Dick Pelham: Terpsichorean Tambo
Dick Pelham (Richard Ward Pell, 1815-1876) was one of the founding members of the influential quartet known as the Virginia Minstrels. Born in New York City, Pelham was one of the many who emulated T.D. "Daddy" Rice in the blackface minstrelsy** craze. By the early 1840s he was performing with a succession of partners in […]