Origins: Deep Henderson - History ??

Subject: DEEP HENDERSON - History ??
From: GUEST,Tony , C/ o , Melbourne , Australia
Date: 03 Oct 04 - 11:12 PM

Dear fellow music lovers

having just discovered this wonderful ,research engine ,

and very pleased with info ,
regarding my original search of St James Infirmary ,
New Orleans / or English origins , ?? ( seems English )

Would dearly love to know -
the origins of " Deep Henderson "
and if possible , it's " true " meaning ,

thanking you ,
for allowing me to post this ,


Oo Roo ,

from across the waves ,

Tony , Australia

Subject: RE: DEEP HENDERSON - History ??
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Oct 04 - 01:06 PM

I'll be watching for replies to this as I've always wondered where the heck Deep Henderson is. There is a instrumental recording titled Deep Henderson by King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators (4/21/26)The tune's author is given as Fred Rose (who also wrote Lovesick Blues a hit for Hank Williams and Oz's own Frank Ifield and, I think, Blues Eyes Crying in the Rain. It may have lyrics. On the sleeve notes, by Edward Brooks, to the CD that I have with this number it reads: "...a title probably referring to the town of Henderson in Kentucky rather than Olivers's rival bandleader Fletcher Henderson." But maybe Deep Henderson is nickname for a street or district along the lines of Deep Ellum (also the title of a well-known Western song)which I believe was, or still is, a notorious district centred on Elm Street in Dallas Tx.