Monthly Archives: April 2015

When Roy Book Binder was here in Sydney last year, he told me about a book he’d been interviewed for. It was about music in Spartanburg, SC and it included a chapter on blues, one that dealt with Pink Anderson, … Continue reading →

During my decade of active field-work in the Southeast, many of my informants became friends (unlike Buddy Moss) and a few became very close and special. Among that latter, smaller category was Willie Trice – ironically, it was Moss who … Continue reading →

So off to Atlanta much later than we had planned, thanks to the Newton County Sheriff’s Department and right into “The Southern Bad Hair Day – Part Two”. Our primary reason for going to Atlanta that day was to see … Continue reading →

This piece might have been entitled “The Southern Bad Hair Day – Part One”, for this day in 1972 was the worst one I had in my decade of field-work in the Southeast. I made mention of this day back … Continue reading →

Having recently obtained copies of the Leadbitter & Co. post-war discography, I will venture rather apprehensively into the discographical wars once more and hope that the snipers are kinder now. This time, though, I have more fact and less conjecture … Continue reading →

There are few things that are universal in the many behaviors of homo sapiens, but that of some belief system in (a) higher power(s), which is often labeled “religion” by Western Europeans, is one such realm. Peoples’ beliefs vary in … Continue reading →

There is a photograph making the rounds taken by Val Wilmer of Tarheel Slim (Alden Bunn) wearing a Yellow Cab hat – some versions have a Hairy White Guy next to him as well. Now lest writers of the future … Continue reading →

Reading the May issue triggered a few things in me that I thought bore repeating. The first came from reading the review in B&R of a Harmonica Frank (Floyd) album on Edsel. The years of trying to prize out a … Continue reading →

It was with feelings of great relief that I read that the 1996 Critics’ Award for ‘Comeback Artist of the Year’ in LIVING BLUES was none other than Sam Davis. All I could think was “It’s about f***ing time”, and … Continue reading →