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Sylvester Weaver (July 25, 1897 – April 4, 1960) was an American blues guitar player and a pioneer of country blues. He was the son of Walter and Mattie (née Embers or Embry) Weaver. Walter Weaver's 1952 Kentucky death certificate indicates that he was born in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
There is an argument that the first "rural" or "country" blues recording was by Sylvester Weaver who recorded two blues instrumentals, "Guitar Blues" and "Gu...
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25 lug 2015 · Weaver made history on October 24, 1923, when he fingerpicked accompaniment to vaudeville singer Sara Martin’s “Longing for Daddy Blues,” becoming the first guitarist to back a blues singer ...
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Recorded November 27, 1927 in New York CitySylvester Weaver - guitarWalter Beasley - guitar.
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Illustrated Sylvester Weaver discography. Sources / Further reading: - own record collection. - Görgen Antonsson discographies. - Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 65, 164, 346-347, 497-502, 815-816. - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.-
Learn about Sylvester Weaver, the first man to record a Blues guitar instrumental and the first to accompany a single Blues singer. Discover his influential style, his discography and his retirement from music.
18 mar 2002 · Sylvester L. Weaver Jr., a pioneering television executive who created the NBC programs ''Today'' and ''Tonight'' and did much to shape the medium's pervasive influence, died Friday...
