Tennessee Blues/ Gospel [LONG] - part 3

[R. L. Eagle]

HAMILTON COUNTY
Brown’s Ferry: celebrated in BROWN’S FERRY BLUES by The Delmore
Brothers, and BROWN FERRY BLUES by Tin – Ear Tanner.
Chattanooga: birthplace (1887) of Lovie Austin (Cora Calhoun); (1894) of
Bessie Smith; (1903) of Valaida Snow; Alvaida Smow; Valaida Snow; (1909)
of Bill Oldham; (1909) of Lovie Lee (Eddie Lee Watson); (1918) of Jimmy
Blanton; (1925) of Tiny Kennedy; Wilfred Middlebrooks (1933 – to Los
Angeles by 1973); Arthur Brooks; (1939) of Sam Gooden; (1940) of Richard
Brooks; (1940) of Fred Cash; (1943) of Clyde Stubblefield;
Chattanooga: possible birthplace of John T. Smith (about 1920); and of Le
Bron Scott;
Chattanooga: location (1928) of white guitarist Hoke Rice; (before 1946)
of Judson Coleman; (before 1951) Tommy Braden (to Chicago, by 1951);
(1951) of Tiny Kennedy; Joe Doucett (before 1972); (1969) of Nat Willis;
Houston Harmony Aires (before 1972); location of white hillbilly
performers, Austin and Lee Allen; possible location of Andrew Baxter and
Jim Baxter (from nearby Gordon County, Georgia); possible location of Billy
Bird;
Chattanooga was celebrated in CHATTANOOGA BLUES (performed by Mary H.
Bradford in 1923); in Judson Coleman’s song, GOIN’ TO CHATTANOOGA (20th
CENTURY #20-11, a KANSAS CITY BLUES variant); in Tin – Ear Tanner’s
BROWN FERRY BLUES (Bel – Tone #276, recorded by early 1946, and dealing
with nearby Brown’s Ferry); and by Clyde Bernhardt in CHATTANOOGA (BLUE
NOTE #BN 1203, recorded on 6 October 1949).
Chattanooga: location (2001) of Ed Huey - edh...@bluzing.com.
Chattanooga: location (2001) of Living Word Ministries Church of God in
Christ (Pastor Darwin Randolph); McDowell Memorial Church of God in Christ
(Pastor - Supt. C. H. Douglas); Power House Ministries Church of God in
Christ; Temple of Faith Church of God in Christ (Pastor - Bishop Felton M.
Smith, Jr.); Temple of Faith Church of God in Christ; True Light Church
of God in Christ (Pastor Willie Jefferson); United Tabernacle Church of God
in Christ (Pastor Ronnie Z. Rowe, Sr.);
Chattanooga: location (2001) of Warren Chapel A.M.E. Church (Rev. Charlene
N. Boone); Bethel A.M.E. Church (Rev. Michael Broadnax); St. Paul A.M.E.
Church (Rev. George L. Byrd); Brown's Temple A.M.E. (Rev. Anthony Carter);
Bethel A.M.E. Church (Rev. Freeman Cooper); Solomon Chapel A.M.E. Church
(Rev. Elvy D. Davis); Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church (Rev. Clarence G. Finch,
Jr.); Clayborn Temple A.M.E. Church (Rev. Etta Garth); Bethel A.M.E.
Church (Rev. Ronald Glenn); St. Paul (Agnew) A.M.E. Church (Rev. A. C.
Griffin, Jr.); Shorter A.M.E. Church (Rev. Chris Grizzard); Joseph Chapel
A.M.E. Church (Rev. Everett Hobson); Rayborn/ Suggs Chapel A.M.E. Church
(Rev. Fred Houser); St. John A.M.E. Church (Rev. Gloria Kirkpatrick);
Berry Chapel A.M.E. Church (Rev. Willie L. Leslie); Prospect Circuit A.M.E.
Church (Rev. Earnest M. Latham); St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Rev. Carl C.
Liggin); Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church (Rev. Daniel McCandless); Powell
Chapel A.M.E. Church (Sis. Ruby Mason); Allen Temple A.M.E. Church (Rev.
Willie Moses); Roundhill A.M.E. Church (Rev. Barbara Sanderfur); Mulberry
Circuit A.M.E. Church (Rev. Dickey Sebastian); Friendship Chapel A.M.E.
Church (Rev. Lance Shelton); Mary's Chapel A.M.E. Church (Rev. Joe T.
Southall); St. James A.M.E. Church (Rev. Johnny R. Watson, Jr.); St. Paul
A.M.E. Church (Rev. Eddie L. Williams); Bethel A.M.E. Church, 2000 Walker
Street;
Collegedale:
East Brainerd CDP:
East Ridge:
Harrison CDP:
Ooltewah CDP: nothing known.
Red Bank: nothing known.
HANCOCK COUNTY
HARDEMAN COUNTY
