Jazz Gillum - Sweet Sweet Woman (1938)

William McKinley "Jazz" Gillum, vocal and harmonica, with Big Bill Broonzy, rhythm guitar, and George Barnes, electric guitar. Barnes was the first musician to record with an electric guitar, on records with Broonzy on March 1, 1938. Two weeks later he made six recordings, including this one, with Jazz Gillum. Barnes was only sixteen years old at the time, and went on to have a long successful career as a jazz guitarist.
I like the way that the tempo doubles up on this number, at 1:35.

[@lacheraqui]

hi, lupine22 -- i'm george barnes' daughter, alexandra...thank you for honoring my father by posting these historic tracks and showing respect for his incredible career. i'm about the launch THE GEORGE BARNES LEGACY COLLECTION (which is full of wonderful and revelatory material) and will be happy to let you know when the site goes live.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

"Barnes was the first musician to record with an electric guitar" No, there were many recordings made on electric guitar before March '38, such as "Blue Guitars" by the Light Crust Doughboys and "Time Out" by Count Basie, both recorded in '37 and both on youtube.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

Also good is Len Fillis's "Dipsomania" from '36, also on youtube.

[@jamesreed1584]

Beautiful!

[@jmac1050]

Indeed it really picks up!!

[@lupine22]

Hi, Alexandra. We have been in touch before, about those early blues recordings by your father. Great news about the new George Barnes collection you are launching soon. Good luck with that!

[@rotyoung]

thx for sharing!

[@RadioCulebra]

sweet sweet maifren..

[@SaphirSouenEstherG]

Shaared on Facebook, September 11, 2018.

[@lacheraqui]

oh, for goodness' sake! dave, please forgive me for not remembering your youtube handle...we met a couple of years ago via my zan17 account, and you sent me a bunch of delicious tracks. AND we're facebooked. please know you are most definitely a valued FOB (friend of barnes)!