Category Archives: ARTICLES

ODDENDA & SUCH – #96

Posted on September 13, 2017 by peterblowry

FLORIDA FIELD RECORDINGS – I’ve been reading Zora Neal Hurston’s OF MULES AND MEN lately (as one does!), plus I’ve been digging into my Flyright LPs of LofC[1] materials that are finally reunited with me, pulling out the 1935 Lomax/Barnicle/Hurston … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #95

Posted on August 25, 2017 by peterblowry

HeLa – the book The book in question here is THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS written by Rebecca Skloot and published in 2010 by Crown. It has gotten lots of publicity even down here and even an Oprah Winfrey … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #94

Posted on July 15, 2017 by peterblowry

Joe Fields, a driving force in the jazz music business for over 50 years, passed away on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.  He was 88 years old. Joe was born in Jersey City, N.J. in 1929 and raised in Brooklyn. He … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #93

Posted on June 26, 2017 by peterblowry

Rev. Pearly Brown,; Jim Pettigrew; Christine Brown- Americus, GA, 1971 (courtesy Juana Haroldson) BIG JIM   One of my functions/duties is to tell the world of the demise of certain individuals connected with my life’s work in black music. Usually, … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH #92

Posted on April 3, 2017 by peterblowry

Missed Opportunities   The music business is a massive crap-shoot where talent is no requisite for success, and can often even get in the way of possible success. The income possibilities can be very lucrative, but the odds are generally … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: # 91

Posted on January 11, 2017 by peterblowry

Blasts from the past? … sort of! My first holiday gift to/from myself this year was a new book – Godfather of the Music Business: Morris Levy, written by Richard Carlin*. It’s a biography of one of the more notorious … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #90

Posted on January 2, 2017 by peterblowry

Is it FESTIVUS time again? OK, it’s year’s end for 2016 and I missed Festivus once again (another senior moment!), but there are still complaints I’d like to vent regardless, even if out of season. I have managed to live … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #89

Posted on November 23, 2016 by peterblowry

Black Frank & Muddy Waters – [Nikon F-2; Tri-X] Having recently been reunited with my photographic negatives and prints, I have many a point from which to tell a story or two in the future! This is one of my … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #87 – the Record Men

Posted on May 28, 2016 by peterblowry

RECORD MAKERS and BREAKERS: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers John Broven University of Illinois Press (2009) Urbana & Chicago. RALPH PEER and the Making of Popular Roots Music Barry Mazor Chicago Review Press (2015) Chicago COWBOYS AND … Continue reading →

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ODDENDA & SUCH: #86

Posted on February 25, 2016 by peterblowry

Misses 108 – The South, etc. We all tout our “hits”, and rightly so, for from them our knowledge and appreciation of the music grows. What we seldom mention is our many “misses” out of embarrassment or some such similar … Continue reading →

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