Frank Hutchison
The first white bluesman on tape, Frank Hutchison recorded for a brief three years. But the 32 tunes that he laid down between 1926 and 1929 influenced everyone from Leo Kottke and Spider John Koerner to Bob Dylan and Paul Geremia. Doc Watson covered both sides of Hutchinson's first single, "Worried Blues"/"The Train That Carried the Girl Back Home," recorded in New York in October 1926. Cowboy Copas rewrote Hutchison's tune "Coney Isle," renamed it "Alabam'," and had a country hit in 1960. An ex-miner, Hutchison reportedly learned to play the blues by watching Bill Hurt, a disabled Black man, as a youngster. Best known for his slide guitar playing, Hutchison held his guitar on his lap in a style popularized in Hawaii.
On September 24 and 25, 1929, Hutchison recorded in Atlanta, along with Emmett Miller, Fiddlin' John Carson, Namour & Smith, Moonshine Kate, Bud Blue, Black Brothers, and Martin Molloy, a three-disc album of music and comedy entitled The Medicine Show.
Following his last recording session in September 1929, Hutchison worked as a steamboat entertainer and a store owner.
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Discography
7 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Frank Hutchison Vol 1 (1926-1929)
Country - Released by Document Records on 6 Jan 2014
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Country Blues 1930's
Blues - Released by Music Today Records on 17 Jun 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blues Masters
Kelly Harrell, Frank Hutchison
Country - Released by Music Today Records on 11 Feb 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blues Ballads
Blues - Released by Music Today Records on 11 Feb 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Worried Blues (CD A)
Country - Released by JSP Records on 11 Apr 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carpenter's Apprentice
Children - Released by Frank Hutchison on 28 Aug 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Railroad Bill
Jazz - Released by Black & Partner Licenses LLC on 9 Apr 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo