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  ABNER JAY
SWAUNEE WATER @ COCAINE BLUES
 BRANDIE MONO # 1001
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  COMPLETE LP PLAY GRADED ON A THORENS TD 124 TURNTABLE ( Not For Sale ) WITH A 1.5 MIL NEEDLE     NO SKIPS / NO WARPS   ORIGINAL   PRESSING

This side was recorded in Chicago on June 10th 1929 by "Ruben Reeves and his River Boys" featuring Ruben Reeves trumpet & leader, Gerald Reeves trombone, Omer Simeon clarinet & alto sax, Jimmy Prince piano, Cecil White guitar & banjo, and Jasper Taylor drums.

*"Parson Blues" was composed by Ruben Reeves. - See more at: http://www.20sjazz.com/videos/hot-jazz/parson-blues.html#sthash.FzR4LnlD.dpuf
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Jay was born in . His father and grandfather were both slaves in . His grandfather was also a banjo player and imparted a vast repertoire of old-time and folk songs to Abner. Abner Jay began playing in at the age of 5 and in 1932 joined the . Jay went on to lead the WMAZ Minstrels on radio from 1946–56 before going solo. He spent many years traveling the and playing concerts from his “converted mobile home that opened up into a portable stage, complete with amplification and home furnishings”. These concerts, as evidenced in his recordings, were often equal parts spoken word (jokes, philosophical asides, rants) and music.

Common instruments on Jay's recordings include , drum kit, a six-string (that Jay claimed was made in 1748), and the “bones”, which were chicken and cow bones that had been bleached in the sun and used to create percussion. Jay’s song repertoire included field songs, Pentecostal hymns and tunes. He once described himself as the “last working Southern black ”, and in a self-penned leaflet handed out at concerts, he expanded on his biography with claims that he was the "World's Champion Cotton Picker and Pea Picker, World's Fastest Tobacco Crapper, World's Greatest Jaw Bone Player, World's Fastest Mule Skinner... THE WORLD'S WORSE BUSINESS MAN". He also performed original material that was mostly secular, and subjects ranged from politics, relationships, war, the bible, the , , and depression. In later years he held a residency, playing shows and selling his and at Tom Flynn's Plantation Restaurant in . , renowned American composer and philosopher, called Jay an "American Master".

He died in 1993 and is buried at Rock Hill C.M.E. Church Cemetery,
 

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