Blind Lemon Pledge

Joke name for a bluesman, a portmanteau of the name of real bluesman Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson (1893-1929), and Lemon Pledge, a furniture polish made by S. C. Johnson & Son, and introduced in 1958.

The name has been used by multiple sources at different times:

1973

A joke entry in the https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/73/RW-1973-05-05-OCR-Page-0027.pdf

Comedian Martin Mull used the name in his stage shows when performing the song "Ukulele Blues," but the name did not make it onto the version used on his 1973 album Martin Mull And His Fabulous Furniture In Your Living Room. https://archive.org/details/sim_circus-raves_1974-08_1_6/page/40/mode/2up?q=%22Blind+lemon+pledge%22

1990-1991, used as the performing name of the bassist of local Seattle band Stagnant Water. https://archive.org/details/factsheet_five_35/page/n61/mode/2up?q=%22Blind+lemon+pledge%22

Circa 1991 used in a Kudzu comic strip: https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_Your_Face/oyFQAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Blind%20lemon%20pledge

1991

Novelist Clyde Edgerton used the monicker performing at the

2001 novel Red Hook by Gabriel Cohen

See also

• Blind Orange Julius
• Zoot Finster Octet
• Blind Orange Adams