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Henry Brown July 25 1906 Troy TN - June 28 1981 St. Louis MO Was An American Barrelhouse Blues Piano Player. Henry Brown Aka Henry "Papa" Brown Left Tennessee For St. Louis MO At The Age Of 12 And Took Up The Piano While Still In School. His Playing Style An Economical Form Of Piano Blues Was Taught To Him By A Deep Morgan Street Blues Player Known To The Public Only As "Blackmouth." Brown Later Worked With St. Louis Jimmy Oden And Trombonist Ike Rogers With Rogers And Guitarist Lawrence Casey He Formed A Trio Called The Biddle Street Boys. He Recorded Sides Often In Tandem With Rogers With Mary Johnson Among Others In Between Playing In Clubs Around St. Louis Where He Lived Most Of His Life And Worked Regularly Right Up Through The Mid-'70s. Henry Worked Clubs Such As The Blue Flame Club The 9-0-5 Club Jim's Place And Katy Red's From The Twenties Into The 30's. Recorded For Brunswisck With Ike Rogers And Mary Johson In 1929 For Paramount In Richmond And Grafton In '29 And '30. He Served In The Army In The Early '40s Then Formed His Own Quartet To Work Occasional Local Gigs In St. Louis Area From The '50s And Worked The Becky Thatcher Riverboat St. Louis In 1965. In Addition To His Pre-War Recordings He Was Recorded By Paul Oliver 1960 By Charters With Edith Johnson In 1961 And By Adelphi In 1969.
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Henry Brown July 25 1906 Troy TN - June 28 1981 St. Louis MO Was An American Barrelhouse Blues Piano Player. Henry Brown Aka Henry "Papa" Brown Left Tennessee For St. Louis MO At The Age Of 12 And Took Up The Piano While Still In School. His Playing Style An Economical Form Of Piano Blues Was Taught To Him By A Deep Morgan Street Blues Player Known To The Public Only As "Blackmouth." Brown Later Worked With St. Louis Jimmy Oden And Trombonist Ike Rogers With Rogers And Guitarist Lawrence Casey He Formed A Trio Called The Biddle Street Boys. He Recorded Sides Often In Tandem With Rogers With Mary Johnson Among Others In Between Playing In Clubs Around St. Louis Where He Lived Most Of His Life And Worked Regularly Right Up Through The Mid-'70s. Henry Worked Clubs Such As The Blue Flame Club The 9-0-5 Club Jim's Place And Katy Red's From The Twenties Into The 30's. Recorded For Brunswisck With Ike Rogers And Mary Johson In 1929 For Paramount In Richmond And Grafton In '29 And '30. He Served In The Army In The Early '40s Then Formed His Own Quartet To Work Occasional Local Gigs In St. Louis Area From The '50s And Worked The Becky Thatcher Riverboat St. Louis In 1965. In Addition To His Pre-War Recordings He Was Recorded By Paul Oliver 1960 By Charters With Edith Johnson In 1961 And By Adelphi In 1969.
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