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W. C. Handy

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W. C. Handy

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Auction Date:2010 Feb 10 @ 08:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. letterhead, July 6, 1948. Letter to Mrs. Blanche V. Denton. In part: “I remember driving Overlan[d] to Belen when Jim Turner was leading the band, and we would all get our share of liquor whether we needed it or not, then, finally I would take the band over and Jim played for me…I remember a certain gentleman at Marks, coming to the train to kill me because he had cancelled an engagement that I held three months and I wrote him that caused me to lose money and I thought he should pay some of the bill…It is true that I got the idea of writing ‘Yellow Dog Blues’ at Tutwiler listening to a guitarist singing, ‘He’s Gone Where the Southern ‘Cross The Dog…‘The Memphis Blues’ was my first Blues; ‘Saint Louis Blues’ second.” In very good condition, with light brushing to signature, scattered toning and soiling, and staple holes to top left. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.