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TN Bluesletter Week 10 080310.Cdr
(About the Blues continued) offered rich, more complex guitar parts, the beginnings of a blues trend towards separating lead guitar from rhythm playing. Shows begin at 6:30 unless noted Texas acoustic blues relied more on the use of slide, In case of inclement weather, shows will be held just down the and artists like Lightnin' Hopkins and Blind Willie street at the Grand Theater, 102 West Grand Avenue. Johnson are considered masters of slide guitar. Other June 1 Left Wing Bourbon local and regional blues scenes - from New Orleans MySpace.com/LeftWingBourbon June 8 The Pumps to Atlanta, from St. Louis to Detroit - also left their mark ThePumpsBand.com on the acoustic blues sound. MySpace.com/ThePumpsBand When African-American musical tastes began to June 15 The Blues Dogs change in the early-1960s, moving towards soul and August 3, 2010 at Owen Park MySpace.com/SteveMeyerAndTheBluesDogs rhythm & blues music, country blues found renewed June 22 Pete Neuman and the Real Deal popularity as the "folk blues" and was sold to a PeteNeuman.com June 29 Code Blue with Catya & Sue primarily white, college-age audience. Traditional YYoouunngg BBlluueess NNiigghhtt Catya.net artists like Big Bill Broonzy and Sonny Boy Williamson July 6 Mojo Lemon reinvented themselves as folk blues artists, while MojoLemon.com Piedmont bluesmen like Sonny Terry and Brownie MySpace.com/MojoLemonBluesBand McGhee found great success on the folk festival July 13 Dave Lambert DaveLambertBand.com circuit. The influence of original acoustic country July 20 Deep Water Reunion blues can be heard today in the work of MySpace.com/DWReunion contemporary blues artists like Taj Mahal, Cephas & July 27 The Nitecaps Wiggins, Keb' Mo', and Alvin Youngblood Hart. -
Memphis Jug Baimi
94, Puller Road, B L U E S Barnet, Herts., EN5 4HD, ~ L I N K U.K. Subscriptions £1.50 for six ( 54 sea mail, 58 air mail). Overseas International Money Orders only please or if by personal cheque please add an extra 50p to cover bank clearance charges. Editorial staff: Mike Black, John Stiff. Frank Sidebottom and Alan Balfour. Issue 2 — October/November 1973. Particular thanks to Valerie Wilmer (photos) and Dave Godby (special artwork). National Giro— 32 733 4002 Cover Photo> Memphis Minnie ( ^ ) Blues-Link 1973 editorial In this short editorial all I have space to mention is that we now have a Giro account and overseas readers may find it easier and cheaper to subscribe this way. Apologies to Kees van Wijngaarden whose name we left off “ The Dutch Blues Scene” in No. 1—red faces all round! Those of you who are still waiting for replies to letters — bear with us as yours truly (Mike) has had a spell in hospital and it’s taking time to get the backlog down. Next issue will be a bumper one for Christmas. CONTENTS PAGE Memphis Shakedown — Chris Smith 4 Leicester Blues Em pire — John Stretton & Bob Fisher 20 Obscure LP’ s— Frank Sidebottom 41 Kokomo Arnold — Leon Terjanian 27 Ragtime In The British Museum — Roger Millington 33 Memphis Minnie Dies in Memphis — Steve LaVere 31 Talkabout — Bob Groom 19 Sidetrackin’ — Frank Sidebottom 26 Book Review 40 Record Reviews 39 Contact Ads 42 £ Memphis Shakedown- The Memphis Jug Band On Record by Chris Smith Much has been written about the members of the Memphis Jug Band, notably by Bengt Olsson in Memphis Blues (Studio Vista 1970); surprisingly little, however has got into print about the music that the band played, beyond general outline. -
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. The musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins is "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act". Life Hopkins was born in Centerville, Texas, and as a child was immersed in the sounds of the blues. He developed a deep appreciation for this music at the age of 8, when he met Blind Lemon Jefferson at a church picnic in Buffalo, Texas. That day, Hopkins felt the blues was "in him".He went on to learn from his older (distant) cousin, the country blues singer Alger "Texas" Alexander. (Hopkins had another cousin, the Texas electric blues guitarist Frankie Lee Sims, with whom he later recorded.) Hopkins began accompanying Jefferson on guitar at informal church gatherings. Jefferson reputedly never let anyone play with him except young Hopkins, and Hopkins learned much from Jefferson at these gatherings. In the mid-1930s, Hopkins was sent to Houston County Prison Farm; the offense for which he was imprisoned is unknown. In the late 1930s, he moved to Houston with Alexander in an unsuccessful attempt to break into the music scene there. By the early 1940s, he was back in Centerville, working as a farm hand. Hopkins took a second shot at Houston in 1946. While singing on Dowling Street in Houston's Third Ward (which would become his home base), he was discovered by Lola Anne Cullum of Aladdin Records, based in Los Angeles. -
