Tag: wilson blount

zzuk | Attachment Blues Enthusiasts: American artists performing in the Northern Netherlands

In this column: blues enthusiasts, American guests, Northern Netherlands, Eb Davis, Spoulgroovers, Superband, Midzomer BluesFestival Wijchen, Henry Gray, Martin van der Velde, Juke Joint Blues band, Greyhound Blues Band, Leo Bruin, Helma Vogels, Rolf Schubert, Chicago Bob Nelson, Gary Erwin, Walter Rhodes, Louisiana Red, Aron Burton, Café De Amer, Jake Dawson, Michael Dotson, James Harman, …

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zzvt | Religion (Part 3) Gospel, Blues and Denomination Blues

In this column:  Gospel, Blues, Denomination Blues, Getting the blues, Washington Phillips, Rosetta Tharpe, Ry Cooder, Big Bill Broonzy, Hans Theessink and Wilson Blount   The blues were generated in the cotton fields, on the levees, or on the front porch of a people who has born unspeakable burdens of privation and destitution. Yet the …

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