Ad & Article: Fess Whatley Presents Sonny Blount (1934)

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Title

Ad & Article: Fess Whatley Presents Sonny Blount (1934)

Description

Press coverage in the Kingsport [TN] Times anticipating Fess Whatley's presentation of the Sonny Blount Orchestra.

On the heels of his own successful 1934 summer tour, Whatley organized and promoted a tour along the same route, featuring the band of one of his most promising pupils: Herman "Sonny" Blount, later known as Sun Ra. 

Kingsport Times, October 12, 1934.

Date

1934-10-12

Original Format

Newspaper clipping

Citation

“Ad & Article: Fess Whatley Presents Sonny Blount (1934),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 1, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1334.