GlensterTX wrote:
It might be easier to say what this record isn’t! It’s not jazz, it’s blues, and not particularly good. “Salt And Pepper” are, to my ears anyway, a white duo, one playing the ukulele and one singing in the style called “eel skin”, a type of scat-singing made “popular” by Ukulele Ike. They apparently sold well enough to release quite a few titles on the Cameo label and its subsidiaries. I believe they were Cameo’s answer to Ukulele Ike, who recorded at the time for Perfect Records.
This record is Cameo 583, coupling “Crazy Blues” and “Don’t ‘Cha Be Too Sure”, both by Salt And Pepper, recorded July 14, 1924. An ill-informed Wiki post repeats an equally wayward podcast claiming this is an early electric recording - it most definitely is not. These records are not especially rare and have traditionally not been popular among collectors. $10 isnt a bad price, especially if you got other records with it.
I personally like the tune, not for everyone though. A rather obscure duo I have never come across before. I purchased this record with other acoustic and early electric records. Greatly appreciate the information and meant say blues above, oops!
Jon