LAURA SMITH-OKEH-8157-TEXAS MOANER BLUES-

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ARTIST: LAURA SMITH ( THE FIRST ONE ON OKEH)

LABEL: OKEH 8157

LP'S TITLE:

SIDE A: HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY MAN

SIDE B: TEXAS MOANER BLUES

GRADE   LABEL     VG     VINLYE   VG       

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MINT-sealed or played, but without any evidence of deteration-MINT MINUS-very clean,but not mint,except for slight superifical scruffs-VERY GOOD +-well cared for, but less than perfect, may have slight scruffs and or scrathes,primarley clean and should play without any skips or problems,-VERY GOOD-has been played, may have many of the the defects founded in VG+ more pronuounced-GOOD-well loved and worn, but still playable, likley  some audible distractions-POOR-will not list unless very rare and or hard to find.

"NOTABLE NOTES"

Smith was probably born in Indianapolis, Indiana, although her date of birth is unknown. What is certain is that in the early part of the 1920s, Smith toured the T.O.B.A. circuit. Her recording career started in 1924 with Okeh, and she finished it just three years later by recording some tracks for Victor.[1] Music journalist, Scott Yanow, noted that her earliest recordings were her strongest, "by the time she recorded "Don't You Leave Me Here" in 1927, much of the power was gone".[3] Her recordings included two songs, "The Mississippi Blues" and "Lonesome Refugee", which were both written about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.[4]

She was seen as part of the unrelated set of Smith women (Mamie, Bessie, Clara and Trixie) who all recorded blues songs.[1] In total, thirty five numbers were recorded by Laura Smith. It was reported that by 1926, Smith was married to a comedian, Slim Jones, and to be living in Baltimore.[5]

Her most notable number, "Don't You Leave Me Here" was, some ten years later, made more famous by a version recorded by Jelly Roll Morton.[1]

Laura Smith died of the long term effects of hypertension, in February 1932 in Los Angeles.

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