Burgundy Street Blues; A Closer Walk With Thee: Museum Object and Cultural History
Burgundy Street Blues; A Closer Walk With Thee: recording date: 1944. recording artist: Lewis, George. manufacturer: American Music.
The object in the museum catalogue
George Lewis. side 1: Burgundy Street Blues; side 2: A Closer Walk with Thee (American Music 531). 78 rpm.
American Music Records was a label founded by American music historian and composer Bill Russell, in 1944. The company produced new and re-issue recordings focusing on New Orleans jazz musicians including Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, Baby Dodds, and Wooden Joe Nicholas.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1944
- recording artist: Lewis, George
- manufacturer: American Music
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: Missouri, Canton
- ID Number: 1978.0670.002
- accession number: 1978.0670
- maker number: 531
- catalog number: 1978.0670.002
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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