eddie durham - hittin the bottle

eddie durham play guitar on this song from jimmie luceford (1935)
(correct me if i'm wrong, i'm not sure about this)

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[U012]

The first documented recordings with electrically amplified guitars were during 1933. This song came out during 36. Eddie...is known as the man who first introduced Guitar solos...

[56conn6h]

Why is everyone engaging in all this unnecessary debate over who was first etc? Blah blah blah. You forget the main point of music is to enjoy listening to it. Stop being so damed pedantic and ENJOY!

[JSGuitar80]

I love how every time you have a discussion about the first electric guitar recording it always devolves into three people talking about the first electric guitar recording and ten people arguing about the first jazz guitarist (which clearly is another subject entirely).

[SASLEAD666]

@U012 but wasnt it charlie christian?

[busessuck1]

@LongTallYamlaJay Not my thing - but thanks for your insincerity

[LongTallYamlaJay]

@busessuck1 I love your spirit, suck1. And the depth of your research, too. Ever thought of applying for a professorship in jazz or historical musicology?

[busessuck1]

@LongTallYamlaJay ...no need to find the original records - perhaps you could google... oh I don't know... Lonnie Johnson

...here is the first paragraph you would find if you were to do that:

Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899[1] – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer/guitarist and songwriter who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and is recognized as the first to play single-string guitar solos.

[LongTallYamlaJay]

@busessuck1 I have not personally seen any of the original pressings of the early Lonnie Johnson recordings, but I wonder if someone else here has. My point was what evidence is there that these were identified as "jazz" and "solo" recordings by the artist, the record company, and audiences. (Blind Willie Dunn, if you ask me, sounds like the pseudonym one would have chosen when operating in the "race" market as a bluesman.)

[busessuck1]

@LongTallYamlaJay I don't understand what you're getting at... Lonnie Johnson made Jazz recordings - and although he is accompanied by a backing guitar or piano on them, they are still "solos", in the same vein as classical pieces that are identified as solos

[LongTallYamlaJay]

@busessuck1 Well, what was that about taking one's own advice?

Perhaps you need to look at your vocabulary, especially the words: solo and jazz.

[donaldsteiny]

The first recording of an electric guitar in jazz was by jazz guitarist George Barnes who recorded two songs in Chicago on March 1, 1938: "Sweetheart Land" and "It's a Low-Down Dirty Shame" with Big Bill Broonzy. Many historians incorrectly attribute the first recording to Eddie Durham, but his recording with the Kansas City Five was not until 15 days later.