Henry Franklin "Dick" Justice (April 2, 1903 – September 12, 1962)[2] was an American blues and folk musician, who hailed from West Virginia, United States.
Biography
Born Henry Franklin Justice,[3] he recorded ten songs for Brunswick Records in Chicago in 1929. Justice was heavily influenced by black musicians, particularly Luke Jordan, who recorded in 1927 and 1929 for Victor Records.[4] Justice's "Cocaine" is a verse-for-verse cover of the Jordan track of the same name recorded two years earlier.[5] The song "Brownskin Blues" is also stylistically akin to much of Jordan's work but stands on its own as a Justice original.[6]
His recording of the traditional ballad "Henry Lee" was the opening track of Harry Smith'sAnthology of American Folk Music.[8] Justice recorded four sides ("Guian Valley Waltz" and "Poor Girl's Waltz", "Muskrat Rag" and "Poca River Blues") with the fiddler Reese Jarvis.[9]
References
^ abHaddox, Chris (May 2021). "Dick Justice". Wvu.edu. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^Simpson, Brent (11 March 2012). "Cocaine Blues". Down Under Delta.
^Millward, David Hatch ; Stephen (1987). From Blues to Rock : An Analytical History of Pop Music (Pbk. ed.). Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 56. ISBN9780719023491.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Wolff, written by Kurt (2000). Country Music : the Rough Guide. London: Rough Guides. p. 26. ISBN9781858285344.
^Byrd, Ivan M. Tribe; foreword by Robert C. (1996). Mountaineer Jamboree : Country Music in West Virginia. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. p. 37. ISBN9780813108780.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
