Hurricane Katrina: Backwater Blues with Bessie Smith

i sing this song in choir

Blues ;)

it's one of my favorite songs

the piano player's name is clarence williams i think

thank you for your infomation

no, sorry, this is James P. Johnson at the piano here. Good guess though.

This is considered not only one of Bessie's finest recordings, but also one of the very finest of James P. Johnson's numerous fine blues accompaniments.

Personally, I prefer those of Jimmy Blythe and Clarence Johnson, but I agree that James P's accompaniments are very good.

It was recorded on February 17, 1927.

oh thanks

i love this video it is so sad it will make me wany to cry

It's my understanding that this song was written as a reaction to the common practice in the Southern states of alleviating the pressure of flooding rivers by opening the dikes in the districts inhabited by African Americans, not in reaction to one particular event. It's actually a pretty common theme in blues music.