Added: Nov 21, 2008

From: lskorecki

Duration: 2:53

this is the original version of LOVESICK BLUES.HANK WILLIAMS learned the song when he heard EMMETT MILLER (the greatest black minstrel) perform it in a medicine show.more minstrel information on skorecki.blogspot.com (more)

Channel: Music

Tags: blackface  country  minstrel  show  vaudeville 

Rating: 4.89 (19 ratings)    Views: 7726' favoriteCount='35    Comments: 14

dressagegal Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - ty for sharing, nice!

derikusan Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - beautiful rarity! thank you for posting this!

terry37key Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - The first record I ever bought - 60 years ago.I always thought Hank Williams wrote it...many thanks for sharing this.

countryhank93 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - thats cool I've never heard him before, I've only heard hank williams sing this.

sallygal7 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Sounds like Bob Dylan.

whateverfukinever Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Wow..I definately like the Hank Williams version better, this guy has an annoying voice, sounds like he sucked the helium out of a balloon lol.

lskorecki Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - i see you like bob wills, if you knew how much bob wills loved emmett miller, you'd try listening to his version of lovesick blues a million times before saying stupid things like this ....

Khalilullah Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Bob Dylan sounds like a fart in a box, and was a cheap copy of better, far older, genuine folk musicians, which he commercially regurgitated for culturally ignorant hippies. Emmett Miller was 40 years before him, anyway.

BY1NO1 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - This is a truly rare gem, even though Miller's version didn't sky-rocket like Hank's version. Two different eras.

jamesabilly Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Thanks for posting this! I'm a huge fan of this song and have been performing it for years! It's great to see that some people still care about the history of music and where it comes from.Thanks again!James Hunnicutt

RoverTCB Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - I thought Hank Williams did the first version of this song, thank you for posting this! Do you know in which year this came out? :)

lskorecki Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - the song was recorded on june 12, 1928 (but emmett miller seems to have been singing it for at least five or six years)

joybird25 Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Jim, This version of this song was produced by Ralph S Peer.Take Care,Robin J RothschildCountry Music Historian

fredericvanmoe Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Merci de nous permettre de découvrir cela, à des années lumière en effet de ce qui émane de Williams, a gem...