Tag: blind lemon jefferson

zztj | American Blues Standaards (part 5)

In this column: blues standards, Wee Wee Baby Blues, Big Joe Turner, Rainy Night Blues, Kokomo Arnold, Gitfiddle Jim, Art Tatum, Cuby and The Blizzards, Shake Rattle and Roll, Charles Calhoun, Bill Haley and His Comets, Jeff Beck, Brian Setzet, Darrel Higham, Outskirts Of Town, Casey Bill Weldon, Ray Charles, The Allman Brothers Band, Mustang …

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zzve | Nicknames and Stage Names (2)

In this column: nicknames, stage names, Blind Teddy Darby, Blind Roosevelt Graves, Uaroy Graves, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Sleepy John Estes, Charlie Specks McFadden In the first episode of "Nicknames and Stage Names" a start was made on …

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zzwo | About St.James Infirmary and Dying Crapshooter Blues

In this column: the songs - St. James Infirmary, Crapshooters Blues, Pneumonia Blues, clothing and more - straight-lace shoes, box-back coat, Stetson hat (homburg), standing pat, double breasted, pallbearers, 'dig my grave with the ace of spades', bootleggers, buggy riders, coupla tens, hoodoo wagon, The Charleston, black (the wearing of...), BVD's, Louis Armstrong, Blind Willie …

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