[78-L] Charles Townsend interview

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> Charles Townsend's interview on WKCR was a rambling discourse full of 
> errors and generalities about Bob Wills' predominance during the formative 
> years of western swing. Among the statements he made:
<snip>
> He said "I Ain't Got Nobody," which Tommy Duncan auditioned with, was a 
> Bessie Smith song (Wills learned it from a recording by Emmett Miller)
>
Bessie didn't make ALL the recordings of "...Nobody;" however, she
did make a very popular recording of the tune! In that sense, it MIGHT
be considered a "Bessie Smith tune"...?!

Steven C. Barr