Lincoln Conaway

Two Conaway brothers plinked and plunked on various string instruments in the first times of jazz. There is Sterling Conaway, among the associates of Duke Ellington’s initial combo, produced when this jazz large was just 18. And there is Lincoln Conaway, most widely known for burning traditional blues goddess Bessie Smith, but also an associate of varied Louis Armstrong and Ruler Oliver units prior to Satchmo became known for performing numbers such as for example “Hello Dolly”. Playing capability on both banjo and electric guitar was something both brothers had in keeping, although Lincoln Conaway’s recordings over the previous instrument were uncommon. While his sibling trilled apart on mandolin a number of the period, this participant dabbled over the ukulele and supplied extremely early usage of the lap metal guitar, occasionally calle a Hawaiian electric guitar, on recordings by vocalist Rosa Henderson. Conaway’s contribution towards the prolific Bessie Smith cannon consist of scaling the levels from the “Black Hill Blues”.