Blind Boy Fuller and Rev. Gary Davis, 1935

Two Legendary Bluesmen Make Their Debut Recordings

Fulton Allen, a.k.a. “Blind Boy Fuller,” with National guitar.

During the summer of 1935, J.B. Long, the manager of the United Dollar Store in Durham, North Carolina, drove three local musicians to the Manhattan headquarters of the American Record Corporation. There, over a four-day period, all of these musicians made their recording debut. Rev. Gary Dav…