Nellie Florence

Nellie Florence can be an obscure name from the ’20s vintage blues recording picture; in that she gets plenty of organization, but what offers made her stick out a minimum of somewhat from the masses may be the accompanist on both songs she were able to record in 1929, non-e apart from Barbecue Bob. Previously referred to as Bobby Hicks, that designer also frequently performed along with his sibling Charles Hicks. Both pickers support Florence on a set of tunes entitled “Jacksonville Blues” and “Midnight Weeping Blues.” The documenting session occurred in Atlanta, with Bob and Charles Hicks wandering over from close by Columbia, SC. No additional recordings have have you been located including Florence. She’s been known as Barbecue Bob’s “gal pal” in crucial feedback on these edges, pressed quite frequently on both selections of Barbecue Bob materials and compilations specialized in female blues performers along with other genre sub-categories. The catchy term will not indicate that almost any romantic relationship been around between Florence and either from the Hicks — such a concept would involve a lot more understanding of this singer’s existence than anyone appears to have had the opportunity to unearth. For her singing, it really is generally referred to as “energetic,” sometimes actually “intense.”