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
guitar sound would-be
With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.
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
rivers tennessee boat
I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.
sadness guitar knives
A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out of his shoes. His face had on it some of the sadness of the ages. As he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable.
sound revival sinner
The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day.
ears talent bigs
My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.