William Christopher Handy Quotes:
Ocupation: Composer
Life: November 16, 1873 - March 28, 1958
Birthday: November 16
Death: March 28
A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out of his shoes. His face had on it some of the sadness of the ages. As he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable.
source: William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”
topic: Sadness, Guitar, Knives, Hawaiians
