RUSSEL BLAINE COOPER: A Great-Uncle of mine. I heard him talk once in 1957. The song sounds to me like the way he talked. He was among other things a teacher, a soldier in WWI, and he gave a demonstration of Springfield rifle sharp shooting for Teddy Roosevelt in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1917. And I'm sure he did much else of which I am unaware. Open D, with the third string tuned up to a fourth instead of a third.
Scott...hiowdy!!! Just listening to Charlie Patton and ready to send you a couple of poems for Fahey week
Thanks Ralph!
A Poem... John Fahey and Joe Bussard Were on the bus today I was sitting really close About three seats away Neither now are young men Like me, they're old and grey But still, I surely would have Known them anyway Fahey wore black headphones And Joe was with a friend I couldn't hear John's music And Bussard was near the end Joe's stop was at the next streets Cambie and Broadway Still, it's strange, they both got off Sometimes, it's just that way I hope I see them very soon As one or separately It's been going on for months now So I'll just wait and see If they're on the bus together Or together, separately Hey John, hey Joe, it's Ragtime Ralph Do you remember me?
Haven't seen the guys that look like Fahey and Bussard for awhile now...hope they're alright...
A Poem... Listening to Weaver and Beasley That ol' music sure does please me Charlie Patton and Bukka White Hearing them makes me feel alright Mississippi John's now long gone Spike Driver's Blues from dusk to dawn Hate that train, Frank Hutchison's muse And Sam McGee's Knoxville Blues Fahey and the Takoma crew Kottke, Lang and Basho too Turned the guitar world around Brand new music, old time sounds I don't listen much these days Guess I'm stuck in my old ways But sometimes I hear sounds That make my feet and brain dance 'round
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Hi all,
This does not improve my sharing experience, nor yours. Unfortunately I am very very busy with the job and I don't have time to create all new links. This has been a frustrating part of this blog through the years. This will be the forth time that all the links on the blog have gone dead. There's just too much going on these days for me to commit to update them all. Certainly something I would like to get done but at the moment there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
BHT are joined on tour by the same blues legends that are featured on the album. This includes Mud Morganfield, Billy Branch, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Erica Brown all collaborating to play the songs of Willie Dixon. So it's a little late to make the tour, it's nearly over but I feel compelled to still post. I went to the Denver show and it was pure joy. If you can get to one of these final dates, do it.
Big Head Todd and the Monsters clearly have a love and respect for those old blues that birthed so many great genres. Mud Morganfield will freak you out when he opens his mouth to sing, it's like his father is channeled through him. And I have a particular like for the playing of Ronnie Baker Brooks, his depth and touch are rare and not to be missed in a live setting.
Ronnie Baker Brooks takes the lead and vocals on this beauty and drew a standing ovation in the middle of the Denver show. Check it.
Thanks the Delta-Slider friend Ralph, he has alerted me to a documentary "about the civil rights movement and blues loving college kids descending on Mississippi in 1964...Son House and Skip James are the main musical focus...Fahey's "Sunflower River Blues" and "Hawaiian Two-Step" are highlighted, as well as readings from Fahey's "How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life"!!!" Plus interviews with Ed Denson and Gayle Dean Wardlow.
