In this column: bottle it up and go, bucket's got a hole in it, beer bucket, bourbon, sloppy drunk, John Lee Hooker, Washboard Sam, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Willamson, Whistler's Jug Band (Folding Bed) "May be old, may be gray You ain't too old just to shift them gears You gotta bottle up and …
In this column: moonshine, corn, white lightning, canned heat, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lewis Black, George Jones, Mississippi Fred McDowell Moonshine, also known as "hooch" (a name borrowed from the Hoochinoo tribe of Alaska, known for its potent homemade brew) or "homebrew," is made by fermenting a sugar source to produce ethanol. Traditionally, moonshine is made …
In this column: kidney stew, grits ain't groceries, potatoes, potato head, Sweet Potato Blues, Potato Head Blues, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Little Milton, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Armstrong Crazy about you baby, but I just ain't got the price You're a high class mama, so I guess it ain't no dice Goin' back home, and …
In this column: jelly roll, squeeze my lemon, all that meat and no potatoes, Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Art McKay, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton A jelly roll is a dessert made of sponge cake that has been spread with jam (or jam mixed with cream) …
In this column: soul food, downhome southern food, catfish, turnips, tutagabas, cornbread, ham hocks, red beans, cobbler, neck bones, chitlins, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Span and Fleetwood Mac, Papa Charlie Jackson, Kenny Burrell, Chili Blues Soul food (aka downhome southern food) is often mentioned in blues lyrics. The menu includes dishes with: oxtails, neck bones, pigs' …
