Rubin Lacy or Lacey | |
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| Also known as | Rube Lacy or Lacey |
| Born | January 2, 1901 Pelahatchie, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | November 14, 1969 (aged 68) Corcoran, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Delta blues |
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| Years active | Unknown - 1930 or 1931[1][2] |
Rubin "Rube" Lacy[1][3] (or Lacey)[2][4] (January 2, 1901[5] – November 14, 1969) was an American country blues musician, who played guitar and was a singer and songwriter.
Lacy was born in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, United States,[6] and learned to play the guitar in his teens from an older performer, George Hendrix.[5] Working out of the Jackson area in the Mississippi Delta,[5] he became one of the state's most popular blues singers. His bottleneck style inspired that of the better-known performer Son House.[6] In 1927, he recorded four songs[5] for Columbia Records in Memphis, Tennessee, though none were released, and the masters do not survive.
In 1928, Lacy recorded two songs, "Mississippi Jail House Groan" and "Ham Hound Crave", for Paramount Records, which constitute his recorded legacy.[6] Four years later he became a minister.[5] He was later found living in Lancaster, California, by the blues researcher David Evans, who recorded him with his congregation. He died there on November 14, 1969.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Ruben Lacy". msbluestrail.org. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
- 1 2 Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter (2004). The Blues Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 581. ISBN 9781135958329.
- ↑ Eagle, Bob L.; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. ABC-CLIO. p. 111. ISBN 9780313344244.
- ↑ "Rubin Lacey: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 227. ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
- 1 2 3 "Rubin Lacey". Thebluestrail.com. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Rube Lacy Discography". Wirz.de. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
Sources
- R. Crumb, Heroes of Blues, Jazz and Country
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