Originally posted by cloughie
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sadly not one of these:
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yes i have but I'd have to dig it out..stored in the same place as the 78's. An old deck with build in amp that I can jack into any speakers with a 3.5mm socket...can't remember the make.
sadly not one of these:
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Another one of these rare 78s in the quiet and last days of the old calendar. Here, from 1930, is the very desirable, and very wonderful, Red Gay and Jack Wellman with 'Flat Wheel Train Blues parts 1 and 2'.
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Lonnie Donegan more than Lonnie Johnston?Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
John, a little thread informs me that you are having a health problem? May it soon be resolved.
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Flat wheel Train blues
thanks for posting.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
led to this:
(note to self - remember to put quotes around the search like this "red gay jack wellman" otherwise you get some quite different results)The stories of Red Gay & Jack Wellman, for instance, aren't well-known, but their two-part "Flat Wheel Train Blues" is completely mesmerizing, its click-clack guitar and strangely melancholic fiddle displaying life on the rails as one of rote insistence and tiny adventures. It's implicitly a song about begrudging work but finding some way to love it just enough to live with itComment
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Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
9th December 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee saw the birth of Amos Wells Blakemore Jr, aka Junior Wells, one of the early exponents of that amplified harp that became such a pivotal part of the sound of the Chicago Blues scene...as well as that he was one fine vocalist. Here he is with 'Hoo-Doo Blues' on one of the European tours of the early 60s...I think that's Otis Rush on guitar in a very fine band.
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Not much to say about Virgil Perkins except that he was born this day in 1903 in Mobile, Alabama and he was a fine exponent of the washboard and kazoo, as can be heard on this version of John Henry, recorded in '57 by Sam Charters.
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The New Year has brought a brand-spankin'-new Blues calendar, and jumping quickly into action can't miss the fact that it's Frank Stokes' birthday today, born 1st January, 1888 in Whitehaven, Tennessee. In 1917 he joined and travelled with the Doc Watts Medicine Show during which time he came in touch with Jimmie Rogers and they clearly learned from each other with Rodgers going on to record some of Stokes' songs. Frank also wrote and recorded 'The Yodelling Fiddle Blues', a tribute to Rogers. In the mid-1920s Frank went back to life as a blacksmith and got together with Dan Sane and the two became a popular fixture at local fish fries, bars, picnics, and house parties, eventually forming and recording under the name 'The Beale Street Sheiks'. In an article about Stokes, the National Park Service writes “The fluid guitar interplay between Stokes and Sane, combined with a propulsive beat, witty lyrics, and Stokes’ stentorian voice, make their recordings irresistible.”
Here for the New Year, and almost a hundred years old, is Frank and Dan singing 'Mr Crump Don't Like it'.
Have a bluesy New Year!Last edited by johncorrigan; 01-01-21, 12:20.Comment
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Tampa Red was born Hudson Woodbridge in Smithville, Georgia on 8th January 1904. His parents died when he was a child and he was taken to Tampa, Florida where he was raised by his Aunt. In the 20s, having worked up his distinctive single-string slide technique, he moved to Chicago and took on the name Tampa Red (to reflect his light-coloured skin). He became a stalwart of the Chicago music scene, playing his hokum songs mostly with Georgia Tom, but he played with the likes of Ma Rainey, Frankie Jaxon (with whom he played as Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band), Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie among others. Red was one of the most prolific recorders of his music and he was well-renowned and quite prosperous. However, it appears that after his wife died in '53 he took to the drink, and although he continued to perform he made his last recordings in the early 60s and eventually died at 78 in destitution.
Here he is with Georgia Tom on the wonderful 'Dead Cats on the Line'.
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Here's a crackin' film of Fred McDowell playing 'Shake 'em Down'. He was born this day in 1904. Fred wasn't originally from Mississippi, but from Rossville, Tennessee. He worked as a sharecropper until he was first recorded in 1959 by Alan Lomax at his home in Como in the Mississippi hill country. It's said that he learned his slide technique watching his dad playing with a steak bone. Among others the Stones and Bonnie Raitt recorded his songs. Lomax said about Mississippi Fred: “a bluesman quite the equal of Son House and Muddy Waters, but, musically speaking, their granddaddy.”
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Petroc played this todayOriginally posted by johncorrigan View Post
now I know why. It was a good start to the day JC. I never realised the Rev. Gary Davis had a hand in writing the song. Fine, fine song.Comment
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Brilliant, GT, what a song. Petroc must have the same calendar as me.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostPetroc played this today
now I know why. It was a good start to the day JC. I never realised the Rev. Gary Davis had a hand in writing the song. Fine, fine song.
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Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostBrilliant, GT, what a song. Petroc must have the same calendar as me.
..there's too many coincidences like this.
I'm going to be basing a whole conspiracy theory on this which will end up with us loitering outside Joe Boyds house calling for the Mysterious Voices of Bulgaria to come out and sing us a song. You with me?Comment
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When this whole malarkey's been and gone, GT, we'll head down to Joe's; and then lead JB and the Bulgarians on a mysteriously peaceful dance to Paris and take in a spot of bluesy guitar...and get our hairs done while we're at it. Sound like a plan?Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
..there's too many coincidences like this.
I'm going to be basing a whole conspiracy theory on this which will end up with us loitering outside Joe Boyds house calling for the Mysterious Voices of Bulgaria to come out and sing us a song. You with me?
...or perhaps that's the Pompadour Centre! 
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16th January is the day to recall the birth of Robert Timothy Wilkins, better known as Reverend Robert Wilkins, born this day in Hernando, Mississippi. After service in WW1 he went to Memphis where he played with the likes of Charley Patton, Son House and Frank Stokes, as well as teaching the young Memphis Minnie some of her early licks. In the thirties he joined the church and started to adapt some of his songs to a gospel theme, becoming a minister in 1950. He was rediscovered in 1964 and played Newport and it's there that his link to the Rolling Stones occurred. As well as recording the original 'Rolling Stone parts 1 &2'' in the 20s, 'Prodigal Son' was recorded at Newport and later the song went uncredited to Wilkins on 'Beggar's Banquet'. This was later rectified, the Stones claiming that this was a mistake in the printing.
But here he is on 'Old Jim Canan's' a bar he apparently went to back in the pre-gospel days.
Nice spoons in there.Comment
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Well he's worth another track I reckon. Especially as it is (another) of my favourites; I never knew who wrote it. Shouldn't be surprised to find out that it was the hugely uncredited Rev. Robert.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post16th January is the day to recall the birth of Robert Timothy Wilkins, better known as Reverend Robert Wilkins, born this day in Hernando, Mississippi. After service in WW1 he went to Memphis where he played with the likes of Charley Patton, Son House and Frank Stokes, as well as teaching the young Memphis Minnie some of her early licks. In the thirties he joined the church and started to adapt some of his songs to a gospel theme, becoming a minister in 1950. He was rediscovered in 1964 and played Newport and it's there that his link to the Rolling Stones occurred. As well as recording the original 'Rolling Stone parts 1 &2'' in the 20s, 'Prodigal Son' was recorded at Newport and later the song went uncredited to Wilkins on 'Beggar's Banquet'. This was later rectified, the Stones claiming that this was a mistake in the printing.
But here he is on 'Old Jim Canan's' a bar he apparently went to back in the pre-gospel days.
Nice spoons in there.
And here is a beautifully played version by Stefan Grossman (2m 30s in) as a tribute. I hope the Rev. Robert would approve. I certainly hope some royalties have headed his relatives way too, after the Stones, Clapton et al interpreted his work...
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