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| '''The Pruitt Twins''' were identical twin brothers, '''Miles Pruitt''' and '''Milas Pruitt''', who provided both guitar and banjo accompaniment on recordings made in the 1920s. Both musicians were proficient in playing either instrument. | '''The Pruitt Twins''' were identical twin brothers, '''Miles Pruitt''' and '''Milas Pruitt''', who provided both guitar and banjo accompaniment on recordings made in the 1920s. Both musicians were proficient in playing either instrument. | ||
| ] noted in relation to Miles Pruitt that his "... solid guitar work accompanied ] throughout her career and provided an excellent complement to her vocal style.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/kansas-city-blues-1924-1929-mw0000621140</ref> On Kimbrough's first recording made in March 1924 in ], Illinois, the twosome got equal billing on the record label with Kimbrough (who was |
] noted in relation to Miles Pruitt that his "... solid guitar work accompanied ] throughout her career and provided an excellent complement to her vocal style.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kansas-city-blues-1924-1929-mw0000621140|title=Various Artists - Kansas City Blues (1924-1929) Album Reviews, Songs & More|website=]|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref> On Kimbrough's first recording made in March 1924 in ], Illinois, the twosome got equal billing on the record label with Kimbrough (who was known as Lottie Beaman at that time), except that their surname was misspelt at Pruett.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wirz.de/music/beaman.htm|title=Illustrated Lottie Beaman/Kimbrough discography|website=Wirz.de|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref> | ||
| The twins also supplied accompaniment on four tracks recorded by ] in 1924.<ref |
The twins also supplied accompaniment on four tracks recorded by ] in 1924.<ref name="auto3"/> | ||
| ==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
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| ! Year || Artist || Title || Record label || Guitar || Banjo || Reference | ! Year || Artist || Title || Record label || Guitar || Banjo || Reference | ||
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| | 1924 || ] || style="text-align:center;"| "Lost Wandering Blues" || ] || Milas Pruitt || Miles Pruitt || <ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yPKlxdCBmk0C&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&source=bl&ots=-nXvNUGPeV&sig=ACfU3U1Vzrn7admoIFBm0UPA6lSOBl-4ag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimu6SGgrb7AhWbFMAKHYcgDV84FBDoAXoECBsQAw#v=onepage&q=%22miles |
| 1924 || ] || style="text-align:center;"| "Lost Wandering Blues" || ] || Milas Pruitt || Miles Pruitt || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yPKlxdCBmk0C&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&source=bl&ots=-nXvNUGPeV&sig=ACfU3U1Vzrn7admoIFBm0UPA6lSOBl-4ag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimu6SGgrb7AhWbFMAKHYcgDV84FBDoAXoECBsQAw#v=onepage&q=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&f=false|title=Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis|first=Jeff Todd|last=Titon|date=February 1, 2014|publisher=UNC Press Books|access-date=November 18, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
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| | 1924 || Ma Rainey || style="text-align:center;"| "Dream Blues" || Paramount Records || Milas Pruitt || Miles Pruitt || <ref>https://sundayblues.org/?tag=richard-trice</ref> | | 1924 || Ma Rainey || style="text-align:center;"| "Dream Blues" || Paramount Records || Milas Pruitt || Miles Pruitt || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sundayblues.org/?tag=richard-trice|title=Richard Trice | Big Road Blues|first=Ajay|last=D'Souza|website=Sundayblues.org|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| | 1924 || Ma Rainey || style="text-align:center;"| "]" || Paramount Records || Milas Pruitt || Miles Pruitt || <ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CcJL93JgiPMC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&source=bl&ots=HzeGTVeBxP&sig=ACfU3U3GMrHe5qsTk9IQmBmCNyihNuMNKQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimu6SGgrb7AhWbFMAKHYcgDV84FBDoAXoECBoQAw#v=onepage&q=%22miles |
| 1924 || Ma Rainey || style="text-align:center;"| "]" || Paramount Records || Milas Pruitt || Miles Pruitt || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CcJL93JgiPMC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&source=bl&ots=HzeGTVeBxP&sig=ACfU3U3GMrHe5qsTk9IQmBmCNyihNuMNKQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimu6SGgrb7AhWbFMAKHYcgDV84FBDoAXoECBoQAw#v=onepage&q=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&f=false|title=The Untold Stories of Excellence: From a Life of Despair and Uncertainty to One that Offers Hope and a New Beginning|first=Charles E.|last=Shaw|date=July 14, 2011|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|access-date=November 18, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
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| | 1924 || Ma Rainey || style="text-align:center;"| "Farewell Daddy Blues" || Paramount Records || Milas Pruitt || Miles Pruitt || <ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/complete-recorded-works-vol-1-1923-1924-mw0000664854</ref> | | 1924 || Ma Rainey || style="text-align:center;"| "Farewell Daddy Blues" || Paramount Records || Milas Pruitt || Miles Pruitt || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/complete-recorded-works-vol-1-1923-1924-mw0000664854|title=Ma Rainey - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923-1924) Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=]|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| | 1924 || ] and the Pruett Twins || style="text-align:center;"| "Red River Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt || Milas Pruitt || <ref |
