Richard Rabbit Brown Richard Brown
- 风格
- #原声布鲁斯 #原声得克萨斯布鲁斯 #乡村布鲁斯 #三角洲布鲁斯
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艺人介绍
by John Bush
A New Orleans songster who lived in the citys roughest section and composed songs about several of its most notorious murders, Richard Rabbit Brown was born in 1880, probably in rural Louisiana. Its not known when he turned up in New Orleans, but after arriving he migrated to the portion of Janes Alley (later home to Louis Armstrong) known as the Battlefield (even the police force often refused to enter to stop disputes). Two of his most popular songs were The Downfall of the Lion (concerning the shotgun murder of the police chief on Basin Street) and Gyp the Blood (about a New York gangster who sparked a near-riot, and the closing of Storyville as it was known, by killing a bar owner). Brown sang on streetcorners and nightclubs, and earned extra money as a singing boatman. He recorded six sides for Victor in 1927, including the story songs Mystery of the Dunbars Child and Sinking of the Titanic. Little else is known about the rest of his life, though it is known that he died in 1937. Five of his recordings were included on the collection The Greatest Songsters: Complete Works (1927-1929), along with tracks by Mississippi John Hurt and Hambone Willie Newbern.
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- @麦丘：Rabbit Brown（约1880—1937） 生于路易斯安那 布鲁斯吉他手 作曲者