-white tuxedos!

[lonelyqueen86]

this is a wonderful little piece of history--how different the world was when this was being recorded!

[olvr1902]

Fantastic. Part of the Harlem Renaissance.. and a lesbian, too, I think?