Talking Bout The Blues Podcast

At the next phase of her Documentary, Mr. Handy's Blues: A Musical Documentary, filmmaker Joanne Fish talks with Talking Bout The Blues about W.C. Handy and why she decided to wait until the production was finished to launch an Indiegogo Crowd Funding campaign. One huge reason to support this film and Joanne Fish is, The release of "Mr. Handy's Blues" will mark the first time the story of 'The Father of the Blues' has been documented on film. Handy is credited with transforming African-American folk music that was handed down only through oral tradition into a purely American genre of music. Against all odds Handy forged a successful career in the post Civil War south, becoming a reknown bandleader, composer, and entrepreneur. He was the first African American to publish his own music, and in 1914 he wrote ST. LOUIS BLUES, which was the most recorded song in the first half of the 20th century. He began his career as a minstrel, and ended it as a revered visionary who brought the Blues into mainstream so