BILLY BRIGGS 78 CHEW TOBACCO RAG No2 / ALARM CLOCK BOOGIE UK COLUMBIA DB 2938 E

	£		28
	$		37

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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS GREAT 78 FROM BILLY BRIGGS ON UK COLUMBIA

CHEW TOBACCO RAG #2

b/w   ALARM CLOCK BOOGIE

TWO GREAT SIDES!

Billy Briggs was born in Fort Worth Texas in 1919. He apprenticed there under pioneering electric stell guitarist Bob Dunn & joined the Hi-Flyers in the mid-1930's. He followed a stream of former Hi-Flyers to Amarillo in late 1937 to join the Sons Of The West & in the coming years became one of the earliest steel guitarists to significantly expand upon Dunn's model. Briggs built his own nine-string steel, began experimenting with new tunings & chord voicings, and, when he formed his own band Swinging Steel in 1939, became perhaps the first steel player to attach legs to his guitar & play standing, fronting his own group. He returned to the Sons Of The West in 1940 & took part in their tightly arranged forward-looking 1941 sessions for Okeh. He held together a makeshift Sons Of The West lineup for a while during the war then formed his own XIT boys in 1946. In late '46 or early '47 Briggs began an association with Dan Allender's Dalhart/Amerillo-based Time label that lasted to the end of the decade. A single release on Lew Preston's Folke label followed, before a prolific stint with Imperial (1950-53) gave Briggs a regional & much covered hit "Chew Tobacco Rag" in 1951. He followed that up with Chew Tobacco Rag Number 2 which was also picked up by Columbia record selling as many copies as the first record.

DISC DETAILS  UK  COLUMBIA DB 2938 10" 78rpm shellac
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