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Dora Carr
Dora Carr was an American musician, best known for her work in the early and mid-1920s with pianist and arranger Cow Cow Davenport. Carr is best remembered for the song "Cow Cow Blues" and playing boogie-woogie. Dora Carr was also a vocalist who went on tour in the 1920s performing at venues. According to ''Harlem Renaissance Lives'' (edited by Henry Louis Gates and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham), Davenport and Carr met in 1922 and toured the Theater Owners Bookers Association as "Davenport and Company".Bob Hall"Cow Cow Blues" in Edward Komara (ed.), ''Encyclopedia of the Blues'', Routledge, 2006, p. 232. Eight songs were released by Vocalion Records in the vaudeville, vaudevillian duet style. The band broke up when Dora left Davenport for another man, whom she later married. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Dora Boogie-woogie pianists Vocalion Records artists African-American women singers Vaudeville performers Year of birth missing Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cow Cow Davenport
Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport (April 23, 1894 – December 3, 1955) was an American boogie-woogie and piano blues player as well as a vaudeville entertainer. He also played the organ and sang. Davenport, who also made recordings under the pseudonyms of Bat The Humming Bird, George Hamilton and The Georgia Grinder, is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Career He was born in Anniston, Alabama, Anniston, Alabama, United States, one of eight children. Davenport started to play the piano at age 12. His father objected strongly to his musical aspirations and sent him to a theological seminary, where he was expelled for playing ragtime. Davenport's career began in the 1920s when he joined the K.G. Barkoot Traveling Carnival. His initial profile came as accompanist to List of blues musicians, blues musicians Dora Carr and Ivy Smith. Davenport and Carr performed as a vaudeville act as "Davenport & Co", and he performed with Smith as the "Chicago Steppers".Olderen, Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |