William Christopher Handy
William Christopher Handy
William Christopher Handywas an American blues composer and musician, known as the "Father of the Blues"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 November 1873
CountryUnited States of America
play guitar sometimes
Sometimes I feel like nothin,' somethin' throwed away, Somethin' throwed away. And then I get my guitar, play the blues all day.
rivers tennessee boat
I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.
thinking america sprung
I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.
kindergarten
Nature was my kindergarten.
pain saving painful
Saving was slow and painful.
mind use harlem
You can never tell what's in a woman's mind, And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin
guitar sound would-be
With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.
falling-in-love musical mind
Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.