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The "Deep Elm Blues" (also spelled "Deep Elem Blues" or "Deep Ellum Blues" [1]) is an American traditional song.The title of the tune refers to the historical African-American neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas known as Deep Ellum, which was home to blues musicians including Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lead Belly, and Bill Neely.
The Shelton Brothers, Bob, Joe and Merle, were pioneer country musicians and renowned recording artists based out of Texas from 1933 through the 1960s.They created and popularized the songs Johnson's Old Gray Mule, Deep Elm Blues, These Shoes Are Killing Me, Oh Monah, Match Box Blues and My Heart Oozes Blood For You, "What's The Matter With Deep Elm", "I'm A Handy Man To Have Around" and ...
Deep Ellum is a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, composed largely of arts, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues near downtown in East Dallas. Its name is based on a corruption of the area's principal thoroughfare, Elm Street. Older alternative uses include Deep Elm and Deep Elem.
Deep Elm Blues; Deep in the Heart of Texas; Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again; Devil Pray; The Devil's Dream; Dink's Song; Dixie (song) The Dodger Song; The Dolphins (song) Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) Donkey Riding; Dorothea (song) Down in the Valley (folk song) Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill; Driver 8; Dry Bones (folk song) The ...
Paul Hereford Oliver MBE (25 May 1927 – 15 August 2017) was an English architectural historian and writer on the blues and other forms of African-American music. [1] [2] He was equally distinguished in both fields, although it is likely that aficionados of one of his specialties were not aware of his expertise in the other. [3]
Willard Robison (September 18, 1894 – June 24, 1968) was an American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs, born in Shelbina, Missouri.His songs reflect a rural, melancholy theme steeped in Americana and their warm style has drawn comparison to Hoagy Carmichael.
Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One: Justin Wells: The Odyssey: Homer [29] "Lay Down" Bursting at the Seams: Strawbs: The 23rd Psalm of the Book of Psalms from the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament [132] "The Legend of Enoch Arden" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One: Diane Zeigler "The Legend of Enoch Arden" Alfred Lord ...
The poem was first published in The Crisis in June 1921, [5] and was later collected into the 1926 The Weary Blues. [6] The poet Jessie Redmon Fauset , who was the literary editor of The Crisis, was responsible for the initial acceptance and publication of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers".