| LC control no. | n 94020477 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blind Blake |
| Variant(s) | Blake, Arthur (Blues musician) Blake, Blind Blind Arthur Gorgeous Weed James, Billy (Blues musician) Martin, Blind George Phelps, Arthur |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1893 |
| Death date | 1933 |
| Place of birth | Jacksonville (Fla.) |
| Place of death | Jacksonville (Fla.) |
| Affiliation | ABC-Paramount Records |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Composers |
| Found in | His Blind Blake, complete recorded works in chronological order [SR] 1991: label (Blind Blake) Herzhaft, G. Encyclopedia of the blues, 1992 (Blind Blake (Arthur Phelps, ca. 1880-1935)) Harris, S. Blues who's who, 1981 (Phelps, Arthur (aka Blind Arthur/Blind Blake/Gorgeous Weed/Billy James/Blind George Martin); b. c1890-5, Jacksonville (Duval Co.), FL (unconfirmed); d. c1933, Florida (unconfirmed); blues singer and guitarist) The best of Blind Blake [SR] p2000: insert (Blind Blake; formal name was Arthur Blake) Wikipedia, Oct. 21, 2008 ("Blind" Blake; b. Arthur Blake (or Arthur Phelps?), ca. 1893, Jacksonville, Fla.(?); d. ca. 1933; blues singer and guitarist, often called "The King of Ragtime Guitar") All music guide WWW site, Oct. 21, 2008 (Blind Blake; probably b. between 1895 and 1897, Jacksonville, FL; d. 1937(?); blues guitarist; biographical information largely unverifiable) Encyc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Blind Blake; b. Arthur Blake (or possibly Phelps), 1890s, Jacksonville, Fla.; d. c. 1933; blues guitarist) African American National Biography, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blake, "Blind" Arthur; Arthur Phelps; Billy James; Gorgeous Weed; George Martin; blues musician / singer, composer / arranger; born in 1893 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States; sang and performedas a traveling blues musician, initially on the East Coast; eventually settled in the Midwest, performing in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin (1920's-30's); his time in Chicago (1926-29); Richmond, Indiana (1929); and Grafton, Wisconsin (1929-32) are traced through his recordings with Paramount; first recording was the guitar solo "Early Mornin' Blues", followed by "West Coast Blues"; one of the earliest blind blues artists influencing this American style and form, recording over eighty songs for Paramount (1920's-1930's); died in 1933 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States) |
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