6:45"St. James Infirmary Blues" - Vaudeville Song (1924) - Jack Norton LIVE at Two Fathoms Brewery
Vaudeville blues
Rare tour footage of Vaudeville blues, curated from across the internet. Browse 4 clips below.
Tour footage captures the rhythm of life on the road — the shows, the travel, the downtime, the rituals, and the relationships that form when musicians spend months together in close quarters. These clips document a way of life that has changed dramatically across the decades.
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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