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For anyone yet to catch up with the Seasick Steve phenomenon. The spirit of Son House is alive and (un)well after all. I am reminded of the Simpsons' encounter with a hobo: Homer: The Simpsons are riding the rails! [Bart notices a man lying on the floor of the boxcar] Bart: Cool, dead hobo! [pokes him with a stick. The hobo wakes up, and the family screams] Hobo: Morning, folks. Homer: W-What are you...
Born in 1902 just outside Clarksdale Mississippi, supposedly an influence on Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, and so part of the mythic Delta Blues dynasty, here's Son House - music from another world: Bottleneck bonus: MississippiFred McDowell, Goin' Down...
Writer-musician Gioia (Healing Songs, 2006, etc.) undertakes the daunting task of reconsidering the blues of the Mississippi Delta, musicological terrain well-plowed in several noteworthy books, most prominently the late Robert Palmer's seminal Deep Blues (1981).
The blues in Britain has always been derivative. It was appropriated mercilessly in the 60s of course by the likes of the Rolling Stones and Cream, but the innovations of those artists took the music sideways into the kinds of rock stylings that spawned Led Zeppelin and heavy metal ...
To evaluate almost a century of blues recordings and narrow it down to thirty albums takes much thought. First and foremost, you must include recordings that were important for their wide influence. Early Delta musicians like Charlie Patton and Son House influenced Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, respectively, who themselves started in the Delta and [...]
I’m gonna use my first few forays into Old School Fridays to hi-light some of the greats of blues music. Today, I give you Son House, performing “Death Letter.” It gets no better than this. Well, at least not until I start dropping Robert Johnson bombs on y’all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN5vqEyV7g ShareThis
Well, it tells the story about women and men. That’s what music is all about. It’s about being human and love and hate. You hear the blues talk about “my woman have left me.” “I love you baby.” “Honey, don’t go.” “Come on back.” You talking about a woman, you talking about a man. They [...]
Baltimore's The Bridge opened yet another show for Mike Gordon and his band tonight at the State Theatre in Falls Church, VA. The Bridge played a solid hour-long set that included an improv jam with Mike taking over for Bridge bassist Dave Markowitz. The same jam later included an appearance from guitarist Scott Murawski on his Languedoc guitar. Mike then left the stage and Murawski stayed on
Just released! Featuring 16 songs taught and performed in 40 video segments with notation, text comments, interactive power tab, looping, frame advance, zoom, and other useful controls. Works on PC or Mac also includes access to Truefire TV
Although he spent his formative years in New Orleans, Son House had that essential guarantee of Blues authenticity - he was born in the Delta, in 1902. Like many a musician before and since, Eddie James Jrs' (his real name) early exposure to music was in church. Religion intervented in other ways - he was ordained in his early twenties. Then came a 'downfall'. It was said that and older woman lured...
The Scissormen play raucous blues along the lines of the Flat Duo Jets or the Black Keys, with guitar and drums. One half of the duo, Ted Drozdowski, is a maniac blues scholar who also happens to be a well-respected music journalist with a jones for playing his guitar live. The group’s currently riding the [...]
Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh make for one hell of a psych-folk-art-rock power pairing. You may know Espvall as a cellist who plays with Espers, other acts, and records as a solo artist; and Batoh as a guitarist with Japanese acid rock outfit Ghost and his many collaborations with like minded artists, including Damon & Naomi. This collaborative album was recorded in Tokyo in under a week. Espvall...
