Sylvester Weaver

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Real name: Sylvester Weaver
Born: July 25, 1896
Died: April 4, 1960
Country: United States
IPI: 00508426068 2 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Blues guitarist and country-blues pioneer, banjo player, vocalist and songwriter. His first blues instrumental records are famous for being the first recorded country blues and the first known recordings of a bottleneck-style slide guitar.

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	i	Bottle Neck Blues	Weaver and Beasley	February 1928	John Fahey
	i	Guitar Rag	Sylvester Weaver	January 1924	(101 artists)
	i	Smoketown Strut	Sylvester Weaver	September 1924	(3 artists)

Covers by Sylvester Weaver

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	i	St. Louis Blues	Weaver and Beasley	February 1928	Prince's Band

Web Covers by Sylvester Weaver

	Title	Performer	Upload date	Originally by
	Black Spider Blues	Sylvester Weaver	March 15, 2014	Robert Lockwood

Songs written by Sylvester Weaver

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Bottle Neck Blues	Sylvester Weaver	Weaver and Beasley	November 27, 1927	Covered by John Fahey
Guitar Rag	Sara Martin, Sylvester Weaver	Sylvester Weaver	November 2, 1923	Covered by (101 artists)
Smoketown Strut	Sylvester Weaver	Sylvester Weaver	May 29, 1924	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Bottle Neck Blues	Weaver and Beasley	February 1928	OKeh
	Guitar Blues	Sylvester Weaver	January 1924	OKeh
	Smoketown Strut	Sylvester Weaver	September 1924	OKeh