#Lottie Kimbrough

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3:06 AM EST March 1, 2024:

Lottie Kimbrough - "Rolling Log Blues" From the album Love in Vain: The Old Weird Blues (November 2023)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Giveaway with Mojo 361, with Mick and Keef on the cover

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Lottie Kimbrough, rather unkindly billed as “The Kansas City Butterball,” who recorded from 1924 to 1929 under a variety of pseudonyms, including Lottie Beaman, her married name, and Lena Kimbrough. The many pseudonyms can make her music difficult to trace, even today. I don’t know if the drawing above is a good likeness, since to my knowledge the only publicity photo of her is actually of her “more photogenic” sister Estella. Virtually nothing is known about her personal life, but her records are a good example of women’s country blues, with a rougher, more backwoods flavor than Bessie Smith or even Ma Rainey.

Her best known song is probably “Rollin’ Log Blues,” accompanied by either Miles Pruitt or Miles and his twin brother Milas. Whether there is one guitar or two on the record is one of the many things blues enthusiasts can spend hours arguing about when they get together for a chimping session. I’ve listened and can’t quite make up my mind.

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Lottie Kimbrough - Vocals Winston Holmes - Whistling [train whistle] Miles Pruitt - Guitar Recorded: August 21, 1928, Richmond, Indiana

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blues legend Lottie Kimbrough

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Lottie Kimbrough Height

5 feet 2¾ inches (161.5 cm)

American singer; famed for the song “Rolling Log Blues.” In a showbiz journal, Lottie Kimbrough told, “I’m 5 feet 3 inches.”

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The Country Girls! 1927-1935:  16 Rare Blues And Ballads With Guitar

Country Girls! 1927-1935:  16 Rare Blues And Ballads With Guitar was the second compilation released on Origin Jazz Library in 1964, the first being Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933 was released in 1962.  Origin Jazz Library was founded in 1960 by Bill Givens and Pete Whelan, whose idea was to reissue classic blues recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. The first issue was “The Immortal Charlie Patton,” which was received with considerable interest by the emerging “folk revival” community.  The label soon established itself as the vanguard of a host of independent labels which helped bring about the traditional blues revival of the 1960s, and added immensely to the body of influences which helped shape rock music. 

1. Nellie Florence - Jacksonville Blues / 1928 Atlanta, GA 2. Nellie Florence - Midnight Weeping Blues / 1928 Atlanta, GA 3. Pearl Dickson - Little Rock Blues / 1927 Memphis, TN 4. Memphis Minnie - Where Is My Good Man / 1932 Chicago, IL 5. Memphis Minnie - Can’t I Do It For You / 1930 Memphis, TN 6. Mae Glover - Shake It Daddy / 1929 Richmond, VA 7. Lottie Kimbrough - Going Away Blues / 1928 Richmond, VA 8. Lottie Kimbrough - Lost Lover Blues / 1928 Richmond, VA 9. Lottie Kimbrough - Wayward Girl Blues / 1928 Richmond, VA 10. Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues / 1928 Richmond, VA 11. Geeshie Wiley - Pick Poor Robin Clean / 1931 Grafton, WI 12. Rosie Mae Moore - Stranger Blues / 1928 Memphis, TN 13. Lulu Jackson - Careless Love Blues / 1928 Indianapolis, IN 14. Lillian Miller - Dead Drunk blues / 1928 1928 Richmond, VA 15. Lucille Bogan - I Hate That Train Called The M&O / 1934 New York, NY 16. Elvie Thomas - Motherless Child Blues / 1930 Grafton, WI

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Lottie Kimbrough — "Rolling Log Blues" (1928)

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Lottie Beaman as Lottie Everson (Lottie Kimbrough) "Going Away Blues" (2:30) Lottie Kimbrough (1900 – unknown) was also billed as Lottie Kimborough, Lottie Beaman, and Lena Kimbrough (amongst several others). Kimbrough was a large woman, and was nicknamed "The Kansas City Butterball" Miles Pruitt - guitar (Recorded August 21, 1928 in Richmond, Indiana)

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8:49 PM EST January 18, 2024:

Lottie Kimbrough - "Rolling Log Blues" From the album Love in Vain: The Old Weird Blues (November 2023)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Giveaway with Mojo 361, with Mick and Keef on the cover

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Wayward Girl Blues, by Lottie Kimbrough (1928).

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3:59 AM EDT August 22, 2024:

Lottie Kimbrough - "Rolling Log Blues" From the album Love in Vain: The Old Weird Blues (November 2023)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Giveaway with Mojo 361, with Mick and Keef on the cover

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Lottie Kimbrough

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Lottie Beaman as Lottie Everson (Lottie Kimbrough) "Rolling Log Blues" (2:14) Lottie Kimbrough (1900 – unknown) was also billed as Lottie Kimborough, Lottie Beaman, and Lena Kimbrough (amongst several others). Kimbrough was a large woman, and was nicknamed "The Kansas City Butterball" Miles Pruitt - guitar (Recorded August 21, 1928 in Richmond, Indiana)

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Goin' Away Blues, by Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes (1928).