Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas
Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas
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Genres: blues, violin, folk, All, country blues
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About Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas
Willie B. Thomas (May 25, 1912 - November 23, 1977) an American blues guitarist and kazoo player and James Cage (March 16, 1894 - September, 1975) an American blues fiddler and singer, formed an old time black southern string band. The duo was recorded by folklorist Dr. Harry Oster in Zachery, Louisiana in the 1950s and selections by them were issued on the Folk-Lyric album, "Country Negro Jam Session" (later available on Arhoolie who had acquired the Folk-Lyric label) Thomas was disabled by a back injury he received in his early teens during his family’s migration to Louisiana. He partnered the fiddler James ‘Butch’ Cage on kazoo for 10 years before taking up the guitar, on which he recorded with Cage after their discovery in 1959. Thomas was unusual in seeing no conflict between his secular music and his activities as a street preacher. His guitar playing, though limited, was an ideal complement to Cage’s fiddle, and they formed an unmistakable, raucous vocal duo Willie B. Thomas & Butch Cage.
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