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When Rev. Robert Wilkins Played the Blues

When Rev. Robert Wilkins Played the Blues

The Inside Story of His Greatest Pre-War Sessions

Dec 01, 2022
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When Rev. Robert Wilkins Played the Blues
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As he walked through the rear entrance of Memphis’ Peabody Hotel in late September 1929 for his first Brunswick Records session, Robert Wilkins already had two 78s on the market. A year earlier, he’d recorded “Jail House Blues”/“I Do Blues,” the two-sided “Rolling Stone,” and the unreleased “I Told My Rider” at Memphis’s Ellis Auditorium, with Ralph Pee…

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