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Post by Admin on Sept 17, 2013 8:22:08 GMT -5
Next Spring will see the publication of two books about RGD. Yes, thanks Alan. While the Ellis dissertation may be a little academic for a lot of us smiley-laughing024 , the biography is something that I'm sure we would all love to see. Did Ian Zack get a publisher? It seems that Stefan Grossman's post indicated that he hadn't found a publisher at the time of this post: Quoted from Stefan Grossman's Woodshed Post.
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Post by AlanB on Sept 17, 2013 10:17:14 GMT -5
Did Ian Zack get a publisher? It seems that Stefan Grossman's post indicated that he hadn't found a publisher at the time of this post: My last correspondence with Ian was a few months back and he had high hopes of securing a publisher. Dean Alger's Lonnie Johnson biography, due next Spring from University of North Texas Press, has taken a decade to come to fruition and eventually publication. Let's hope the Zack tome doesn't suffer the same fate. I'm sure it won't.
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Post by Admin on Sept 17, 2013 10:58:41 GMT -5
Might be of interest to anyone pursuing knowledge in the Piedmont Blues subgenre UNC Ashville Study
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Post by carolinablues on Sept 19, 2013 7:40:03 GMT -5
I feel I need to give some credit to a Piedmont Blues guitar player from Virginia who influenced a lot of the later artists from this region. Luke Jordan More www.wirz.de/music/jordlfrm.htm
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2013 9:54:15 GMT -5
Music of John Jackson This DVD is a must-have for all guitarists who want a lesson with a traditional blues artist. The Piedmont style comes alive as John Jackson teaches songs from his wide repertoire, detailing the finer points of his fingerstyle technique and reminiscing about Mississippi John Hurt, Mance Lipscomb, Son House and other classic blues guitarists who influenced his music. As a child, John Jackson picked up his father's guitar and taught himself to play by listening to 78 rpm records and watching the legendary blues artists who passed through his home town in Rappahannock County, VA. Roy Book Binder observes that there appear to be "four or five distinct John Jackson styles," and you'll get a taste of each one on this video, from "Little Brown Jug" (the very first piece John learned on guitar) to Mississippi John Hurt's classic "Candy Man." "West Coast Blues" and John Hurt's "Louis Collins" will benefit those just getting into the fingerpicking style, while Blind Blake's "Police Dog Blues" makes use of more advanced blues technique. The songs on this tape become a showcase for turnarounds, runs up and down the neck, use of the slide, and John's two-finger picking style, including his unique way of producing bass runs. You'll learn to play his original "Boat's Up The River" and "Bear Cat Mama;" Blind Boy Fuller's "Little Woman So Sweet," "Red River Blues" and "Key To The Highway;" and the classic "John Henry." John gives a full performance of each song, then plays it slowly, analyzing the more difficult sections. Year of Release 1995 Record Label Consignment Source Archive Other Credits
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2013 11:18:08 GMT -5
John Jackson does relate to Ragtime doesn't he.
I haven't seen this video before...wish I could still play - I'd love to play this one.
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Post by dadfad on Sept 20, 2013 13:48:55 GMT -5
John Jackson does relate to Ragtime doesn't he. I haven't seen this video before...wish I could still play - I'd love to play this one. Yes, it's a great tune. It was one of the first tunes John taught me (after I'd achieved a reasonable degree of proficiency in fingerstyle). John always played it using open chords (Key of G) at the nut, whereas Blind Blake did it capoed up much higher. (I forget exactly, seems like the fifth-fret maybe, but I'm too lazy to check, and then played it "as if" in G.) And John occasionally "improvised" on lyrics (as in forgot! LOL). Capoed up higher gives it more of a piano-ragtime feel, which is what I think Blake was trying to get. And while not exactly "easy" to play, it's no "Police Dog!" Anyway, a great tune. Read more: talk-music.proboards.com/thread/1989/piedmont-blues-ragtime?page=2#scrollTo=9421#ixzz2fSa3RUA8
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Post by dadfad on Sept 20, 2013 13:59:54 GMT -5
Also, Jim said "John Jackson does relate to Ragtime doesn't he."
Yes, when John was young, a trustee on a chain-gang working on a rail-road project near John's family's farm used to fetch water at the same spring John did. The trustee had once been Blind Blake's "leader-boy." (Blind musicians often had "leader-boys" who would help them get around, choose the best street-corners, etc in exchange for learning the blind musicians craft. The trustee got to know John and they would meet, John bringing his father's guitar, where the trustee would play and teach John, which is why John's Blind Blake playing is was extremely "authentic" to Blake.
(Josh White was once Lemon Jefferson's "leader-boy.") (According to Josh White, anyway.)
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Post by carolinablues on Sept 23, 2013 12:50:29 GMT -5
Lewis "Rabbit" Muse. Another blues musician from the Piedmont - Appalachian area. Featured on the Virginia Traditions album from Ferrum College. Link to Ferrum
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Post by AlanB on Sept 24, 2013 1:15:57 GMT -5
Re. Rabbit Muse, it's well worth searching out Lewis Anderson ‘Rabbit’ Muse: An Interview conducted by Mike Joyce & Bob Rusch published in Cadence Magazine, August 1977 (pps 3-5, 12). Here's the discography, such as it is www.wirz.de/music/muserfrm.htm
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Post by Admin on Sept 24, 2013 11:35:50 GMT -5
I'll add Josh White to the mix.
(From Wikipedia)_
Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969), better known as Josh White, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names "Pinewood Tom" and "Tippy Barton" in the 1930s.
White grew up in the Jim Crow South. During the 1920s and 1930s, he became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely; his repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs. He soon was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film.
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Post by carolinablues on Sept 28, 2013 11:30:39 GMT -5
Another of my favorites - Blind Willie McTell From the Georgia Encyclopedia "Blind Willie" McTell (1898-1959) Original entry by Hal Jacobs, Decatur, GA 05/09/2003 Last edited by NGE Staff on 08/07/2013 Blind Willie" McTell was one of the great blues musicians "Blind Willie" McTell was one of the great blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s. Displaying an extraordinary range on the twelve-string guitar, this Atlanta-based musician recorded more than 120 titles during 14 recording sessions."Blind Willie" McTell of the 1920s and 1930s. Displaying an extraordinary range on the twelve-string guitar, this Atlanta-based musician recorded more than 120 titles during fourteen recording sessions. His voice was soft and expressive, and his musical tastes were influenced by southern blues, ragtime, gospel, hillbilly, and popular music. . . Continue ReadingProbably one of the best writeups JasObrecht
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Post by carolinablues on Jun 17, 2014 11:11:54 GMT -5
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Post by carolinablues on Jun 17, 2014 11:17:51 GMT -5
Preston Fulp-Doing an old Appalachian Standard "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad".
and Careless Love
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Post by AlanB on Jun 18, 2014 5:22:03 GMT -5
I'm ashamed to admit that it appears I've only have one song by Preston Fulp (Careless Love) and that's on the 1999 Expressing The Blues (Cello Records, Tim Duffy recordings). Will have to put that right!
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