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Charles Martin's avatar

As a teen around 1969 I discovered Pinetop Smith and hunted up what I believe are all four of his 78s. He mentions his name on all of them. My guess is he was concerned that the labels might fall off the records, and no one would know who recorded them. My favorite of his tracks was "I'm Sober Now." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G-wlobZ_Hc

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ETHAN IVERSON's avatar

Great

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Greg's avatar

Great article! Did Ertegun and Ray Charles lift Mess Around from Pinetop? Sure sounds like it

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ETHAN IVERSON's avatar

yes, that is part of the consensus I guess.

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T J Mitchell Now@Days's avatar

They(piano masters homeschooled old-school)had all day 2play oh the luxury of not following the money in your younger days.

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