Scrapper Blackwell

Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues styles.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 21, 1903 (North Carolina), Died October 7, 1962 (Indianapolis)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1935

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, songwriter, composer, lyricist, mandolin

Notes: Real name: Francis Hillman Blackwell

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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 120 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	C4053	10-in.	8/13/1929	I’m going back to Tennessee	Scrapper Blackwell ; Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C4054	10-in.	8/13/1929	Christmas in jail—Ain’t that a pain?	Scrapper Blackwell ; Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C4055	10-in.	8/13/1929	Prison cell blues	Scrapper Blackwell ; Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C4677	10-in.	10/19/1929	Gambler’s blues	Charles “Speck” Pertum	Male vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Brunswick	C5069	10-in.	1/2/1930	That’s tellin’ ‘em	Scrapper Blackwell ; Leroy Carr	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Brunswick	C5070	10-in.	1/2/1930	Papa wants a cookie	Leroy Carr	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C5071	10-in.	1/2/1930	Memphis Town	Scrapper Blackwell ; Leroy Carr	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C5072	10-in.	1/2/1930	Don’t say goodbye	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C5073	10-in.	1/2/1930	I ain’t got no gal	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C5074	10-in.	1/2/1930	Goodbye blues	Scrapper Blackwell ; Leroy Carr	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Brunswick	C5075	10-in.	1/2/1930	The dirty dozen	Scrapper Blackwell ; Leroy Carr	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C5076	10-in.	1/2/1930	Workhouse blues	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Brunswick	C7215	10-in.	1/16/1931	Low down dog blues	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	songwriter
Brunswick	C7216	10-in.	1/16/1931	Nineteen thirty-one blues	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	songwriter
Brunswick	C7218	10-in.	1/16/1931	Love crying blues	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	songwriter
Brunswick	C7219	10-in.	1/16/1931	Papa’s got your water on	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	songwriter
Brunswick	C7220	10-in.	1/16/1931	Big House blues	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	composer
Brunswick	C7222	10-in.	1/16/1931	What more can I do?	Leroy Carr	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	composer
Brunswick	TC3153	10-in.	3/19/1929	Be-da-da-bum	Scrapper Blackwell	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar, lyricist
Gennett	16208	10-in.	2/4/1930	Scrap's little blues	Scrapper Blackwell	Male vocal solo, with guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16209	10-in.	2/4/1930	Springtime blues	Scrapper Blackwell	Male vocal solo, with guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16210	10-in.	2/4/1930	Rocky luck blues	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16211	10-in.	2/4/1930	Motherless child blues	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16212	10-in.	2/4/1930	Mistreating blues	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Gennett	16213	10-in.	2/4/1930	Root-ta-toot man	Teddy Moss	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 76-100 of 120 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blackwell, Scrapper," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106340.

Blackwell, Scrapper. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106340.

"Blackwell, Scrapper." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

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