3:17Joe Linthecome - Pretty Mama Blues {1929}
Vaudeville blues
1940sStudioRare
Vaudeville blues — Studio Clips
Rare studio footage of Vaudeville blues, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
About Studio Footage
Studio footage is the holy grail for music fans. Watching an artist build a song from scratch — layering tracks, debating arrangements, experimenting with sounds — is as close as you can get to witnessing the creative act itself. These clips pull back the curtain on recordings that millions of people know by heart, showing the work, the accidents, and the decisions that made them what they are.
About Vaudeville blues
Classic female blues was an early form of blues music, dominated by women that was popular in the 1920s in the United States. An amalgam of traditional folk blues and urban theater music, the style is also known as vaudeville blues. Classic blues were performed by female singers accompanied by pianists or small jazz ensembles and were the first blues to be recorded. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel ...
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