Cisco Houston the Folkways Years 1944-1961 Mp3, Flac, Wma
Cisco Houston The Folkways Years 1944-1961 mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Folk, World, & Country Album: The Folkways Years 1944-1961 Country: US Released: 2007 Style: Folk MP3 version RAR size: 1698 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1204 mb WMA version RAR size: 1951 mb Rating: 4.8 Votes: 285 Other Formats: WAV AU MP2 XM VOX AAC DMF Tracklist Hide Credits I Ain't Got No Home 1 1:45 Written-By – Woody Guthrie Hard Traveling 2 1:28 Written-By – Woody Guthrie Rambling, Gambling Man 3 2:34 Written-By – G. Houston* Hobo Bill 4 2:13 Written-By – Waldo L. O'Neal* There's A Better World A-Comin' 5 1:59 Harmony Vocals – Cisco HoustonWritten-By, Lead Vocals, Guitar – Woody Guthrie The Strawberry Roan 6 3:13 Mandolin – Woody GuthrieMusic By – TraditionalWords By – Curly Fletcher The Great American Bum 7 1:42 Written-By – Harry McClintock The Intoxicated Rat 8 2:02 Written-By – Dorsey Dixon, Wade Mainer The Cat Came Back 9 2:14 Written-By – H. Miller* The Frozen Logger 10 2:09 Written-By – James Stevens Pat Works On The Railroad 11 2:12 Written-By – Traditional Dark As A Dungeon 12 2:33 Written-By – Merle Travis Diamond Joe 13 2:24 Written-By – G. Houston* The Girl In The Wood 14 2:59 Written-By – Neal Gilkyson, Terry Gilkyson Ship In The Sky 15 1:46 Written-By – Woody Guthrie The Fox 16 1:53 Written-By – Traditional What Did The Deep Blue Sea Say 17 Harmony Vocals, Guitar – Cisco HoustonLead Vocals, Guitar – Woody GuthrieWritten-By – 2:37 G. -
Cisco Houston the Cisco Special! Mp3, Flac, Wma
Cisco Houston The Cisco Special! mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Folk, World, & Country Album: The Cisco Special! Country: UK Released: 1960 MP3 version RAR size: 1256 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1325 mb WMA version RAR size: 1877 mb Rating: 4.5 Votes: 350 Other Formats: AHX FLAC MP1 XM AUD AIFF TTA Tracklist Hide Credits Badman Ballad A1 Written By – Cisco Houston* Hard Travellin' A2 Written By – Woody Guthrie Nine Hundred Miles From Home A3 Written By – Woodie Guthrie Way Out There A4 Written By – Bob Nolan Old Smoky A5 Written By – Cisco Houston This Train A6 Written By – Lewis Allen Talking Dust Bowl A7 Written By – Cisco Houston* This Land Is Your Land A8 Written By – Woodie Guthrie B1 Old Dan Tucker Along The Colorado Trail B2 Written By – Carl Sandburg* Old Blue B3 Written By – Cisco Houston B4 Chilly Winds Dark As A Dungeon B5 Written By – Merle Travis I Don't Mind Marrying B6 Written By – Cisco Houston Big Rock Candy Mountain B7 Written By – Cisco Houston Credits Conductor – Milton Okun Sleeve Notes – Lee Hays Notes Rank Records Limited-London Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year The Cisco Special! (LP, TFL 6007 Cisco Houston Fontana TFL 6007 UK 1959 Album) The Cisco Special! (LP, VRS-9057 Cisco Houston Vanguard VRS-9057 US Unknown Album, Mono, RE) The Cisco Special! (LP, Vanguard VSD 2042 Cisco Houston VSD 2042 US Unknown Album) Stereolab The Cisco Special! (LP, VRS-9057 Cisco Houston Vanguard VRS-9057 US 1960 Album, Mono) Related Music albums to The Cisco Special! by Cisco Houston Various - American Festival Cisco Kid - Pizzaman Cisco Houston - 900 Miles And Other R.R. -
Taj Mahal Andyt & Nick Nixon Nikki Hill Selwyn Birchwood
Taj Mahal Andy T & Nick Nixon Nikki Hill Selwyn Birchwood JOE BONAMASSA & DAVE & PHIL ALVIN NUMBER FIVE www.bluesmusicmagazine.com US $7.99 Canada $9.99 UK £6.99 Australia A$15.95 COVER PHOTOGRAPHY © ART TIPALDI NUMBER FIVE 6 KEB’ MO’ Keeping It Simple 5 RIFFS & GROOVES by Art Tipaldi From The Editor-In-Chief 24 DELTA JOURNEYS 11 TAJ MAHAL “Jukin’” American Maestro by Phil Reser 26 AROUND THE WORLD “ALife In The Music” 14 NIKKI HILL 28 Q&A with Joe Bonamassa A Knockout Performer 30 Q&A with Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin by Tom Hyslop 32 BLUES ALIVE! Sonny Landreth / Tommy Castro 17 ANDY T & NICK NIXON Dennis Gruenling with Doug Deming Unlikely Partners Thorbjørn Risager / Lazy Lester by Michael Kinsman 37 SAMPLER 5 20 SELWYN BIRCHWOOD 38 REVIEWS StuffOfGreatness New Releases / Novel Reads by Tim Parsons 64 IN THE NEWS ANDREA LUCERO courtesy of courtesy LUCERO ANDREA FIRE MEDIA SHORE © PHOTOGRAPHY PHONE TOLL-FREE 866-702-7778 E-MAIL [email protected] WEB bluesmusicmagazine.com PUBLISHER: MojoWax Media, Inc. “Leave your ego, play the music, PRESIDENT: Jack Sullivan love the people.” – Luther Allison EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Art Tipaldi CUSTOMER SERVICE: Kyle Morris Last May, I attended the Blues Music Awards for the twentieth time. I began attending the GRAPHIC DESIGN: Andrew Miller W.C.Handy Awards in 1994 and attended through 2003. I missed 2004 to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday and have now attended 2005 through 2014. I’ve seen it grow from its CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David Barrett / Michael Cote / Thomas J. Cullen III days in the Orpheum Theater to its present location which turns the Convention Center Bill Dahl / Hal Horowitz / Tom Hyslop into a dazzling juke joint setting. -
Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee “Folk Alive” May 1, 1974 Host: Good
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee “Folk Alive” May 1, 1974 Host: Good evening. This is “Folk Alive”. Several weeks ago I went to see Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee at theBrooklyn Academy of Music. After the show I got a chance to speak with them for a little while and tonight’s program is the first half of that interview interspersed with some of their songs. Sonny and Brownie have been playing the blues together for 36 years and are perhaps the lone survivors of that blues era. I asked them if their music has changed much in that time. First we’ll hear Sonny, harmonica player and vocalist, and then Brownie, guitarist and vocalist. Sonny: …my music changed. The only change it was I got better. I know I can play better than I was ten, eleven, twelve years ago. I ain’t call that change. I ain’t never change my music. Brownie: You know, I couldn’t change. I’ll tell you why, I don’t see any reason to change now. I’ve got so many records out, and I identify with my records. So now if I wanted to get into another bag it would be, I think it would be very strange for me to change after forty years. What you gonna change for? I’m on a solid rock. But I don’t think what I’m doing is… Host: I think what you’re doing is a lot more honest. Brownie: And it’s much better for me because I can identify with it. -
Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi
Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi The Last Train Tour 2017 – A look back at Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry “Guy Davis; he’s straight out of New York, and he’s America’s greatest link to the blues right now” windsor star, ontario, canada “Fabrizio Poggi is a terrific Italian harmonica player” dan ackroyd, the blues brothers Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi The Last Train Tour 2017 – A look back at Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Guy Davis once said, “I like antiques and old things, old places, that still have the dust of those who’ve gone before us lying upon them.” Blowing that dust off just enough to see its beauty is something Guy has excelled at for over twenty years of songwriting and performing. It’s no wonder his reverence for the music of the Blues Masters who’ve gone before him has been evident in every album he’s ever recorded or concert he’s given. Guy has had his musical storytelling influenced by artists like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy, and his musicality from artists as diverse as Lightnin’ Hopkins and Babatunde Olatunji. However, there’s one man that Guy most credits for his harmonica techniques, by stealing and crediting from him everything that he could, and that man is the legendary Sonny Terry. Guy’s new album, ‘Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train – A Look Back at Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry’ is an homage to these two hugely influential artists, not only on Guy’s career, but to thousands of musicians around the world. One such artist is the Italian harmonica ace, Fabrizio Poggi, who collaborates with and produced this recording. -
Coahoma County, Mississippi, Field Trips, 1941-1942: a Guide
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Coahoma County, Mississippi, Field Trips, 1941-1942: A Guide Rob Cristarella, Todd Harvey, Nathan Salsburg, and Chris Smith (2016) 1 Contents Scope and Content .......................................................................................................................... 3 Chronology ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1941 ............................................................................................................................................. 5 1942 ............................................................................................................................................. 9 1943 ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Inventories .................................................................................................................................... 16 Series 1: Manuscripts ................................................................................................................ 16 Series 2: Sound Recordings ....................................................................................................... 22 Series 3: Graphic Images ........................................................................................................... 56 Series 4: Moving Images........................................................................................................... -
