There was more music like this in northern cities than one might expect: these were street musicians from Philadelphia, The group disbanded early in 1928, after Cooksey was stabbed to death outside a nightclub where he had been playing.
The South Street Trio: Robert Cooksey, harmonica, vocal; Bobby Leecan, tenor banjo; Alfred Martin, guitar.
Camden NJ 10/27/27 Victor 21135
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