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The Hokum Boys

Alex Hill, Dan Roberts

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Recorded in Richmond, Indiana on June 27th 1929 by "The Hokum Boys" featuring Alex Hill piano & vocals, and Dan Roberts guitar & vocals. -There's no surviving information pertaining to Dan Roberts.

*"Hokum Blues" was written by Wilma Davis.

Pianist and composer Alex Hill was selected to take part in a series of recording sessions intended to cash in on the popularity of the musical trend known as "Hokum" beginning in June 1929. And so another incarnation of "The Hokum Boys" were born.