[78-L] Grayson and Whitter "Going Down Lee Highway" with Bill Broonzy Composer Credit

[Richard Blaustein]

On March 30, 1929, fiddler G.B. Grayson from Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee and
guitarist Henry Whitter
recorded "Going Down Lee Highway," issued on Victor 23565.

This same fiddle tune was reissued by Victor on Bluebird 5498. Both the
Victor and Bluebird releases
list Bill Broonzy as the composer of this tune.

Broonzy learned to play fiddle when he was a young boy in Mississippi and
fiddled on a few
records with Charlie Patton and the State Street Boys, but then went on to
become a famous guitar-playing blues singer, whose major hits included
"Lonesome Road Blues" and "Key To The Highway."

Did Bill Broonzy have anything to do with the composition of Grayson and
Whitter's "Going Down Lee Highway," or was this possibly the result of a
clerical error by an overworked secretary at Victor Records?

Any assistance you can provide in shedding light on this mindboggling
mystery will be greatly
appreciated.

Yours truly,

Richard Blaustein
1303 Buffalo Street
Johnson City, TN 37604
rjblaustein at gmail.com