[Dixielandjazz] Chippie Hill

[Bill Haesler]

Dear Anton,
The article you were looking for.
Here 'tis. I assume.
"It was Leroy who first gave her the name that has stuck down through the years. "'Cause I was so young, he called me Chippie, and I was generally called that."
 http://www.blues.co.nz/dig-this/documents/Hillchip.pdf
Plus a few others on the way.
 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6657816
and
 http://books.google.com.au/booksid=scp47Y9cLtgC&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=bertha+hill,+chippie,+nickname&source=bl&ots=Xjf7PEecfv&sig=fnM643NhD2401pBsC1REnWE1plg&hl=en&ei=buydS6--IYS2swO94Zx-&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=bertha%20hill%2C%20chippie%2C%20nickname&f=false
Chippie's Hill's "Pratt City Blues" (Louis & Richard M Jones. 23 November 1926) has to be one of the greatest jazz records I ever heard as a kid.
It still is.
  http://www.mainely-jazz.com/rhsongs/songframes.html
But how many have heard the later/different version from 16 March 1929 with Georgia Tom, et al?
Also listed on http://www.mainely-jazz.com/rhsongs/songframes.html but, unfortunately, a repeat of the one with Louis and not the faster version. 
Well worth looking for.
Kind regards,
Bill.