Long time, etc. If you’re still reading this blog, I sincerely hope you’re doing well. We live in interesting times.
Possibly also of interest (albeit far less impactful), the latest edition of Vintage Jazz Mart magazine includes my coverage of the Archeophone label’s fantastic compilation of Ford Dabney recordings.
Dabney helped introduce the U.S. to hip, syncopated, blues-inflected dance music through these records from the height of his popularity during the late teens. This is a snapshot of American popular music that’s musically exciting and historically important. Plus, Archeophone is at it again with outstanding selections, sound, and liner notes.
I hope you enjoy the article and, better yet, this music.
The Pop of Yestercentury 
Wonderful review, Andrew, of an outstanding CD issue.
The only thing I wonder about is why the following two tracks, which I regard as some of the very best ever recorded by Dabney (and which I own on the original 78rpm disc), do not appear on this double-CD:
2377 Florida Blues Aeolian-Vocalion 12211-A c. September, 1919
2379 Lonesome Blues Aeolian-Vocalion 12211-B c. September, 1919
Ralph Wondraschek, Heidelberg, Germany