Home » Jazz Musicians » Blue Lu Barker
Blue Lu Barker
After signing on with the Vocalion label in ’38, her first record was “Don’t You Feel My Leg.” This went on to become a huge national hit and the song associated with her. The song was covered by Maria Mulduar in the ‘80’s, giving it a new life and audience.
She continued to perform and record until she retired from 1949 to 1964. The Barkers then returned to New Orleans in 1965. She took another brief hiatus from 67-73, then came back with a vengeance.
The Barkers continued to perform together until his death in 1994. Blue Lu was inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame in 1997, and then went back on stage leading up to a final recording at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 1998. She died shortly after in the same year. Her funeral was a major event and most of city turned out to give her a proper New Orleans send off. Source: James Nadal
Tags
Maria Muldaur Readies 41st Album: "Don't You Feel My Leg - The Naughty Bawdy Blues Of Blue Lu Barker" Out September 28th
Source:
The Last Music Company
When a 24-year-old Blue Lu Barker stepped up to the microphone at Decca Records studio in Manhattan in 1938 to record Don’t You Feel My Leg, she had no way of knowing that that initial recording would turn out to be such an enduring piece of blues artistry. An immediate hit, the song instantly established Barker as a leading female blues vocalist, fueling a recording career that continued unabated throughout dozens of blues and jazz releases on Decca, Apollo, and ...
read more