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Doing right by the 'Minstrel Man': Tidying Up The Article

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I've undertaken a major overhaul of the Emmett Miller page, since it seemed a tad bit under-written. I cleaned up the language a bit, and added references and further readings. I'll work on beefing up the info a bit as well. Authoritative works on Miller's life are few and far between. Jason 14:42, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Emmett Miller/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Few would agree that Hank Williams's version of "Lovesick Blues" bears any but a distant resemblance to Miller's. Hank's (his first hit, if I recall correctly) is way, way dumbed down harmonically from the early jazz arrangement that Miller performs -- backed (as the article properly mentions) by some of the best musicians of his era. Hank is said to have learned the song from the Rex Griffin recording, not from Miller. Rex presumably learned it from Miller.

It might be noted that Miller at times was backed by guitar great Dick McDonough, as well as by Eddie Lang, who is mentioned.

Shenkin 03:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 03:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 14:26, 29 April 2016 (UTC)