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  • Globaltruth
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    • Nov 2010
    • 4298

    Rosetta Tharpe’s birthday was in March but that is close enough given current levels of precipitation



    Yes, posted before

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    • johncorrigan
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      • Nov 2010
      • 10409

      Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
      Rosetta Tharpe’s birthday was in March but that is close enough given current levels of precipitation



      Yes, posted before
      Know what you mean, Global...driving to Dundee yesterday I drove up the Sidlaws threw a deluge...window wipers weren't making it. Maybe best call for Brother Noah!
      The Swanee River Singers of San FranciscoLed by Curtis ScottOlliet Records (1951)Luddie Wallace absolutely going to work on bass!!!From Left to Right: R.B. A...

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      • johncorrigan
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        • Nov 2010
        • 10409

        In celebration of the great British Bluesman, Tony McPhee, who died this last few days, Cerys played this cracker of Tony accompanying Champion Jack Dupree this morning...'My Baby Told Me'.
        Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesMy Baby Told Me · Champion Jack Dupree · TS McPhee · Jack Dupree · Tony McPheeDupree 'N' Mcphee: The 1967 Blue ...


        Sad to see him go...Groundhogs were a crackin' live band over many years.

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        • Jazzrook
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          • Mar 2011
          • 3108

          Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
          In celebration of the great British Bluesman, Tony McPhee, who died this last few days, Cerys played this cracker of Tony accompanying Champion Jack Dupree this morning...'My Baby Told Me'.
          Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesMy Baby Told Me · Champion Jack Dupree · TS McPhee · Jack Dupree · Tony McPheeDupree 'N' Mcphee: The 1967 Blue ...


          Sad to see him go...Groundhogs were a crackin' live band over many years.
          My favourite Groundhogs track, 'Garden' - somewhat reminiscent of mine!

          Track 6. 'Garden'. From the album 'Thank Christ For The Bomb'Written by Tony (T.S.) McPheeTony McPhee - Vocals, GuitarPete Cruickshank - BassKen Pustelnik - ...


          JR

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          • johncorrigan
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            • Nov 2010
            • 10409

            Originally posted by Jazzrook View Post
            My favourite Groundhogs track, 'Garden' - somewhat reminiscent of mine!

            Track 6. 'Garden'. From the album 'Thank Christ For The Bomb'Written by Tony (T.S.) McPheeTony McPhee - Vocals, GuitarPete Cruickshank - BassKen Pustelnik - ...


            JR
            Wonderful track, JR. Thanks.

            I caught up with the ever-excellent Bonnie Raitt being interviewed on the BBC Radio 2 Blues Show from a couple of weeks back - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mb6l
            Bonnie is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subject. During the programme she played some of her favourite artists. Among them was Sippie Wallace born in Plum Bayou, Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1898, who had been popular in the 1920s but had fallen into obscurity after the great Depression. She eventually toured and recorded with Bonnie, but here she is, probably in the 1960s, singing her own composition, 'Woman Be Wise', very much in that style of Bessie Smith etc

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            Last edited by johncorrigan; 19-06-23, 07:22.

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            • Globaltruth
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              • Nov 2010
              • 4298

              Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
              Wonderful track, JR. Thanks.

              I caught up with the ever-excellent Bonnie Raitt being interviewed on the BBC Radio 2 Blues Show from a couple of weeks back - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mb6l
              Bonnie is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subject. During the programme she played some of her favourite artists. Among them was Sippie Wallace born in Plum Bayou, Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1898, who had been popular in the 1920s but had fallen into obscurity after the great Depression. She eventually toured and recorded with Bonnie, but here she is, probably in the 1960s, singing her own composition, 'Woman Be Wise', very much in that style of Bessie Smith etc

              https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001mb6l
              One of my favourite JLH tracks featuring herself. A wonderful live performance.
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              • cloughie
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                • Dec 2011
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                Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
                One of my favourite JLH tracks featuring herself. A wonderful live performance.
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE4P8r8FENY
                Thanks jc for the reminder of the Bonnie Raitt interview - heard the tail-end on way back from choir the other week and good to hear it all - great blues voice and some lovely guitar.

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                • Jazzrook
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                  • Mar 2011
                  • 3108

                  Surprised no mention has been made of the passing of John Mayall(1933-2024) who did much to popularise blues in the UK.
                  Here’s his obituary by Tony Russell:

                  Bandleader, composer, instrumentalist and singer who nurtured players such as Eric Clapton and put British blues on the map


                  JR

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                  • johncorrigan
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 10409

                    Originally posted by Jazzrook View Post
                    Surprised no mention has been made of the passing of John Mayall(1933-2024) who did much to popularise blues in the UK.
                    Here’s his obituary by Tony Russell:

                    Bandleader, composer, instrumentalist and singer who nurtured players such as Eric Clapton and put British blues on the map


                    JR
                    A string started here after John Mayall's deathwas announced, JR.

                    Breaking the real blues to so many of us back in the 60s - brought on so many budding musicians - set Clapton’s career alight, the foundations of Fleetwood Mac and Mick Taylor brought back the blues to the Stones following Brian Jones demise. I saw him as a sprightly 83 year old on his continuing 80th Birthday tour, with his

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                    • johncorrigan
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 10409

                      I found this excellent old programme on BBC Sounds, fronted by Mark Lamaar - I wonder whatever became of him - about Memphis Minnie, called 'When the Levee Breaks'. She produced some amazing tunes and great to be reminded of them.
                      Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.


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                      • Jazzrook
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                        • Mar 2011
                        • 3108

                        Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                        A string started here after John Mayall's deathwas announced, JR.

                        https://www.for3.org/forums/forum/pl...24#post1313875
                        Many thanks for that, jc. Don’t know how I missed it.
                        There’s a documentary on BBC Four tonight - ‘John Mayall: 40 years of the Blues’.

                        Tracing the colourful career of one of the most influential figures in British rock music.


                        JR

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                        • johncorrigan
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 10409

                          Thanks for the heads-up, JR. I will be looking in on that one.

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                          • Padraig
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                            • Feb 2013
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                            New Orleans - need I say it? - was a Mecca to me, and still is, especially when I hear or think of it. I was reminded of an old hero from there - clarinet player George Lewis, and a Blues he made famous in his day. You can find his Burgundy Street Blues easily, but here is a vocal version where he joins with blues singer Monette Moore, which slays me.

                            Burgundy Street Blues with Text - YouTube

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                            • johncorrigan
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                              • Nov 2010
                              • 10409

                              Originally posted by Padraig View Post
                              New Orleans - need I say it? - was a Mecca to me, and still is, especially when I hear or think of it. I was reminded of an old hero from there - clarinet player George Lewis, and a Blues he made famous in his day. You can find his Burgundy Street Blues easily, but here is a vocal version where he joins with blues singer Monette Moore, which slays me.

                              Burgundy Street Blues with Text - YouTube
                              Thank you, Padraig. I love that, especially the way Monette pronounces 'BurGUNdy'. Reminded me of travelling times in November '81 when I spent a few memorable days in New Orleans. Music seemed to be everywhere and all times of day and night from street corners to bars to clubs. This song took me right back there.

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                              • johncorrigan
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 10409

                                I'd never heard of Effie Smith before I heard this track on the wireless last week. It's from the mid-sixties and Ruby Lee and her man, Henry, hold conversations over the top of a great wee rolling r'n'b track. Fabulous and funny.

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