#sepiatone

“Maybe the next fella can do more with it than I. But I don’t feel bad about it because there’s — when somebody take your number and use it, why, that’s lettin’ ’em know that you — that they really appreciate your sound, you know. I wished a lot of ’em ’d take ’em and doin’ it. I ain’t givin’ ’em no trouble copyin’.” - Howlin’ Wolf (on other musicians covering his songs)

Jobyna Ralston, 1926

you couldn't help but wonder why she was unlucky all the time