Bill Gaither (musician)

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Name = Bill Gaither


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Alias = "Little Bill" Gaither
Leroy's Buddy
Born = c.1910
Died = 1956? 1970?
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Genre = Blues
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Years_active = 1920s-1940s
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Bill Gaither (April 21, 1910 or 1905 [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:6n5tk6gxwkrg allmusic ((( Bill Gaither > Overview ))) ] ] or 1908 [www2.ocn.ne.jp/~jive/blues/1999.html] in Belmont, KY - 1956 [www2.ocn.ne.jp/~jive/blues/1999.html] 1970 [ [http://www.uky.edu/Subject/aakymos.html World-Wide Web Resources - Notable Kentucky African Americans ] ] ), sometimes known as "Little Bill" Gaither or Leroy's Buddy ["e.g.", Decca 7818: "Racket Blues / Wintertime Blues"] , was a blues guitarist and singer. Gaither recorded hundred of songs for labels such as Decca, Arhoolie and OKeh. One of his most famous blues songs was "Champ Joe Louis", recorded on June 23, 1938 [ [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/w4x-md.htm WAIL! The CBZ Journal (Apr 2001) ] ] , the day after Louis won his rematch against Max Schmeling. Ethnomusicologists have cited [ "Blues Research: Problems and Possibilities" Paul Oliver, "Journal of Musicology" Vol. 2 No. 4 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 377-390] Gaither among a group of important but understudied 20th century musicians. His blues lyrics have been appreciated as poetry. [ "Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali" Michael Waters, Robert Hedin, editors. ISBN 0-8093-2531-4. Southern Illinois Univ. Press. 2003. p. 47] Gaither is buried [ [http://members.aye.net/~kbsblues/foree.htm Kentuckiana Blues Society * Foree Wells Memorial Page ] ] in New Crown Cemetery in Indianapolis, where jazz legend Wes Montgomery is also interred.

ee also

*"The Encyclopedia of Louisville", ed. by J. E. Kleber
*"The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray", by T. Russell
*"The Blues", by H. Elmer, "e.g." p. 49

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