And at the other end, here is his very first record, from 1927, House Rent Stomp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8RrfC_pPZI
There are remasters and stuff about, which allow you to hear the low end better.
I talked lil about Broonzy before and the stereotyping.
https://aus.social/@morachbeag/113321653268282655
Worth remembering that he'd started out on violin, could play jazz and all sorts of stuff, but if you were Black, you got pigeonholed into Blues when recording. The studios wouldn't even release your stuff if you didn't adhere to it. Wouldn't even record it most of the time either. So, much music lost that way.
He was also the first blues artist to tour Europe.
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