A belated birthday wish to Kansas Joe McCoy born 11th May 1905 in Raymond, Mississippi. Usually along with Memphis Minnie, and often overshadowed by her, here's Joe with 'Well, Well'.
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'Jaybird' Coleman, born Burl C. Coleman in Gainesville, Alabama on 20th May 1896 was a fine blues harmonica player. I first heard him on the LP Harmonica Blues which I bought because of a great piece of cover art by Robert Crumb. He served in the Army in WW1 though I don't think he left the States and seems to have spent a fair amount of his time either entertaining the troops or getting into Stir, where it would appear he earned his nickname. He travelled widely around the South but I was surprised to find out that in the late 20s a Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan managed his touring schedule and thus expand his audience.
Here he is, and that great LP Cover, working his way through 'Man Trouble Blues'.
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Delta Bluesman 'Papa' Charlie McCoy was born 26/05/1909 in Jackson Mississippi and moved around the South eventually ending up in Chicago where he was leader of the Harlem Hamfats. War intervened and after serving in the army his health failed and he died in 1950.
Here's 'Last Time Blues' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb9B4X2vBmA
...and here's The Harlem Hamfats - 'Weed smoker's dream'
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It's year end 1942 and Langston Hughes is watching Memphis Minnie on an Ice Box in the 230 Club in Chicago.
Elizabeth 'Kid' Douglas, aka Memphis Minnie, was born in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana on June 3rd 1897 the oldest of 13 brothers and sisters. She grew up in Walls just out of Memphis, Tennessee. Minnie made over 200 recordings between the late 20s and the 50s. She's was a guitar queen and a songwriter of the highest order and one of the first women instrumentalists to become successful on the tough country blues circuit. Incapacitated by a heart attack in the late 50s she disappeared from public life and died in '73.
So much to choose from this legend's work.
Here she is playing later in her carreer with Little Walter on 'Ball and Chain'.
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One hundred and thirty-five years ago on this day in 1883, country blues singer Lil McClintock was born in South Carolina. Not much is known about him, not even whether Lil was a shortened form of his name, or just an abbreviation of little. He accompanied Blind Gussie Nesbitt in the streets of Clinton, SC in the early 1920s. McClintock all but disappeared from public view by the late 20s but his discs are much in demand among collectors. Here's one of his gospel numbers which appears on Dust to Digital's wonderful 'Goodbye Babylon'...'Sow Good Seeds'.
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no mention of the great Scottish blues singer Moira Anderson JC? I'm shocked/Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostOne hundred and thirty-five years ago on this day in 1883, country blues singer Lil McClintock was born in South Carolina. Not much is known about him, not even whether Lil was a shortened form of his name, or just an abbreviation of little. He accompanied Blind Gussie Nesbitt in the streets of Clinton, SC in the early 1920s. McClintock all but disappeared from public view by the late 20s but his discs are much in demand among collectors. Here's one of his gospel numbers which appears on Dust to Digital's wonderful 'Goodbye Babylon'...'Sow Good Seeds'.
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Thought I'd leave that one to you, Global. I know you're a Fanderson.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
Happy Birthday Mo!
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The wonderful Skip James' birthday tomorrow, born 9th June 1902 in Bentonia, Mississippi. I'll let my German friend tell you a bit about him.
...and here he is playing live, Mountain Jack...nobody had a voice like him.
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Sometimes I think that Howling Wolf is the one recording artist I would love to have seen perform live more than any other. Chester Arthur Burnett was born on 10th June 1910 in White Station near West Point, Mississippi, and of course went on to great fame in Chicago with his wonderful voice and menacing presence. Sam Phillips said, 'When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'
Only one thing for me to play after seeing his great fans play Murrayfield this weekend.
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In yesterday's excitement with the Wolf I missed Hattie McDaniel's birthday, born 10th June 1895 in Wichita, Kansas. McDaniel was the first African American to win an Oscar for her performance in 'Gone with the Wind', though she was not allowed to attend the Oscar ceremony. She was also a singer and here she is performing in 1929 with Papa Charlie Jackson on the risqué 'Dentist Chair Blues part1'...single entendre I'm tempted to say.
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I guess you’ll already have his London Sessions album recorded with Clapton, Winwood, Wyman and Watts!Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostComment
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Nothing to do with my calendar but thought I'd say that today would have been Nick Drake's 70th birthday.
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Good grief - He would have been 70!!!!Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Shouldn't be surprised, I'm stupidly thinking of him in terms of the album covers on my shelves, from whence he never got old!!
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