i have his original records. they are more vaudeville/americana than blues but that is semantics. he is amazing. if anyone wants to buy his records, contact me.
there are two Abner Jay collections I know of - one is a CD called "One Man Band" put out by Anthology Recordings, and another is a recent LP called "The True Story of Abner Jay" released by Mississippi Records. The LP comes with a bunch of inserts including some photos.
"Those of you who know what's happenin' - meet me under the clothesline because that's where I hang out . . ." Thank you uploading this footage. That was great.
My God, I used to sit for hours and listen to Abner play at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet in Tucson back in the early 80's! I loved him!
He had records for sale. I said, "Abner, if you play How Great Thou Art, I'll buy all three of your records.
He said, "Well listen here" and played one of the nicest versions of the song I ever heard.
I still have those records and I still listen to them with a tear in my eye and fondly remember this wonderful man!
ArivacaCharlie 4 months ago 2
Awesome! An American Classic! RIP Maestro!
ViewTrend 6 months ago
This is beautiful.
joeysimms 7 months ago
This is just nice to watch, thanks for posting.
jimbizzzale67123 11 months ago
AMAZING!
thank you for posting.
Gummo22 1 year ago
abney jay bro!!
bce5150 1 year ago
a true folk genius. REAL folk music.
igotasweetass 2 years ago
He's my cousin Im trying to get more ics of him once i get them ill upload them!!
boogalou77 2 years ago
i have his original records. they are more vaudeville/americana than blues but that is semantics. he is amazing. if anyone wants to buy his records, contact me.
itwillbebrought 2 years ago
there are two Abner Jay collections I know of - one is a CD called "One Man Band" put out by Anthology Recordings, and another is a recent LP called "The True Story of Abner Jay" released by Mississippi Records. The LP comes with a bunch of inserts including some photos.
HoboHike 2 years ago
WOW! Great footage. His voice was still pretty strong considering how old he must have been in 1993.
FuzzyCabesas 3 years ago 4
he's so skinny here...does anyone know where i can find abner photos? or where he lived?
sophiaalmaria 4 years ago
He's from Fitzgerald, GA. He still has family there.
jdsasser1978 2 years ago
OUTSTANDING...
GODDAMN THOSE LITTLE COLLEGE KIDS WHO KEEP our abner out of gasssssssss
Do you have "I'm so depressed?"
23wino1977 4 years ago
"Those of you who know what's happenin' - meet me under the clothesline because that's where I hang out . . ." Thank you uploading this footage. That was great.
sockmonkeydreamer 4 years ago