Rosetta Tharpe’s birthday was in March but that is close enough given current levels of precipitation
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Know what you mean, Global...driving to Dundee yesterday I drove up the Sidlaws threw a deluge...window wipers weren't making it.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostRosetta Tharpe’s birthday was in March but that is close enough given current levels of precipitation
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Maybe best call for Brother Noah!
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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'.
Sad to see him go...Groundhogs were a crackin' live band over many years.
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My favourite Groundhogs track, 'Garden' - somewhat reminiscent of mine!Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostIn 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'.
Sad to see him go...Groundhogs were a crackin' live band over many years.
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Wonderful track, JR. Thanks.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostMy favourite Groundhogs track, 'Garden' - somewhat reminiscent of mine!
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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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One of my favourite JLH tracks featuring herself. A wonderful live performance.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
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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.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostComment
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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:
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A string started here after John Mayall's deathwas announced, JR.Originally posted by Jazzrook View PostSurprised 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:
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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.
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Many thanks for that, jc. Don’t know how I missed it.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
There’s a documentary on BBC Four tonight - ‘John Mayall: 40 years of the Blues’.
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Thanks for the heads-up, JR. I will be looking in on that one.Comment
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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.
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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.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
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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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