Big Bill Broonzy - Blue Tail Fly (live, Copenhagen, 1956)

From the album "Big Bill Broonzy – An Evening With Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 1". Recorded live at Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, 4-6/5/1956.
https://www.discogs.com/Big-Bill-Broonzy-An-Evening-With-Big-Bill-Broonzy-Vol-1/release/1244162

"Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the beginning of the American folk music revival and has since become a popular children's song. Over the years, several variants have appeared. Most versions include some idiomatic African American English, although General American versions now predominate. The basic narrative remains intact. On the surface, the song is a black slave's lament over his white master's death in a horseriding accident. The song, however, is also interpreted as having a subtext of celebration about that death and of the slave's having contributed to it through deliberate negligence or even deniable action.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Crack_Corn

Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley, June 26, 1903 – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country blues to mostly African-American audiences. Through the 1930s and 1940s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with working-class African-American audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of blues music in the 20th century. Broonzy copyrighted more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including both adaptations of traditional folk songs and original blues songs. As a blues composer, he was unique in writing songs that reflected his rural-to-urban experiences.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bill_Broonzy

Copenhagen's prime jazz club especially during the 60's and 70's. Commonly referred to as just "Montmartre" the official name of the venue have changed back and forth from Cafe Montmartre to Jazzhus Montmartre, the latter proven to be the more durable. On releases both names appears used regardless of the official name used at the time of recording. Along with several changes in ownership it also changed location in 1976.
https://www.discogs.com/label/269003-Jazzhus-Montmartre

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