Artist:Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks
Song:Every Day I Have the Blues
Album:When the Sun Goes Down Vol. 3
Bluesman Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks is forgotten today because he died young. But he deserves to be remembered for writing the blues standard Every Day I Have the Blues. Sparks usually recorded with his brother. This 1935 recording is one of a handful of solo recordings. Along with his twin brother Marion, Sparks was born Aaron Gant May 22,1910 in Corona, Lee County, MS. They took their stepfather's surname. After moving to St. Louis in 1920, The brothers formed a boogie woogie group with Marion singing and Aaron playing piano. They first recorded in 1932 as Pinetop and Lindberg for Bluebird and Decca. That's when they first recorded Every Day I Have the Blues which they wrote. Of course that song is now a blues standard. Memphis Slim recorded it in 1949. The best known recordings are by The Count Basie Orchestra featuring Joe Williams and B.B. King. Pinetop Sparks usually let his brother do the singing. He branched out on this 1935 recording for Bluebird with Henry Townsend on guitar. You can get it on this various artists comp. He billed himself as Pine Top after Pinetop Smith. Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks died on Nov. 5, 1935 at age 25. The talk at the time was the twins got into an argument and Marion poisoned Aaron. Marion was known to have a bad temper. Townsend said that Aaron was a heavy drinker and he was constantly playing gigs with no sleep and that's what killed him. Either way, Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks deserves to be remembered for Every Day I Have the Blues. Here's a video of Every Day I Have the Blues by Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks.
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