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Post by Admin on May 3, 2013 10:23:46 GMT -5
Robert Belfour
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2013 8:43:46 GMT -5
Lightnin' Hopkins - B. o B. Track Listings 1. Short Haired Woman 2. Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind 3. Lightning Blues 4. Whiskey Headed Woman (Liquor Drinkin' Woman) 5. Lonesome Home (Ain't It Lonesome) 6. Zolo Go (Organ Blues) 7. Henny Penny Blues 8. Jazz Blues 9. Beggin' You To Stay (Someday Baby) 10. Don't Keep My Baby Long 11. Jake Head (Boogie) 12. Te Me (Pretty Baby) 13. Give Me Back That Wig (Wig Wearing Woman) 14. Santa Fe (Blues) 15. New York Boogie 16. Late In The Evening 17. Walkin' The Streets 18. Mussy Haired Woman 19. The Dirty Dozens 20. Baby 21. I Hear You Calling 22. Rock Me Baby 23. Back Door Friend 24. Trouble In Mind 25. What'd I Say
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Post by Admin on May 19, 2013 14:55:41 GMT -5
Tabby Thomas "Ernest J. Thomas was born in Baton Rouge January 5th, 1929. Thomas: “My nickname was T-Boo. I was the quarterback on my high school football team. I could fake so well, the cheerleaders wouldn’t know who had the ball. That’s how I got the name, Tabby the Cat.” “I was raised up in the church my grandfather founded, the Saint Luke Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. I sang in the junior groups in the church.” Thomas also sang with a group of boys in Baton Rouge. Thomas joined the Air Force and after three years was discharged at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California. He decided to stay in San Francisco; his godfather lived there. Tabby would often play pool at a place on Fillmore St. in San Francisco. It was next to a jazz club called Bop City. Musicians would hang there and jam. Some of the fellows he met in San Francisco heard him sing and told him about a talent show KSAN Radio was having at the Ellis Theater. They talked him into going on Fatso Berry’s show. He appeared and won first prize and got a recording contract with Hollywood Records, owned by John Dolphin. Mr. Dolphin, a well-known African American record producer, would record artists and sell their records in his store, Dolphin’s of Hollywood. Tabby recorded “Midnight is Calling” and “I’ll Make the Trip” on Dolphin’s Hollywood label. Tabby returned home to Baton Rouge where he met and fell in love with a woman named Joycelyn whom he later married. To this union, seven children were born -- five girls and two sons. Tabby worked several jobs over the years and always hustled to provide for his family. He worked at Ciba Geigy where he became a union steward. He helped a lot of young men keep their jobs. Thomas played music at different clubs with his band, the Mighty House Rockers, and also spun records at night. He wrote and recorded several songs; one of his famous songs is “I Love Big Fat Women.” Over the years, Tabby performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and traveled overseas to perform at festivals every year. Tabby’s Blues Box and Heritage Hall Tabby went to Rose and Thomas Café on North Blvd to eat lunch one day. The building space next door was empty and had been broken into. He talked to Rose, the restaurant owner, and told her he would like to get the building. She told him the owner was Mr. Griffon, who owned Griffon’s Drug Store on Government St. When Tabby went to talk to him about renting the building, Mr. Griffon asked, “What will you do with it?” Tabby told him, “ I think I will open a blues club.” Mr. Griffon gave Tabby the keys that day. He told Tabby to see him in three months and they could discuss the rent. The Blues Box building was old and raggedy -- the paint was peeling off the ceiling. There was a big heater to keep the place warm in the winter and a huge fan to cool it in the summer. Tabby began the hard work of cleaning the building and decided to name the club Tabby’s Blues Box and Heritage Hall. The heritage hall was on 1314 North Blvd. directly across the street from the Temple Roof. In 1979, the Blues Box and Heritage Hall was registered with the state of Louisiana and opened its doors. It was the first and only blues club in Baton Rouge where you could listen to live music that was only blues, and it was the only club in Baton Rouge that all nationalities patronized. When you walked into the Box, you were mesmerized by the music. Tabby was featured nightly playing piano and guitar. Tuesdays was jam night and a lot of local musicians came to sit in and jam. If you couldn’t play, you learned to play at Tabby’s. Thursday night was the "Ho Do Party" (named after one of Tabby’s songs), and on that night LSU students packed the house and were given free hot dogs and draft beer. Local musicians like Silas Hogan, Guitar Kelly, Henry Gray, Whisperin’ Smith, Raful Neal and Kenny Neal performed there. Tabby’s son, Grammy award winner Chris Thomas King, got his start at the club. He signed his first contract with Sire Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, at Tabby’s Heritage Hall. Many famous people came to the club: Mike Tyson, Harold Robbins, Paul Newman, the O’Jays, Bruce Springsteen and Shaquille O’Neal to name a few. Tour groups would come on buses to Tabby’s. In 1999, Tabby found out he had to relocate his club because an overpass was going to be built in its location. So in 2000, he moved Tabby’s Blues Box and Heritage Hall to Lafayette St. in the downtown area. In January 2004 Tabby had a massive stroke while waiting to perform at the Blues Box. He was rushed to Our Lady of the Lake hospital and stayed there for several months of recovery. Later that year in November Tabby closed the doors of Tabby’s Blues Box and Heritage Hall. In 1993, Tabby began to host a radio show on WBRH, 90.3 FM, where he played nothing but blues and talked about blues and blues musicians he has known. He still appears on WBRH 90.3 fm every Saturday at 1 pm." SUBMITTED BY: Tabby Thomas and Joylyn Wright Discography
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Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2013 20:38:28 GMT -5
Jessie Mae Hemphill
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Post by Admin on Jun 20, 2013 7:08:01 GMT -5
Great guitarists doing what they do best. Love T-Bone Shuffle. It epitomizes the shuffle blues of Texas. Alligator's Grammy-winning, best-selling title of all time, remastered on CD with the added bonus track ''Something To Remember You By''. Universally recognized as one of the greatest blues albums of all time. A celebrated studio ''cutting contest'' between three legendary blues guitarists. Albert and Johnny are sadly no longer with us, but Robert Cray continues to record and tour, and is one of the best-selling blues artists in history.