| 1924 || ] and the Pruett Twins || style="text-align:center;"| "Red River Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt || Milas Pruitt || <ref name="auto1"/> | ||
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| | 1924 || ] and the Pruett Twins || style="text-align:center;"| "Honey Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt || Milas Pruitt || <ref |
| 1924 || ] and the Pruett Twins || style="text-align:center;"| "Honey Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt || Milas Pruitt || <ref name="auto1"/> | ||
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| | 1924 || ] || style="text-align:center;"| "Regular Man Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt § || Milas Pruitt § || <ref |
| 1924 || ] || style="text-align:center;"| "Regular Man Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt § || Milas Pruitt § || <ref name="auto1"/> | ||
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| | 1924 || ] || style="text-align:center;"| "Mean Lovin' Man Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt || Milas Pruitt ||<ref>https://pisigin.ru/record-library/blues/98/paramount-12094-race-series-ida-cox-and-the-pruit-twins/</ref> | | 1924 || ] || style="text-align:center;"| "Mean Lovin' Man Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt || Milas Pruitt ||<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://pisigin.ru/record-library/blues/98/paramount-12094-race-series-ida-cox-and-the-pruit-twins/|title=Paramount 12094 (race series). Ida Cox and The Pruit Twins|website=Pisigin.ru|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| | 1924 || ] || style="text-align:center;"| "Down the Road Bound Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt || Milas Pruitt ||<ref |
| 1924 || ] || style="text-align:center;"| "Down the Road Bound Blues" || Paramount Records || Miles Pruitt || Milas Pruitt ||<ref name="auto2"/> | ||
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| | 1928 || Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes || style="text-align:center;"| "Lost Lover Blues" || ] || Miles Pruitt § || style="text-align:center;"| – || <ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XQU3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA566&lpg=PA566&dq=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&source=bl&ots=BpOPwx06eN&sig=ACfU3U1cZ8ZUA_8LBMbq7OnnVKumJTTWTw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi029zngrb7AhWGi1wKHa2JDLE4HhDoAXoECBsQAw#v=onepage&q=%22miles |
| 1928 || Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes || style="text-align:center;"| "Lost Lover Blues" || ] || Miles Pruitt § || style="text-align:center;"| – || <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XQU3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA566&lpg=PA566&dq=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&source=bl&ots=BpOPwx06eN&sig=ACfU3U1cZ8ZUA_8LBMbq7OnnVKumJTTWTw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi029zngrb7AhWGi1wKHa2JDLE4HhDoAXoECBsQAw#v=onepage&q=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&f=false|title=The Blues Encyclopedia|first1=Edward|last1=Komara|first2=Peter|last2=Lee|date=July 17, 2004|publisher=]|access-date=November 18, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
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| | 1928 || Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes || style="text-align:center;"| "Wayward Girl Blues" || Gennett Records || Miles Pruitt § || style="text-align:center;"|– ||<ref |
| 1928 || Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes || style="text-align:center;"| "Wayward Girl Blues" || Gennett Records || Miles Pruitt § || style="text-align:center;"|– ||<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZZQRQ4PRYKsC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&source=bl&ots=SEjzUupvZo&sig=ACfU3U30fRjLskW1sQZQES-MWJtGuBrDmg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi029zngrb7AhWGi1wKHa2JDLE4HhDoAXoECBwQAw#v=onepage&q=%22miles+pruitt%22.+%22blues%22.+%22Guitar%22&f=false|title=78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South|first=John|last=Minton|date=8 October 2009|publisher=]|access-date=November 18, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
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| | 1928 || Lottie Kimbrough || style="text-align:center;"| "Going Away Blues" ≠ || Gennett Records || Miles Pruitt § || style="text-align:center;"|– || <ref |
| 1928 || Lottie Kimbrough || style="text-align:center;"| "Going Away Blues" ≠ || Gennett Records || Miles Pruitt § || style="text-align:center;"|– || <ref name="auto"/> | ||
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| | 1928 || Lottie Kimbrough || style="text-align:center;"| "Rolling Log Blues" ≠ || Gennett Records || Miles Pruitt § || style="text-align:center;"|– || <ref |
| 1928 || Lottie Kimbrough || style="text-align:center;"| "Rolling Log Blues" ≠ || Gennett Records || Miles Pruitt § || style="text-align:center;"|– || <ref name="auto"/> | ||
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Revision as of 23:14, 17 November 2022
The Pruitt Twins were identical twin brothers, Miles Pruitt and Milas Pruitt, who provided both guitar and banjo accompaniment on recordings made in the 1920s. Both musicians were proficient in playing either instrument.
