TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc. letterhead, December 30, 1954. Letter to arts and entertainment editor Edwin Howard. In part: “I have written several books showing how the music was fitted to ‘Mr. Crump’ words supposedly used by him as, ‘Mr. Crump don’t low no easy riders here.’ The original version was never published until I put out my book ‘A Treasury Of The Blues’ carrying the original Crump version under the title ‘The Memphis Blues’…Thanks for telling me about your father singing ‘Joe Turner’ and ‘Yellow Dog’ to you when you were a small boy. The original ‘Joe Turner’ I played as a work song or labor song back in 1892 and it has color that gave impetus to what we know as ‘Blues.’” In fine condition, with intersecting mailing folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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