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Scrapper Blackwell
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Leroy Carr, with Scrapper Blackwell (standing), Chicago, 1934.
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Scrapper Blackwell

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  • Leroy Carr, with Scrapper Blackwell (standing), Chicago, 1934.
    Leroy Carr

    …with the guitar playing of Scrapper Blackwell (1903–62); their work was especially notable for the expressive and pensive quality of Carr’s singing and the intimate melancholy in the songs that he wrote, often with Blackwell’s aid. They recorded a large catalog in 1928–35 that made Carr one of the most…

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    …with the guitar playing of Scrapper Blackwell (1903–62); their work was especially notable for the expressive and pensive quality of Carr’s singing and the intimate melancholy in the songs that he wrote, often with Blackwell’s aid. They recorded a large catalog in 1928–35 that made Carr one of the most…

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