AllMusic noted in relation to Miles Pruitt that his "... solid guitar work accompanied Kimbrough throughout her career and provided an excellent complement to her vocal style. On Kimbrough's first recording made in March 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the twosome got equal billing on the record label with Kimbrough (who was known as Lottie Beaman at that time), except that their surname was misspelt at Pruett.
The twins also supplied accompaniment on four tracks recorded by Ma Rainey in 1924.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Title | Record label | Guitar | Banjo | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Ma Rainey | "Lost Wandering Blues" | Paramount Records | Milas Pruitt | Miles Pruitt | |
| 1924 | Ma Rainey | "Dream Blues" | Paramount Records | Milas Pruitt | Miles Pruitt | |
| 1924 | Ma Rainey | "Shave 'Em Dry Blues" | Paramount Records | Milas Pruitt | Miles Pruitt | |
| 1924 | Ma Rainey | "Farewell Daddy Blues" | Paramount Records | Milas Pruitt | Miles Pruitt | |
| 1924 | Lottie Kimbrough and the Pruett Twins | "Red River Blues" | Paramount Records | Miles Pruitt | Milas Pruitt | |
| 1924 | Lottie Kimbrough and the Pruett Twins | "Honey Blues" | Paramount Records | Miles Pruitt | Milas Pruitt | |
| 1924 | Lottie Kimbrough | "Regular Man Blues" | Paramount Records | Miles Pruitt § | Milas Pruitt § | |
| 1924 | Ida Cox | "Mean Lovin' Man Blues" | Paramount Records | Miles Pruitt | Milas Pruitt | |
| 1924 | Ida Cox | "Down the Road Bound Blues" | Paramount Records | Miles Pruitt | Milas Pruitt | |
| 1928 | Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes | "Lost Lover Blues" | Gennett Records | Miles Pruitt § | – | |
| 1928 | Lottie Kimbrough and Winston Holmes | "Wayward Girl Blues" | Gennett Records | Miles Pruitt § | – | |
| 1928 | Lottie Kimbrough | "Going Away Blues" ≠ | Gennett Records | Miles Pruitt § | – | |
| 1928 | Lottie Kimbrough | "Rolling Log Blues" ≠ | Gennett Records | Miles Pruitt § | – |
§ = Probably, although detailed information was often lacking in that time
≠ - Re-recorded in 1929
References
- ^ "Various Artists - Kansas City Blues (1924-1929) Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "Illustrated Lottie Beaman/Kimbrough discography". Wirz.de. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- Titon, Jeff Todd (February 1, 2014). "Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis". UNC Press Books. Retrieved November 18, 2022 – via Google Books.
- D'Souza, Ajay. "Richard Trice | Big Road Blues". Sundayblues.org. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- Shaw, Charles E. (July 14, 2011). "The Untold Stories of Excellence: From a Life of Despair and Uncertainty to One that Offers Hope and a New Beginning". Xlibris Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2022 – via Google Books.
- "Ma Rainey - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923-1924) Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "Paramount 12094 (race series). Ida Cox and The Pruit Twins". Pisigin.ru. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter (July 17, 2004). "The Blues Encyclopedia". Routledge. Retrieved November 18, 2022 – via Google Books.
- Minton, John (8 October 2009). "78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South". University Press of Mississippi. Retrieved November 18, 2022 – via Google Books.