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Scrapper Blackwell
g, voc, 1903-1962 US, Darlington County, South Carolina
Singer / Musician of Blues
A.k.a. Francis Hillman Blackwell
Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer; best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was an acoustic single-note picker in the Chicago blues and Piedmont blues style, with some critics noting that he veered towards jazz.
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out on Mr. Scrapper's Blues by Scrapper Blackwell Papa's on the House Top on Presenting Scrapper Blackwell by Scrapper Blackwell When the Sun Goes Down on Presenting Scrapper Blackwell by Scrapper Blackwell Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog on Mr. Scrapper's Blues by Scrapper Blackwell Let's Disagree on Presenting Scrapper Blackwell by Scrapper Blackwell Little Boy Blue on Mr. Scrapper's Blues by Scrapper Blackwell "A" Blues on Mr. Scrapper's Blues by Scrapper Blackwell Kokomo Blues on Presenting Scrapper Blackwell by Scrapper Blackwell Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out on Presenting Scrapper Blackwell by Scrapper Blackwell Six Cold Feet In The Ground on Rocks In My Bed by Scrapper Blackwell & Leroy CarrTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 1928-1934 | Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell | 2007 | Album |
| Hard Time Blues | Scrapper Blackwell | 2006 | Compil. |
| Bad Liquor Blues | Scrapper Blackwell | 2000 | Compil. |
| How Long Blues 1928-1935 | Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell | 1997 | Compil. |
| (1930-1958) Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes | Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell | 1996 | Compil. |
| Live At "1444 Gallery," Indianapolis 1959 & The Complete "77" LP Recordings 1960 | Scrapper Blackwell With Brooks Berry | 1994 | Compil. |
| Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 (1928-1932) | Scrapper Blackwell | 1992 | Compil. |
| Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (1934-1958) | Scrapper Blackwell | 1992 | Compil. |
| (1930-1958) Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes | Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell | 1989 | Compil. |
| 1929-1934 | Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell | 1988 | Compil. |
| Great Piano-Guitar Duets (1929-1935) | Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell | 1987 | Compil. |
| Blues That Make Me Cry | Scrapper Blackwell | 1980 | Compil. |
| Naptown Blues 1929-1934 | Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell | 1973 | Compil. |
| The Virtuoso Guitar Of Scrapper Blackwell | Scrapper Blackwell | 1970 | Compil. |
| The Blues Of Brooks Berry And Scrapper Blackwell - My Heart Struck Sorrow | Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell | 1963 | Album |
| Longtime Blues | Scrapper Blackwell | 1963 | Single |
| Mr. Scrapper's Blues | Scrapper Blackwell | 1962 | Album |
| Blues Before Sunrise | Scrapper Blackwell | 1960 | Album |
| Rambling Blues / Sneaking Blues | Scrapper Blackwell | 1940 | Album |
| Take A Walk Around The Corner / George Street Blues | Leroy Carr With Scrapper Blackwell | 1935 | Album |
| Mean Mistreater Mama / Blues Before Sunrise | Leroy Carr And Scrapper Blackwell | 1934 | Album |
| Gone Mother Blues / Midnight Hour Blues | Leroy Carr And Scrapper Blackwell | 1932 | Album |
| Barrel House Woman / Black Gal (What Makes Your Head So Hard?) | Leroy Carr And Scrapper Blackwell | 1930 | Album |
| Christmas In Jail - Ain't That A Pain / Prison Cell Blues | Leroy Carr With Scrapper Blackwell | 1929 | Album |
| Spirit Of '49 Rag / Texas Stomp | George H. Tremer / Dot Rice And Scrapper Blackwell | Album | |
| 1929-1935 | Leroy Carr And Scrapper Blackwell | Compil. |
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