Danny Barker
Danny Barker
Top Songs
| 1 | My Indian Red | ||
| 2 | Basin Street Blues [Live] | ||
| 3 | Chocko Mee Feendo Hey | ||
| 4 | Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing | ||
| 5 | I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll |
Albums
Dec 2015 • 36 songs
Aug 1991 • 11 songs
Jul 1954 • 11 songs
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Biography
A humorous personality as important for his storytelling and teaching as for his playing, Danny Barker had a long and colorful career. He played with the Boozan Kings early on in New Orleans and toured Mississippi with Little Brother Montgomery. In 1930, he moved to New York, switching from banjo to guitar and working with Dave Nelson, Sidney Bechet, Fess Williams, Albert Nicholas, James P. Johnson, Lucky Millinder (1937-1938), Benny Carter (1938), and Cab Calloway (1939-1946). He wrote "Don't You Feel My Leg" for his wife Blue Lu Barker (with whom he recorded frequently) and ...