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Post by Admin on Jun 28, 2013 13:17:13 GMT -5
Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Henry Townsend, Son House, Reverend Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Pete Williams, Brownie McGhee and Josh White. Well, that is not a bad roundup of the greats of country blues guitar (mainly that means of, or from, the Mississippi Delta but it can also mean North Carolina or , as in the case of Mance Lipscomb Texas). I, and perhaps you, could add many more (Mississippi Fred McDowell, Tommy Johnson, Bukka White?) but here is the main point. For beginners you get a great rare video look at the masters in their prime (for the most part) doing their famous work. And all in one place. And for the aficionados it gives you ample reason to go out and get some of those others that were on your list but did not make it here.
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Post by bulldogbill on Jun 29, 2013 7:43:30 GMT -5
I never really got into Blind Lemmon, but love to hear Hopkins and T-Bone. Robillard has done a good job of keeping the spirit alive... but that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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Post by Admin on Jul 14, 2013 21:36:33 GMT -5
Working Man Blues by Blind Boy Fuller
Recorded in 1937
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Post by Admin on Jul 15, 2013 10:27:02 GMT -5
The Complete Aladdin Recordings - Sam Lightning Hopkins No praise can be too high for this landmark set. This is where it all started; if Lightnin' Hopkins had made no other music, these 43 tracks recorded from 1946-48 in Los Angeles and Houston would have cemented his reputation as a blues great. As it is, you see where everything came from. Four of the first nine tracks feature pianist Thunder Smith on vocals, and these are less enjoyable. The rest feature Lightnin' playing clever, conversational, concise Texas blues with verve and brilliance. Sound on a couple cuts is rough, but generally is quite good. Don't listen to all this music at once, but do listen. And the price for these 43 gems is astonishing. Get this set!
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Post by AlanB on Jul 15, 2013 10:46:56 GMT -5
The Complete Aladdin Recordings - Sam Lightning Hopkins No praise can be too high for this landmark set. This is where it all started; if Lightnin' Hopkins had made no other music, these 43 tracks recorded from 1946-48 in Los Angeles and Houston would have cemented his reputation as a blues great. As it is, you see where everything came from. Four of the first nine tracks feature pianist Thunder Smith on vocals, and these are less enjoyable. The rest feature Lightnin' playing clever, conversational, concise Texas blues with verve and brilliance. Sound on a couple cuts is rough, but generally is quite good. Don't listen to all this music at once, but do listen. And the price for these 43 gems is astonishing. Get this set! I'll second that. In 1991 the late Pete Welding instigated this double CD and authored the comprehensive booklet which came with it. I'm guessing this is a re-release due to the fact that the entire series was deleted a good decade ago. Good to see it back in the "market place".
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Post by AlanB on Jul 15, 2013 11:12:49 GMT -5
Thinking about this further, that same year the daughter of the late Bob Shad (Sittin' In With, Jax etc) released two Hopkins CDs on the Mainstream label. At the time these perfectly complemented the Aladdin set, but only stayed in catalogue for about five years. They were entitled "Blues Train" (MDCD 901) & "Sittin' In With" (MDCD 905). Tamara died in 2008 aged 65 and I think the label was "sold" to EMI.
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Post by Admin on Jul 22, 2013 16:04:45 GMT -5
Robert Pete Williams
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Post by Admin on Jul 29, 2013 13:14:32 GMT -5
Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session My favorite clip: Amazing Blues!
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Post by Admin on Aug 1, 2013 14:05:16 GMT -5
Chicago Blues Festival 2009 HD~Killer Ray Allison
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Post by Admin on Aug 16, 2013 10:13:33 GMT -5
Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James, WTBS-FM, Cambridge, MA, October 1964
Very casual but very amazing broadcast featuring these two American heroes, shortly after they were “rediscovered.” Must’ve been a fairly bizarre experience for them, after having been ignored for 30+ years, to suddenly be on the radio, interviewed by fawning fans. James, in particular, seems to be taking it all in a stride, though — as if he expected it to happen all along. Al Wilson, later of Canned Heat, pops up too. A very worthwhile listen via Midnight Cafe
I bet his nephew John4y was at this taping. groupwave
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