I don't know if any of you have heard of them... well I have, because I went to school with Amy Ryan, from 1st grade until graduation. She has an amazing voice. I'm not even into blues/country but I've been listening to this and it's great.
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DEATH LETTER – Son House. Possibly the most chilling vocal performance ever. Between the raw slide, the vocal and the lyric, how could you not be moved? When I first heard Son House, as a teenager, I didn't connect immediately. When I finally got it, it changed my life.
FEEL LIKE GOING...28 December 2009, 20:12 Monday -
It's a sad day in Bluesville. The King is gone. BB King passed away at his home in Las Vegas Nevada. Though he had been in hospice care. I guess he decided he wanted to go home one last time. If the news reported accurately. I hope that Lucille was close at hand.
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On this day in 1968, country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California. Back in the early 1950s, while serving in the Air Force and stationed in Germany, Cash had seen a documentary on life inside the prison. This inspired...13 January 2017, 07:01 Friday -
This one’s like an old friend – comes around once a year and is always welcome.
HOW TO SING THE BLUES by Lame Mango Washington
(attributed to Memphis Earlene Gray with help from Uncle Plunky, revisions by Little Blind Patti D. and Dr. Stevie Franklin)
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It's the birthday of the blues composer W.C. Handy, born in Florence, Alabama (1873). His father and grandfather were Methodist ministers, and he grew up in a cabin on the Tennessee River. He showed musical promise very early. As...16 November 2016, 06:49 Wednesday