How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live - Blind Alfred Reed
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How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live played by Blind Alfred Reed
Recording date: December 4, 1929
Recording place: New York City
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- Recorded on December 4, 1929 in New York City With Blind Alfred Reed on fiddle and vocals and Arville Reed on guitar. Arville was Alfred's son. Blind Alfred was something of a protest singer, as one can gather from this selection recorded while the Wall Street crash was still fresh. However, he also had a conservative bent. In "Why Do You Bob Your Hair Girls?" he scolded flappers in light of biblical prohibitions.
