In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, introduction, the content of the episodes,Alan Lomax, American Patchwork, New Orleans, Kentucky, North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arizona, history, folklorists and musicologists 1930 -1050, 1950 -1980, from 1980 onwards, Swingmaster, Leo Bruin, Sem van Gelder, The Mojo Triangle, Natchez, Old Zip Coon (Al Bernard), The Choctaw and Chickasaw, Jimmie …
In this column: nicknames, stage names, Memphis Minnie, Little Son Joe, Memphis, Mickey Baker, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Texas Alexander, Little Hat Jones, Georgia Tom Dorsey, Kansas City Red, Carolina Slim, Tallahassee Tight, Spark Plug Smith, Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Johnson, Dick Spottswood, Tom Hoskins, Alan Lomax, Shirley Collins, Christian Garrison Stage names with …
In this column: Milk Cow Blues, meaning, Kokomo Arnold, earliest recording, Freddie Spruell, Sara Martin, Mean Tight Mama, Clarence Williams, Son House, My Black Mama, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Milkcow's Calf Blues Well I woke up this mornin', Looked outdoors I can tell my milk cow, I can tell by the …
In this column: Kokomo, Kokomo Blues, Sweet Home Chicago, Madlyn Davis, James "Kokomo" Arnold, Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell, Freddie Spruell, Robert Johnson, Eleven Light City, speakeasy, Big `Boy Knox, Elwood Haynes, The Pioneer Freddie Spruell - Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues (1926) Now, these women 'round Chicago screamin', holl'in' 'bout the times so hard And the women …
In this column: slides, all kinds of Dunlop slides, bottleneck, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Earl Hooker, W.C.Handy, CeDell Davis, Vox Wah, my own experience Slides are objects that allow the guitarist to create a violin-like tone. He/she slides the object over the snare and makes a note just above the fret. Different objects are used …
In this column: hard rock (Bukka White), nine-string guitar (Big Joe Williams), kalamazoo Model KG-14 (Robert Johnson), resonader guitar, 1930s Stella parlour guitar The 1933 National Duolin resonator guitar "Hard Rock" of Booker T Washington "Bukka" White. Bukka used used this guitar as his main gigging and touring guitar for three decades. He was a founding …
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) …
