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💿 ALBUM REVIEW: John Primer and Friends - Tribute To Theresa's Lounge

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John fell in love with the blues as a child when his father and an older cousin played guitar and sang at night after a hard day in the fields. His mother moved to Chicago to secure a job and support her family. She promised to bring John and his sister to the big city when they reached age 18, leaving them with family. Depressed and lonely, young Primer frequently went into the neighboring woods, where he cried his troubles away and began singing the blues in solitude. He eventually built himself a diddley bow on the side of his grandmother's house out of broom wire, two nails and a brick and began accompanying himself as he sang, eventually playing for dimes and quarters in his schoolyard. After listening to Jimmy Reed , Little Milton, B.B. King , Albert King and Muddy Waters on his grandmother's record player, his biggest dream was to play alongside Muddy Waters one day. 🎵 LISTEN & SUPPORT THE ALBUM ▶ Listen to Album Samples (Clic...

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Arlo Guthrie Celebrates 50th Anniversary of "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" w/ North American Tour!

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Arlo Guthrie Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of The Event That Inspired The Iconic Song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" North American Tour September 25, 2015 - May 5, 2016 "A great reminder of just how effective a bit of absurdity can be when it comes to combating serious issues." - Rolling Stone "A quintessential Guthrie composition in the way it turns a true story into an amusing folk tale." - New York Times "The strength of 'Alice's Restaurant' is its feel of truth -- and how it speaks that truth to power." - Washington Post "If there's one Turkey Day custom in our city that people actually enjoy, it's the airing of the classic 1967 Arlo Guthrie yarn 'Alice's Restaurant Massacree'." - Philadelphia Weekly Washington, MA -- Thursday, August 20, 2015 -- Legendary folk music icon Arlo Guthrie continues his epic journey across North America this September 2015 to ...