[78-L] Deep Ellum Blues

[Doug Pomeroy]

Tony Russell shows the earliest to be August 1933 as "Deep Elm Blues"
by the Lone Star Cowboys, on Victor.  The other spelling (Elem) is used
for recordings made in '35, 36' and '37 for ARC or Decca.

Doug
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> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:25:38 +0000
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> Well, after lurking for, what, almost two years.... I need a bit of  
> research assistance for a fictional book I am writing...
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> Can one of you knowledgeable wonderful folk advise me on what  
> version, if any, of Deep Ellum Blues would have been available at  
> about the time of the heyday of the Victrola Credenzas?  I  
> personally have a Barton Brothers recording of it (I think, it's  
> been too long since I have laid hands on it) on Decca, but that  
> version would have been post-WW2, and not really playable on the  
> Credenza.  Did any versions come out in the early 30s?
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> Thanks in advance, and thanks for all the great info and insight!
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> Brad
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