Category Archives: ARTICLES

Misses 105 – Studio possibilities 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 feeling. … Continue reading →

Misses 104 – Apollo, bis 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 feeling. … Continue reading →

Misses 103 – Apollo Theater – I I’ve held back from writing pieces like this one, because they’re mainly about things I did not do over the 10 years, + that I was active. Mostly I have tried to be … Continue reading →

Misses 102 – NYC 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 feeling. This … Continue reading →

Misses 101 – Cleveland 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 feeling. This … Continue reading →

  As with the prior Danny McLean-written pieces, this is yet another in a series of memorats by folks who helped me during my most active decade of field-work throughout the Southeastern US. While I mostly traveled solo in that … Continue reading →

To write that Paul Oliver has contributed much to our knowledge, understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of that music known as “blues” would be a gross understatement. Beginning with BLUES FELL THIS MORNING: Meaning in the Blues in 1960 through to … Continue reading →

It had to happen sometime… my friend Eddie Kirkland died 27 February, 2011 in Tampa, Florida. He was helicoptered to a hospital from the scene where he died; he was 88 (approximately!). Not just “another man done gone”, but another … Continue reading →

It’s interesting (and maybe amazing) what sends an individual in one direction and not another – often it’s not obvious. While George Mitchell and Roger Brown began their delving into the history of blues music and its older performers in … Continue reading →

Field-work. When one is acting as a folklorist “in the field”, there are many folks one meets along the way who give you a hand with greater or lesser amounts of “data” regarding whatever it is you are trying to … Continue reading →