Sylvester Weaver (July 25, 1897 – April 4, 1960) was an American blues guitar player and pioneer of country blues. On October 23, 1923, he recorded in New York City with the blues singer Sara Martin Longing for Daddy Blues / I've Got to Go and Leave My Daddy Behind and two weeks later as a soloist Guitar Blues / Guitar Rag. Both recordings were released on Okeh Records.
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- Sylvester Weaver (July 25, 1897 – April 4, 1960) was an American blues guitar player and pioneer of country blues. On October 23, 1923, he recorded in New York City with the blues singer Sara Martin Longing for Daddy Blues / I've Got to Go and Leave My Daddy Behind and two weeks later as a soloist Guitar Blues / Guitar Rag. Both recordings were released on Okeh Records. These recordings are the very first country-blues recordings and the first known recorded songs using the slide guitar style. Guitar Rag (played on a Guitjo) became a blues classic and was covered in the 1930s by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys as Steel Guitar Rag and became a country music standard too. Weaver recorded until 1927, sometimes accompanied by Sara Martin, about 50 additional songs. On some recordings from 1927 he was accompanied by Walter Beasley and the singer Helen Humes. Weaver often used the bottleneck-style method, playing his guitar with a knife. His recordings were quite successful but in 1927 he retired and went back to Louisville until his death in 1960. Though many country blues artists had a revival from the 1950s on, Weaver died almost forgotten. In 1992 his complete works were released on two CDs, the same year his (up to then anonymous) grave got a headstone by engagement of the Louisville-based Kentuckiana Blues Society (KBS). Furthermore the KBS has annually honored since 1989 persons who rendered outstanding services to the blues with their Sylvester Weaver Award.
- Sylvester Weaver war ein US-amerikanischer Bluesgitarrist und Pionier des Country Blues. Am 23. Oktober 1923 spielte er gemeinsam mit der Bluessängerin Sara Martin in New York die Platte "Longing for Daddy Blues / I've Got to Go and Leave My Daddy Behind" ein, zwei Wochen darauf als Solist die Platte "Guitar Blues / Guitar Rag", beide Aufnahmen wurden auf Okeh veröffentlicht. Diese Aufnahmen stellen die ersten Country Blues-Aufnahmen überhaupt dar. Insbesondere das (eigentlich auf einem Gitarrenbanjo eingespielte) Stück "Guitar Rag" zählt bis heute zu den Klassikern des frühen Blues, eine Bearbeitung aus den 1930er Jahren von Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys wurde als "Steel Guitar Rag" zu einem Country-Standard. Bis 1927 nahm Weaver, teils mit Sara Martin, teils als Solist, rund 50 weitere Stücke auf, bei einigen Aufnahmen aus dem Jahr 1927 wurde er von einem weiteren Gitarristen, Walter Beasley, sowie der Sängerin Helen Humes begleitet. Weaver bediente sich häufig des Bottleneck-Stils, wobei er ein Taschenmesser verwendete. Seine Einspielungen waren auf dem Schallplattenmarkt erfolgreich, 1927 jedoch zog er sich aus dem Geschäft zurück nach Louisville, wo er bis zu seinem Tod 1960 lebte. Obgleich viele Interpreten des Country Blues ab den 1950er Jahren ein wieder zunehmendes Interesse an ihrer Musik erfuhren, starb Weaver in Vergessenheit. Erst 1992 erschien sein Gesamtwerk auf 2 CDs, im selben Jahr erhielt sein (zuvor anonymes) Grab auf Betreiben der in Louisville ansässigen Kentucky Blues Society einen Grabstein. Die KBS verleiht des Weiteren seit 1989 jedes Jahr den Sylvester Weaver Award an Personen, die sich um den Blues verdient gemacht haben.
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- Sylvester Weaver (July 25, 1897 – April 4, 1960) was an American blues guitar player and pioneer of country blues. On October 23, 1923, he recorded in New York City with the blues singer Sara Martin Longing for Daddy Blues / I've Got to Go and Leave My Daddy Behind and two weeks later as a soloist Guitar Blues / Guitar Rag. Both recordings were released on Okeh Records.
- Sylvester Weaver war ein US-amerikanischer Bluesgitarrist und Pionier des Country Blues. Am 23. Oktober 1923 spielte er gemeinsam mit der Bluessängerin Sara Martin in New York die Platte "Longing for Daddy Blues / I've Got to Go and Leave My Daddy Behind" ein, zwei Wochen darauf als Solist die Platte "Guitar Blues / Guitar Rag", beide Aufnahmen wurden auf Okeh veröffentlicht. Diese Aufnahmen stellen die ersten Country Blues-Aufnahmen überhaupt dar.
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