Ishman Bracey (some 78's spelled "Ishmon") was an Early Blues Singer and
Guitarist in the Mississippi Delta. He is known to have associated and
recorded with
Tommy Johnson.
He learned guitar and was already playing around in 1910(same time as
Charley Patton).
He played locally at dances and juke joints and worked a medicine show in the
30's with
Tommy Johnson.
Ishman's recording career is small. He only recorded 16 songs. Four of them
are known in alternate takes. Low Down Blues and Run to Me at
Night, were apparently issued by Paramount, but have never been found.
Original copies of Ishman's 78's are highly rare. He gave up playing music
like other artists and was rediscovered in the 50's by blues scholars such as
David Evans. He did not want any involvement with the blues and was a preacher
at the time. But he did supply lots of information to researchers. He Died
Feb. 12, 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi.
(quoted from Ishmon Bracey Tribute Page at myspace.com)
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