Blake Alphonso Higgs

Blake Alphonso Higgs

"For the ragtime guitarist, see" Blind Blake.

Blake Alphonso Higgs (1915-????), better known as "Blind Blake", was the best-known performer of goombay/calypso in the Bahamas from the 1930s to the 1960s.

For much of his career, Blind Blake was based at the Royal Victoria Hotel in Nassau. Included in his wide repertoire was "Love, Love Alone," a song (by Trinidadian calypsonian Caresser) about the abdication of Edward VIII. Blind Blake's version of this calypso is said to have been enjoyed by the former king himself, who, as the Duke of Windsor, served as Governor of the Bahamas during World War II.

External links

* [http://www.wirz.de/music/blakebah.htm Illustrated (Bahamian) Blind Blake discography]
* [http://www.elijahwald.com/blindblake.html Blind Blake article by Elijah Wald]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agEfacun7Ng Blind Blake at www.Youtube.com (starts at 6:20)]


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