[Dixielandjazz] Goldie Lucas

[Stephen G Barbone]

> Bob Smith <robert.smith at tele2.no>
>
> I'm wondering about the forename to Goldie Lucas who played banjo  
> and guitar with King Oliver and Clarence Williams, I assumed that  
> the forename "Goldie" belonged to the fair sex, but listening to the  
> vocal trio (Lucas is a member) on the Chocolate Dandies' recordings,  
> I can't hear a female voice, Google dudn't help, and neither do any  
> of the jazz books that I have.
> Can anybody help me with this question of whether Lucas was male or  
> female?

Dear Bob:

Goldie Lucas was male.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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