Category Archives: BLUES

McTELL

Posted on July 26, 2017 by peterblowry

Atlantic SD 7224 – Blind Willie McTell, “Atlanta Twelve String” [Blues Originals, Vol. 1] Atlanta is a strange city, one of many contrasts. Today one can see a scar seared in the middle of the black southern area in which … Continue reading →

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EDDIE VINSON

Posted on July 26, 2017 by peterblowry

Muse MR 5310 – Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, “Sings the Blues” [1985]          This is a lot different to my previous Vinson set… all vocals! Not quite a greatest hits package, it does cherry pick from three Vinson albums for Joe. … Continue reading →

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WILBERT

Posted on July 23, 2017 by peterblowry

Savoy Jazz 1182 – Wilbert Harrison,  “Listen to My Song” [featuring Mickey Baker] Hmm… probably the best known and most successful (from the standpoint of the charts of the New York City area blues artists. I mean, “Kansas City” was … Continue reading →

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BROWNIE

Posted on July 23, 2017 by peterblowry

Savoy Jazz 1204 – Brownie McGhee, “Jumpin’ the Blues” When the name Brownie McGhee comes up in any discussions by blues mavens, it’s usually as the beginning of a longer word: brownieandsonny. McGhee and Terry were a factor in the … Continue reading →

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TJ FOWLER

Posted on July 23, 2017 by peterblowry

Savoy Jazz 1187 – T.J. Fowler, “and His Rockin’ Jump Band, featuring Calvin Frazier” “Jump, little children, jump!” [1] That seems to have been the order of the day in black popular music of the immediate post-war era (the late … Continue reading →

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BUDDY MOSS – notes

Posted on July 18, 2017 by peterblowry

LP & CD Biograph 12019 – Buddy Moss, “Rediscovery” Georgia….. Georgia, the land of cotton-fields and Army bases and miserable red soil; where the economic status of a town may be gauged by the number of pawn shops on its … 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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DETROIT BLUES

Posted on June 8, 2017 by peterblowry

VARIOUS ARTISTS                                                                                                                             Down Home Blues Detroit – “Detroit Special”                                                                   Wienerworld WNRCD 5095 How many of you know who “Renowned blues researcher and historian” Mike Rowe is? No, not that one! You should be acquainted with his work! Author of the … 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: #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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