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'Blind Boone': A Sensational Missourian Forgotten
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| Title | 'Blind Boone': A Sensational Missourian Forgotten |
| Abstract | Article with an brief general history of ragtime music, "the ancestor of all popular music," and a biographical sketch of John William Boone, or Blind Boone (1864-1927), a prominent black musician living in Warrensburg and Columbia, Missouri. Description of his nationally-known career as a pianist starting in 1880, including some ragtime. |
| Notes | Blind Boone was from a slave family owned by descendants of Daniel Boone, hence the surname. |
| Author | Robert R. Darch
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| Date | April 1, 1961 |
| Source | Missouri Historical Society Bulletin |
| Location | Periodical |
| Volume | 17 |
| Number | 3 |
| Page | 245-252 |
| Local Subject | Boone, John W. (Blind)
Musicians
African Americans
Ragtime Music
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Magazine Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 107677 |
| CONTENTdm number | 14947 |
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