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On the trail of early Blues - jazzboCR - 16-04-2014
Grand, fascinating, lyrical article on 2 pioneers of early blues (when it was making the transition from merely field music and country church music to a self-defining, self-sustaining genre): http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/13/magazine/blues.html
If you are already a fan of early Blues, this makes your case; if you are new to this sector, the click-throughs will bring you deeper; if you know nothing but have heard...welcome to the club. This article goes everywhere (artists, archivists, obsessed nut-jobs). One word: intriguing. A debt is owed the author. And here's some Q and A with him: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/14/behind-the-cover-story-john-jeremiah-sullivan-on-the-search-for-geeshie-and-elvie
I don't think this Jeremiah was a bullfrog but you never know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2wutEzjy_E though I sometimes feel like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohRa9lsx0Q
On the trail of early Blues - SteveO - 16-04-2014
Very good read! I have never heard of Elvie and Geeshie! Thanks Jazz! Yes I like the old blues...I have always stood by the conviction that rock was born with Charlie (Charley) Patton!!!!!!! :nod:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Patton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDeo8h9Ef00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsAh2jx6JA
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