"Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance..." If you like your Americana way raw, you'd better start reading Donald Ray Pollock's The Devil All The Time right away. Unputdownable's the word. Soundtrack below. Palace Brothers - Idle Hands Are The Devil's Playthings Sam Collins - Devil In The Lion's Den The Box Tops - I Must Be [...]
The Swedish duo sing "Universal Soldier" and "It Hurts Me Too" in the latest 7" from Third Man Records.
Ce billet est la première partie d'une sorte de rétrospective du blues au travers de ses principaux protagonistes. J'étais partie pour ne faire qu'une playlist de 21 "indispensables", mais finalement j'ai décidé de prendre mon temps. Deux ou trois autres billets suivront celui-ci et j'espère ainsi vous montrer à quel point cette musique est passionnante. Je ne vais pas vous raconter toute l'histoire, sachez seulement que la musique blues est née à la fin du 19ème siècle dans le sud des Etats-Unis par la population afro-américaine. Les fameux "spirituals", les chants africains, les chants de travail sont les [...]
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This tune was a favourite of my dad's. In fact, it was my dad who told me about Tampa Red. I like his clean and stylish slide playing. Tampa Red was the first to record this tune in 1940, although many people think of it as an Elmore James tune, because of the following version from the mid-50s. Here's Bob Dylan's take on the song: There are plenty more versions of this great blues around, but let's wrap up with The Grateful Dead. I think this is the first time [...]
Another bluesman who celebrated his birthday in January is Tampa Red. He was born on January 8 in 1904 and passed away on March 19, 1981. Tampa Red - Don't Tampa with the Blues Photographic Print Buy at AllPosters.com You can read about the interesting life of Tampa Red by visiting the following links; "Tampa Red" Whittaker (1904-1981) [...]
The Fantastic Voyage label was launched in February of 2009, releasing repertoire emanating from the pre-punk era: recordings from the twenties through to the seventies, encompassing jazz, blues, R&B, soul, rockabilly, rock 'n' roll, nostalgia, pop, beat, progressive, rock, lounge and soundtracks. We have series devoted to the best soul and R&B hits year by year, the British independent label
And in the evening, when the sun´s gone down and it´s cooled off a bit, I love to play me some of that old blues. There´s nothing better than sitting on your porch late at night, drink in hand and stars overhead, listening to the masters from the Delta or the windy city. So here´s another tenpack, filled to the brim with blues treasures I´ve been digging recently. First one who writes in to tell me which famous band stole That´s No Way To Get Along gets the For The Sake Of The Song Crossroads award... [...]
Lester Melrose was born on December 14, 1891 and he passed away on April 12, 1968. He was one of the first producers of blues records. According to Wikipedia; ...a freelance A & R man, combining the roles of talent scout and record producer. He started to promote many blues artists who became popular, recording them mainly in Chicago. His first big success was "It's Tight Like That" with Tampa Red and soon-to-be gospel music legend Thomas A. Dorsey, then still known as Georgia Tom. He worked for several record companies simultaneously in the 1930s, [...]
Another bluesman who celebrated his birthday in January is Tampa Red. He was born on January 8 in 1904 and passed away on March 19, 1981. Tampa Red - Don't Tampa with the Blues Photographic Print Buy at AllPosters.com You can read about the interesting life of Tampa Red by visiting the following links; "Tampa Red" Whittaker (1904-1981) [...]
Tampa Red - Don't Tampa with the Blues Photographic Print Buy at AllPosters.com You can read about the interesting life of Tampa Red by visiting the following links; "Tampa Red" Whittaker (1904-1981) Tampa Red's full bio @ Wikipedia Click below to listen to sample Tampa Red mp3s Amazon.com Widgets
This is without question one of my top 10 all-time favorite songs. Warren Haynes - It Hurts Me Too (Bowery Ballroom, NYC - 6/7/04) Susan Tedeschi - It Hurts Me Too Eric Clapton - It Hurts Me Too (live, unknown date) Tampa Red - It Hurts Me Too Gov't Mule - It Hurts Me Too (Santa Barbara Bowl 08/22/99) Modern Blues Band - It Hurts Me Too
Tampa Red was a triple threat. He played bottleneck guitar, piano, and as heard on these recordings, the kazoo . He also wrote some great songs, many of them of the double entendre variety, including "Let Me Pet your Poodle" and "Let's Get Drunk and Truck." Today's selection, from 1949, "When Thing's Go Wrong" will be familiar to you as the Elmore James number: "It Hurts Me Too," from Elmore's last session with Bobby Robinson in New York City a few months before his death in 1963. It was released posthumously in 1965 and was a hit on the [...]
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