[78-L] BILL BOYD - David Blues

[Cary Ginell]

I have "David Blues" by Bill Boyd and it is no way similar to "House of David Blues." The melody is an arrangement of "Bring It On Down to My House, Honey," which was used by many western swing groups under a variety of names. Why this song is called "David Blues" can only be known by Eli Oberstein, who was the culprit responsible for changing Bluebird titles to avoid paying royalties and so he could copyright them himself. 

Cary Ginell

> From: slipry01 at bigpond.com
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> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:20:18 +1000
> Subject: [78-L] BILL BOYD - David Blues
> 
> I have noted in discographies Bill Boyd's Bb B-6109-B is shown as David Blues, an instrumental, and wonder if this could possibly be a retitling of Elmer Schoebel's House of David Blues, recorded by several bands in the 20s? There are other examples of mangled tiles in Boyd's opus, eg. Ace In The Hole becoming An Ace. Although the A side, Boyd's Blues has been re-issued on LP and CD, David Blues has not, and so I am unable to check my speculation. Could someone who has the disc check for me, or even supply an MP3?
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