Lot #733
Eubie Blake

“Like Geo. M. Cohen used to say My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.”

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“Like Geo. M. Cohen used to say My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.”

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Eubie Blake Music letterhead, October 7, 1976. Letter to composer Gunther Schuller. In part: “I rec’d the music but I’ve been on the road doing concerts…Please don’t think I don’t appreciate what you’ve done for me. I will send it to the Big bands that I know, both white & Negroes…Like Geo. M. Cohen used to say My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.” Blake also adds a short postscript signed “E. B.” In fine condition, with a red pencil notation to top. Blake’s closing quote is taken from Cohen’s Yankee Doodle Dandy. RRAuction COA.

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Dates: #381 - Ended January 18, 2012

Lot #733 Eubie Blake

“Like Geo. M. Cohen used to say My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.”

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“Like Geo. M. Cohen used to say My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.”

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Lot #733
Eubie Blake