Black Bob Hudson

Very little is well known on the subject of Dark Bob Hudson, except that he was a ragtime-influenced blues pianist who was simply active from your 1920s and 1930s, and caused such renowned figures mainly because Lil Johnson, Merline Johnson, and Memphis Minnie, aswell mainly because lesser-known artists such as for example singer Charley Western (whose “Hobo Blues” features Hudson‘s work extremely prominently). He was the sibling of banjoist Ed Hudson, and both frequented the same circles and documenting sessions, and occasionally ended up associated the same performers. Both brothers had been area of the Memphis Nighthawks, and Bob Hudson was also an associate (with Tampa Crimson and additional luminaries) from the Chicago Tempo Kings.