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Robert Brown (July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966), known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues singer and musician.〔 ==Biography== Born in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, United States, and reputedly the half-brother of Big Bill Broonzy,〔 Brown moved to Memphis, Tennessee in the 1920s, performing as a street musician with Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon. He then moved to Chicago in 1932, performing regularly with Broonzy, and appearing with him and other musicians including Memphis Slim and Tampa Red on innumerable recording sessions for Lester Melrose of Bluebird Records.〔 In 1935, he began recording in his own right for both Bluebird and Vocalion Records, becoming one of the most popular Chicago blues performers of the late 1930s and 1940s, selling numerous records and playing to packed audiences. He recorded over 160 tracks in those decades. His strong voice and songwriting talent overcame his stylistic limitations. By the 1950s, his audience began to shrink, largely because he had difficulty adapting to the new electric blues.〔 His final recording session for RCA Victor was held in 1949, he retired from music for several years, and became a Chicago police officer.〔Pearlin, Victor, ''Washboard Sam - Complete Recorded Works Vol. 7 31 July 1942 to 27 October 1949'', Document Records, 1993.〕 He recorded a session in 1953 with Broonzy and Memphis Slim, and in 1959 Samuel Charters included his "I've Been Treated Wrong" on the compilation ''The Country Blues'' for Folkways Records. Brown made a modest but short-lived comeback as a live performer in the early 1960s.〔 He died of heart disease in Chicago, in November 1966,〔 and was buried in an unmarked grave at the Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery in Homewood, Illinois. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Washboard Sam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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