Worried Man Blues (A.K.A
Worried Man Blues (a.k.a. "Wearied Man Blues", "Worried Man Song", "It Takes A Worried Man") Words & Music: Traditional American Everyone knows who has recorded this song -- The Carter Family, Blind Boy Fuller, Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, Lonnie Donegan, The Kingston Trio, etc. -- but its writer is a murkier discussion (and makes the last line rather ironic). The earliest reference I've heard is it as a worksong, and sung much slower, in the Oklahoma oil fields in the 1920s (see the discussions on Mudcat Café). I'm inclined to agree. Sounghound Stephen Kermode sent along the song. I've included his version and the one used by The Carter Family and Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston. 1. Stephen Kermode's version CHORUS: G It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, C G It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, G It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, D G I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long. CHORUS: I went across the river, I laid down to sleep. [3x] When I woke up, there were shackles on my feet. Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg. [3x] And on each link, the initial of my name. CHORUS: I asked the judge what might be my fine. [3x] Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain Line. The train that I ride, sixteen coaches long. [3x] The girl I love is on that train and gone. CHORUS: If anyone asks you who composed this song, [3x] Tell him it was I and I sing it all day long. -
Southern Music and the Seamier Side of the Rural South Cecil Kirk Hutson Iowa State University
Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1995 The ad rker side of Dixie: southern music and the seamier side of the rural South Cecil Kirk Hutson Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Folklore Commons, Music Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Hutson, Cecil Kirk, "The ad rker side of Dixie: southern music and the seamier side of the rural South " (1995). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 10912. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/10912 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthiough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproductioiL In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. -
“Take a Whiff on Me”: Leadbelly‟S Library of Congress Recordings 1933-1942 — an Assessment
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by SAS-SPACE Blues & Rhythm, No. 59, March-April 1991, pp. 16-20; No. 60, May 1991, pp. 18-21 revised with factual corrections, annotations and additions, with details regarding relevant ancillary CDs, and tables identifying germane CD and LP releases of Leadbelly‘s recordings for the Library of Congress; and those for the American Record Corporation in 1935 “Take A Whiff On Me”: Leadbelly‟s Library of Congress Recordings 1933-1942 — An Assessment John Cowley From the mid-1960s, a small trickle of long-playing records appeared featuring black music from the holdings of the Archive of Folk Culture (formerly Archive of Folk Song) at the Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C. A few were produced by the Archive itself but, more often than not, arrangement with record companies was the principal method by which this material became available. One of the earliest collections of this type was a three-album boxed set drawn from the recordings made for the Archive by Huddie Ledbetter — Leadbelly — issued by Elektra in 1966. Edited by Lawrence Cohn, this compilation included a very useful booklet, with transcriptions of the songs and monologues contained in the albums, a résumé of Leadbelly‘s career, and a selection of important historical photographs. The remainder of Leadbelly‘s considerable body of recordings for the Archive, however, was generally unavailable, unless auditioned in Washington, D.C. In the history of vernacular black music in the U.S., Leadbelly‘s controversial role as a leading performer in white ‗folk‘ music circles has, for some, set him aside from other similar performers of his generation.