"San Francisco Bay Blues" is an American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jesse Fuller ( March 12, 1896 — January 29, 1976 was an American One-man band Musician, best known for his Song [1] Fuller first recorded the song in the mid-1950s for a small label called World Song. The song was brought into wider popularity in the early 1960s by club performances by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bob Dylan, and Jim Kweskin. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Jim Kweskin (born July 18, 1940, Stamford Connecticut) is the founder of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, with Fritz Richmond, Mel Recorded covers have been performed by many artists including Richie Havens, Eric Clapton, The Flatlanders, Paul McCartney, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Peter, Paul, and Mary. Richie Havens (born January 21, 1941) is an American folk Singer and Guitarist. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer The Flatlanders are a country band from Lubbock Texas founded by singers/songwriters/guitarists Jimmie Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Janis Lyn Joplin ( January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer songwriter and music arranger from Peter Paul and Mary (often called PP&M) are a musical group from the United States who were one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the
A "one-man band" rendition of the song featuring a kazoo solo was recorded by Fuller himself in a 1962 concert. A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of Musical instruments simultaneously using their hands feet limbs and various mechanical contraptions The kazoo is a simple Musical instrument ( Membranophone) that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when one vocalizes into it This has been included in a Smithsonian Folkways compilation, Friends of Old Time Music. Folkways Records is a Record label that documents folk and world music [1]
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- ^ a b Peter Siegel, liner notes to Friends of Old Time Music (Smithsonian Folkways, SFW40160) (link)
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