Frank "Big Boy" Goudie

Because Frank "Big Boy" Goudie's most famous recordings were made in Europe during the 1930s, he is sometimes thought of as a European even though he was actually from Louisiana. Goudie grew up in New Orleans, at first playing fiddle and then cornet. As a teenager, the musically inclined youth played piano for silent movies. Although he taught himself tenor and clarinet, he mostly played cornet while in New Orleans. Goudie performed with Oscar Celestin's Original Tuxedo Band, the Magnolia Band, Arnold DuPas, Jack Carey, and others. He toured with a minstrel show in 1921 and sp...