BRUNSWICK 7121 BLIND BEN COVINGTON 78 RPM RECORD RARE
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Up for auction is this OLD 78 rpm record from Brunswick (7121). This is Blind Ben Covington. This record would probably be graded good. There are scratches, but it does not skip. The songs are Boodle de Bum Bum and It's A Fight Like That. If you want a good example of 'down South' music from 1929, this is a good one. The record itself has two tiny flea bite nicks on the edge, but otherwise there are no deep scratches or breaks. Here's what I found on the internet about Blind Ben and thanks for looking!
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Bogus Ben Covington is something of a mystery in that there is very little verified information about him. He is said to have been born in Alabama but to have worked mainly in Mississippi and Chicago. According to Big Joe Williams he got his nickname of "Bogus Ben" because he insisted on impersonating a blind person whilst performing on street corners and in minstrel shows. It is thought that he was a vocalist, played banjo and mandolin, and was possibly a juggler as well! It has been suggested that his real name was Ben Curry and that he travelled with Speckled Red and King Solomon Hill.
In 1928 he recorded "Adam and Eve and the Garden" and "I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop" for Paramount. He recorded again in, 1929, this time for Brunswick, "Boodle-De-Bum Blues" and "It's Tight Like That". It is possible that he recorded for Paramount again in 1929, this time using the name "Memphis Ben". A final session recorded in 1932 for Paramount and credited to Ben Curry is usually accepted as being by the same Bogus Ben! After this session he may have moved to Pennsylvania and is said to have died there around 1935.
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