Bolivar: birthplace (1901) of Willie “Buddy” Kelly; (1905) of Jack Kelly
(later of Memphis); (1934) of Robert “Bobby Dean” Anderson (alias “Pygmy
Head Bob”); (1934) of Q. T. Macon; (1936) of Louis McTizic;
Bolivar: location (about 1920) of Monroe Bolden; (1940s) of “Chopsticks”
(died about 1945) and of Dave Clark; Chester Anderson; Connie Anderson;
Robert “Bobby Dean” Anderson; Robert Anderson; (about 1950) of Curtis
McTizic; Louis McTizic; Junior Crisp; (1960s) of Rick Moore (to
Nashville); (1970s) of Robert McNutty;
Bolivar: place of burial (1979) of John Lee Granderson;
Bolivar: possible location of Bolivar Mental Institution, where Charley
“Little Buddy” Doyle died in 1960.
Grand Junction: location (2001) of Saint James Church of God in Christ
(Pastor James A. Norman);
Pocahontas: Willie Borum's father (pre 1911);
Whiteville: birthplace (1907) of Walter Harney; (1931) of Phineas Newborn;
HARDIN COUNTY
Savannah: location (2001) of Love Tabernacle Church of God in Christ
(Pastor Edward T. Perry);
HAWKINS COUNTY
Rogersville: location (2001) of Community Chapel Church of God in Christ;
HAYWOOD COUNTY
Allens: location of Sleepy John Estes?
Brownsville is mentioned in Sleepy John Estes' BROWNSVILLE BLUES (1937).
Brownsville: birthplace (1906 or 1908 or 1910) of Yank Rachell; (1908) of
Hammie Nixon; (1909) of ‘Brownsville’ Son Bonds; (1913) of Tommy Garry;
(1913) of Hammie Nixon; (1919) of Henry Palmer (alias Henry Morgan);
(about 1941) of J. C. Rachell; James Rachell, Jr.;
Brownsville: possible birthplace (about 1895) of Hambone Willie Newbern;
he may have referred to Cherry Street, Brownsville;
Brownsville: presumed location (1910s) of Casey Bill Weldon; of Willie
Tango; Augie Rawls; (1920s) of Son Goss; Walter Franklin; David Campbell
or Campion; Lee Brown; (1938) of ‘Jackson’ Joe Williams; location (1910s)
of Daniel Taylor; Henry Taylor; (1935) of Alec Braddock (or Alex Bradis),
“Red Rooster” and Homesick James; Eddie Payne or Eddie Pink; Tommy Garry;
Rev. Clay Evans; (1972) of Natural Ware; Hammie Nixon; Sleepy John Estes;
Yank Rachell; “Miss Cornelia” (referred to by Sonny Boy Williamson) in
MY LITTLE CORNELIUS (sic).
Brownsville: celebrated by Sleepy John Estes in BROWNSVILLE BLUES
(DECCA); and in I’M GOING TO BROWNSVILLE by Furry Lewis (1959); and I’M
GOING BACK TO BROWNSVILLE (1961);
Brownsville: recording location (1972) for producer Gianni Marcucci (of
Albatros label);
Brownsville: place of death (1969) of Clifford Dinwiddie (any interest?);
(1977) of Sleepy John Estes; (1984) of Hammie Nixon;
Brownsville: location (2001) of Refuge Temple Holiness Church of God in
Christ; St. James Church of God in Christ; Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist
Church; Holy Temple Missionary Baptist Church; Lower Salem Missionary
Baptist Church; New Revelation Missionary Baptist Church; Peaceful Chapel
Missionary Baptist Church;
Jones: location (1910s) of Sleepy John Estes;
Nut Bush: Anna Mae "Tina Turner" Bullock (birthplace - to Knoxville);
Nut Bush is celebrated in NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS;
Stanton: birthplace (about 1880) of Hosea Woods;
Stanton (near “Hatchie Bottom”): Homesick James (1939 - to Chicago);
"Jimbo" Piggie (to Brighton, Tennessee, died about 1989);
HENDERSON COUNTY
Lexington: birthplace (1916) of Sam "The Man" Taylor;
HENRY COUNTY
Paris: birthplace of Walter Davis;
HICKMAN COUNTY
Centerville: birthplace (1907) of Dicky Wells;
Centerville: location (2001) of Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church (Rev. Dorris Paton);
HOUSTON COUNTY
HUMPHREYS COUNTY
Waverly: nothing known.
JACKSON COUNTY
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Jefferson City:
JOHNSON COUNTY

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