Scrapper Blackwell

Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues styles.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 21, 1903 (North Carolina), Died October 7, 1962 (Indianapolis)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1935

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, songwriter, composer, lyricist, mandolin

Notes: Real name: Francis Hillman Blackwell

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Recordings (Results 101-120 of 120 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Gennett	16214	10-in.	2/4/1930	Ain't it a shame	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16215	10-in.	2/4/1930	Ain't that some gal?	Teddy Moss ; Bob Robinson	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16216	10-in.	2/4/1930	Rocking and rolling	Robinson's Knights of Rest	Jazz ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16217	10-in.	2/4/1930	Mean baby blues	Robinson's Knights of Rest	Jazz ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16218	10-in.	2/5/1930	Dark hour blues	Thomas Andrew Dorsey	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16219	10-in.	2/5/1930	Six shooter blues	Thomas Andrew Dorsey	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16220	10-in.	2/5/1930	Mississippi Bottom blues	Thomas Andrew Dorsey	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16221	10-in.	2/5/1930	Second-hand woman blues	Georgia Tom	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16222	10-in.	2/5/1930	Maybe it's the blues	Thomas Andrew Dorsey	Male vocal solo and whistling, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16223	10-in.	2/5/1930	Second hand love	Thomas Andrew Dorsey	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16224	10-in.	2/5/1930	Levee bound blues	Thomas Andrew Dorsey	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16225	10-in.	2/5/1930	Gee, but it's hard	Thomas Andrew Dorsey	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	90079	10-in.	7/7/1935	My old pal blues	Scrapper Blackwell		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	90080	10-in.	7/7/1935	Bad liquor blues	Scrapper Blackwell		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	90081	10-in.	7/7/1935	Alley Sally blues	Scrapper Blackwell		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	90082	10-in.	7/7/1935	No good woman blues	Scrapper Blackwell		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	90087	10-in.	7/8/1935	Motherless boy blues	Scrapper Blackwell		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	90088	10-in.	7/8/1935	Wayback blues	Scrapper Blackwell		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	90089			My baby blues	Scrapper Blackwell		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	90090	10-in.	7/8/1935	Texas stomp (Instrumental)	Scrapper Blackwell		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 101-120 of 120 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blackwell, Scrapper," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106340.

Blackwell, Scrapper. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106340.

"Blackwell, Scrapper." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

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