Home / Tag Archives: Jim Booker

Tag Archives: Jim Booker

Jim Booker

1920s blues fiddler Jim Booker recorded with Taylor’s Kentucky Males and his own group, Booker Orchestra. He was created in Jessamine Region in Kentucky and discovered to try out fiddle from his dad, a previous slave. In 1927, Jim Booker produced two outings to Gennett’s Indiana studios to record hill …

Read More »