W.C. Handy - Memphis Blues

This mp3 was hard to find... Also, it’s the original Memphis Blues, Handy’s first popular success! Recorded by Victor Military Band, July 15, 1914. Hope you all enjoy! A bit of info: In 1909 Handy and his band moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where they started playing at clubs on Beale Street. The genesis of his “Memphis Blues“ was as a campaign tune written for Edward Crump, a successful Memphis mayoral candidate in 1909. Handy later rewrote the tune and changed its name from “Mr. Crump“ to “Memphis Blues.“