Moses Lee Rascoe
Southern Blues musician, Moses Lee Rascoe, began playing blues at the age of 13 in Windsor, Bertie County, NC. He spent his teen years playing juke joints around the South, literally singing for his supper.
Tracking The Migration of Families Out of Bertie Co, NC to York, PA.
By Samantha Dorm.
Narrative and images credit: Samantha Dorm
Moses Lee Rascoe was born on July 27, 1917, and died on March 6, 1994, at 76 years of age. He was the son of Bryant and Elizabeth Hawkins Rascoe. He served in the Navy during WWII.
March 17, 1994 (The York Dispatch) – Southern Blues musician, Moses Lee Rascoe, began playing blues at the age of 13 in Windsor, Bertie County, NC. He spent his teen years playing juke joints around the South, literally singing for his supper.
In 1938 he moved to York, PA, and spent the next five decades living, working, and playing blues in relative obscurity. The obscurity ended in 1987 when he recorded an album for Chicago’s Flying Fish Records. Suddenly, at 71, Rascoe found himself a star of the international blues and folk music circuit.
Music by Moses Lee Rascoe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BFUrVskUYU