Roots of Blues Willie Newbern „Roll And Tumble Blues Hambo

„Roll And Tumble Blues Hambone
(W. Newbern)

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Little is known about blues songster Hambone Willie Newbern; a mere half-dozen sides comprise the sum of his recorded legacy, but among those six is the first-ever rendition of the immortal Delta classic "Roll and Tumble Blues." Reportedly born in 1899, he first began to make a name for himself in the Brownsville, TN area, where he played country dances and fish fries in the company of Yank Rachell; later, on the Mississippi medicine show circuit, he mentored Sleepy John Estes (from whom most of the known information about Newbern originated). While in Atlanta in 1929, Newbern cut his lone session; in addition to "Roll and Tumble," which became an oft-covered standard, he recorded songs like "She Could Toodle-Oo" and "Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues," which suggest an old-fashioned rag influence. By all reports an extremely ill-tempered man, Newbern's behavior eventually led him to prison, where a brutal beating is said to have brought his life to an end around 1947. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Music

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• Blues
• Roots_of_Blues
• History_of_music
• Vintage_Blues

[onitram1]

Thanks for posting. However, as the other poster stated-the photo is not Newbern, but Son House.

[txussilvestre]

Search also "Minglewood Blues" by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers from 1928 (a year before this Hambone's version. Not mentioning the Roll and Tumble in the lyrics but the music is mainly the same...I like that about the blues...the musical archaeology

By the way, that photo is Son House's

Thanks for the song!!

[badpdx]

@CharlesDavidPollock: I could be wrong, but believe this is open G. However, I taught it to myself in open A for reasons that have been lost to my memory in the ensuing 20 years.

[CharlesDavidPollock]

@badpdx what tuning is it in?

[gallanttimmy201]

This song is so original. To play it feels so draining from the veins.

[badpdx]

@MisterBorg9: this is definitely Newbern. First song I ever learned on slide guitar, from this recording.

[Bonqo]

First recording: March 14, 1929. Thanks Great Depression!

[MisterBorg9]

This doesn't sound like a recording from the 20's....You sure this isn't actually Joe Collicott??

[Odin029]

@needianame Yeah, Muddy and every other blues player born in the last 90 years. Besides its more a cover. If you want ripped off, take a listen to Lonesome Train by Charlie McCoy then listen to the intro to Ray Charles' Mess Around! I love Ray, but man that's rippin.