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09-06-2020 , 02:52 PM

#651

Zeno

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One from the wayback machine:

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09-06-2020 , 04:44 PM

#652

FallawayJumper

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Originally Posted by Phat Mack

I used to have a vinyl album of Tidewater blues recorded in the 20s and 30s, maybe by Alan Lomax. I'll try to look for it and see if I can get some names off of it. The quality musicianship was just as good as the stuff coming out of Memphis during the same period, but I think a lot of the Memphis players made it north to St. Louis and Chicago, got recorded, and so are better remembered, whereas a lot of the Virginia players were forgotten.

here are some names from the Tidewater and/or DC area or Piedmont area that I plan to look up soon:

John Jackson
Snooky Pryor
Henry Townsend
Homesick James
Phil Wiggins
John Cephas
Warner Williams
Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Willie McTell
Reverend Gary Davis
Sonny Terry
Elizabeth Cotten (Freight Train Blues)
Etta Baker

it's sometimes called Tidewater Blues but I believe it's more often referred to as Piedmont blues -

The Piedmont region is the hilly area which lies between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains from central Georgia to central Virginia.

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09-06-2020 , 05:11 PM

#653

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what's very interesting to me about this recording from Henry Townsend is that it predates Robert Johnson whose famous recordings were made in 1936 and 1937

Robert Johnson, of course, is a national icon - there is a postage stamp honoring his memory

this guy, whose music is very similar to Robert Johnson's, is virtually unknown

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09-06-2020 , 06:18 PM

#654

Phat Mack

Twat-Waffle

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If you add the Piedmont, you have your life's work before you.

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09-07-2020 , 08:57 PM

#655

Phat Mack

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Stanley Brothers: Worried Man Blues.

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09-09-2020 , 02:22 PM

#656

Zeno

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09-12-2020 , 04:50 PM

#657

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the fabulous Roy Brown..................big band blues

"I meet the finest women everywhere
Because my baby straightens their hair
I'm her lover boy - she treats me like a King
She makes a lot of money - I never have to worry about a thing"

ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴛʜɪɴᴋꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙy ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜɪɴɢ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ.....ʜᴇʀᴍᴀɴ ᴍᴇʟᴠɪʟʟᴇ

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09-16-2020 , 03:59 PM

#658

Phat Mack

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I don't think this has been posted before. Little Walter and Hound Dog Taylor. I don't think I've ever seen Mr. Taylor play in such a subdued manner.

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09-16-2020 , 08:12 PM

#659

REDeYeS00

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that's a great clip.
Bukka was mentioned in the beginning and i was hoping i could find the performance he was talking about....but alas.

this will have to suffice.

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09-16-2020 , 08:16 PM

#660

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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can't remember if we've had Scrapper Blackwell in here before?

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09-17-2020 , 11:10 AM

#661

steamraise

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Originally Posted by Phat Mack

I don't think this has been posted before. Little Walter and Hound Dog Taylor.

That is so good.

I like this comment.

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Little Walter never takes a break or breather here.
He just plays and plays. He keeps going and going, like the Energizer Bunny.

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09-18-2020 , 04:11 PM

#662

Zeno

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Can't be beat:

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09-18-2020 , 04:17 PM

#663

Zeno

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Well, maybe Bo can be beat:

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09-18-2020 , 04:29 PM

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Zeno

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Not bad for white people:

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09-25-2020 , 03:03 PM

#665

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09-25-2020 , 03:07 PM

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Zeno

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Howlin' Wolf at his best - (don't think this killer song has been posted)

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09-26-2020 , 04:03 PM

#667

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09-26-2020 , 04:19 PM

#668

Pauwl

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This is an English lady singing a Memphis Minnie song.

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09-26-2020 , 05:33 PM

#669

Phat Mack

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Skip James is one of my favorites. I've heard that Alan Wilson's singing style was an attempt to emulate him.

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09-27-2020 , 01:14 PM

#670

Zeno

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09-28-2020 , 01:15 AM

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10-01-2020 , 08:36 PM

#672

REDeYeS00

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thanks for sharing that. i'm pretty sure that's Garry Burnside (R.L.'s son) playing bass.

Junior recorded on Fat Possum (the same label as R.L.) and their families collaborated quite a bit.

such a unique sound for hill country blues.

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10-10-2020 , 07:24 PM

#673

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10-12-2020 , 05:13 PM

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"J.J. Cale was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been widely acknowledged by figures such as Mark Knopfler, Neil Young and Eric Clapton, who described him as "one of the most important artists in the history of rock". He is considered to be one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz."