Saturday, February 11, 2012

Same Old Blues - Sarasota Slim

HOWDY Y'ALL ! My name is Gene Hardage and I'm also known as Sarasota Slim. I'm a true Florida cracker - born in the panhandle and raised in Sarasota - and yes I am slim. I've been at this music stuff longer than I'd like to admit, luckily this makes me somewhat legendary in certain circles. Help me nurture this myth by playing my music for your friends and even calling your local radio stations and seriously suggesting some Sarasota Slim songs.
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Josh White

Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969), better known as Josh White, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names "Pinewood Tom" and "Tippy Barton" in the 1930s.

White grew up in the Jim Crow South. During the 1920s and 1930s, he became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely; his repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs. He soon was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film.

White also became the closest African-American friend and confidant to president Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, White's anti-segregationist and international human rights political stance presented in many of his recordings and in his speeches at rallies resulted in the right-wing McCarthyites assuming him a Communist. Accordingly, from 1947 through the mid 1960s, White became caught up in the anti-Communist Red Scare, and combined with the resulting attempt to clear his name, his career was damaged. White's playing style influenced many future generations of guitarists, including Blind Boy Fuller, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Lonnie Donegan, Eartha Kitt, Alexis Korner, Odetta, Elvis Presley, The Kingston Trio, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Merle Travis, Dave Van Ronk, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, Eric Weissberg, Judy Collins, Mike Bloomfield, Danny Kalb, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Richie Havens, Don McLean, Roy Harper, Ry Cooder, John Fogerty, Eva Cassidy and Jack White.
White had a hands-on influence on Ovation. White used to come to the factory. His fingernails were brittle and prone to cracking, a condition that got worse as he grew older. Ovation's subassembly foreman, Al Glemboski, made a cast of White's fingers, from which he made a set of fiberglass nails. White glued on these false nails with a special industrial glue called Eastman 910, which would later be marketed as Super Glue. He returned to the factory every other month for a new set of nails.
In 1961, White's health began a sharp decline as he experienced the first of the three heart attacks and the progressive heart disease that would plague him over his final eight years. As a lifelong smoker he also had progressive emphysema, in addition to ulcers, and severe psoriasis in his hands and calcium deficiency in his body that would cause the skin to peel off of his fingers and leave his fingernails broken and bleeding with every concert. During the last two years of his life, as his heart weakened dramatically, his wife Carol would put him in the hospital for four weeks after he completed each two-week concert tour. Finally, the doctors felt his only survival option was to attempt a new procedure to replace heart valves. The surgery failed.

He died on the operating table on September 6, 1969 at the North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, New York
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Phillip Walker

Phillip Walker (February 11, 1937 – July 22, 2010) was an American electric blues guitarist, most noted for his 1959 hit single, "Hello My Darling", produced by J. R. Fulbright. Although Walker continued playing throughout his life, he recorded more sparsely.
Walker grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast, and by his mid-teens was playing guitar in Houston. He worked with Lonesome Sundown (and would do so again in the 1970s) and Lonnie Brooks. In the mid 1950s he had a spell in Clifton Chenier's band. He spent the 1960s in Los Angeles, California leading a band that played a catholic repertoire of the R&B chart music, joined by his singing wife Ina, alias Bea Bopp.

Walker was also known for his variety of styles and the changes he would often make for each album. Not until 1969 did he begin to record more regularly when he joined with producer Bruce Bromberg. Since then, fans had a more steady supply of Walker's music.

He appeared on show 237 of the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour in 2002 when Live at Biscuits & Blues had just been released.

Walker's final studio release is Going Back Home (2007) on Delta Groove Productions.
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Blue Monday - Fenton Robinson

Fenton Robinson (September 23, 1935 — November 25, 1997) was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar.
Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States, Robinson left his home at the age of 18 to move to Memphis, Tennessee where he recorded his first single "Tennessee Woman" in 1957. He settled in Chicago in 1962. He recorded his signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", in 1967 on the Palos label, the nationwide distribution of which was aborted by a freak snow storm hitting the Windy City. Covered by Boz Scaggs in 1969, the song was misattributed, resulting in legal battles. It has since become a blues standard, being "part of the repertoire of one out of every two blues artists", according to 1997's Encyclopedia of Blues.

Robinson re-recorded the song for the critically acclaimed album Somebody Loan Me a Dime in 1974, the first of three he would produce under the Alligator Records label. Robinson was nominated for a Grammy Award for the second, 1977's I Hear Some Blues Downstairs.

In the 1970s he was arrested and imprisoned for manslaughter. Paroled after nine months, he continued playing in Chicago clubs and later taught guitar.

Robinson died of complications from brain cancer, in Rockford, Illinois.
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Part Time Love - Little Johnny Taylor

Little Johnny Taylor (born Johnny Lamont Merrett; February 11, 1943 – May 17, 2002) was an American blues and soul singer, who made recordings throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and continued public performances through the 1980s and 1990s.
Born in Gregory, Arkansas, United States, he is frequently confused with his contemporary and near namesake Johnnie Taylor, especially since the latter made a cover version of the song that Little Johnny Taylor was most famous for, "Part Time Love" (1963), and the fact that both men began their careers as gospel singers.

Little Johnny Taylor moved to Los Angeles in 1950, and sang with the Mighty Clouds of Joy before moving into secular music. Influenced by Little Willie John, he first recorded as an R&B artist for the Swingin' record label.

However, he did not achieve major success until signing for San Francisco-based Fantasy Records' subsidiary label, Galaxy. His first hit was the mid-tempo blues "You'll Need Another Favor," sung in the style of Bobby Bland, with arrangement by Ray Shanklin and produced by Cliff Goldsmith. The follow-up, "Part Time Love", became his biggest hit, reaching #1 in the U.S. Billboard R&B chart, and # 19 on the pop chart, in October 1963. However, follow-ups on the Galaxy label were much less successful.

By 1971, Taylor had moved to the Ronn label subsidiary of Jewel Records in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he had his second R&B Top 10 hit with "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing". The following year, he had another hit with "Open House at My House". While at Ronn, Taylor also recorded some duets with Ted Taylor (also unrelated).

Though he recorded only sparingly during the 1980s and 1990s, he remained an active performer until his death in May 2002 in Conway, Arkansas
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The Fixer - STEVE MARRIOTT

Anyone who has been reading my report for any period of time knows that I think Steve was one of the best vocalists of current times. Just came across this video... had to share!! It's later in his career but he could still sing!!
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Poor Boy - Slim Tim Slide

Slim Tim Slide (Tim Rundall) was born exactly at midnight (you could hear Big Ben chiming!) and got his first guitar in 1969 for his birthday - he has been making music ever since both as a solo artiste and as a member of various combos. Back in the 70s he was a member of agitprop- dadaist-art group the Bloodclaats who featured regularly in the NMEs "Garageband" section. Before that he'd played solo around Britain, France and Italy but the B'Cs were his first real group experience. Joining forces with Jamaican schoolfriend Martin Campbell he became half of duo Dr Dub Versus Mr Mix, a studio based reggae project which produced masses of work through the eighties selling numerous one-off 10" slates to various dub sound systems. Much of this work still exists and some has since been properly released over the years under various titles, some also re-mixed by acid house DJs to much acclaim in the clubs of Brighton, London & Ibiza. Also during the mid-seventies several gigs took place with Steve Lake (later of Zounds) in particular at Watchfield Free Festival (Steve's first gig!) the day after the birth of Here&Now - the stage was still vibrating! - a few years later Slim Tim was asked to join Zoundz but apparently the other guitarist threatened to break his fingers so... Currently working mostly solo (and now and then as a busker) Slim Tim is also a member of 'Blues Punk Hooligans' Thee Uncontrollables working out of Brighton. Regular gigs include The Real Music Club in Brighton run by Honkin' Stu, Tim and Judge Trev (from Inner City Unit) where he alternates solo gigs with Uncontrollables sessions. Check out the club at realfestivalmusic.co.uk As well as this Tim has occasionally collaborated with such luminaries as Mick Farren, Captain Sensible and Monty Oxymoron, the latter two joining in at the Real Music Club on numerous occasions. Involvement with Farren came about due to Slim Tims' former stewardship of the Pink Fairies own magazine UHCK some years back which resulted in - amongst other things - the release of two Pink Fairy CDs
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A Million Times/Bad Shape - Driving South

The Dutch bluesband Driving South kicks, scream, and moan the blues wherever they go.
With a bag of self made blues they are touring the country from stage to stage.
The raw voice and bluesharp of singer Michel Blaauboer and the intense guitarsolo's by Mike de Wit are
the ingredients for the bands own blues sound. Backed up with bass player Jeroen Groot and drummer
Anthony Schouten the band is a welcome guest on every stage. Driving south did have the privilege to play at
big stages like Moulin Blues and well known dutch blues festivals. The first CD will be expected soon.

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Hurt My Feelings - Morris Pejoe

While the Chicago blues style normally more than holds it own in terms of interesting influences, Pejoe was one of the few performers in Chicago who brought in a strong Louisiana cajun and zydeco influence decades before this became a typical part of a touring, house-rocking band's repertoire. This was because he was actually from Louisiana, where he was born Morris Pejas, beginning his music career on the violin. In the late '40s he moved to Beaumont, TX, where he switched to guitar. Fellow Louisiana pianist Henry Gray remained his musical sidekick throughout these years, and in the early '50s the two relocated to Chicago together, rightfully seeing the big city as a much better opportunity for regular blues employment. Gray was one of two important blues pianists who mentored under Pejoe -- the other was Otis Spann, who worked in the Louisiana man's band in the early '50s prior to beginning the pianist's seemingly endless tenure with the great Muddy Waters. Pejoe's recording career began within a year of hitting the Windy City. During 1952 and 1953, he cut sides for Checker, accompanied by Gray, among others.
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John Entwistle Acoustic Bass solo

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990.

Entwistle's lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual trebly sound ("full treble, full volume") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He had a collection of over 200 instruments by the time of his death, reflecting the different brands he used over his career: Fender, Danelectro, and Rickenbacker basses in the 1960s, Gibson and Alembic basses in the 1970s, Warwick in the 1980s, and Status all-Carbon fibre basses in the 1990s. In 2011, a Rolling Stone reader poll selected him as the #1 rock bassist of all time.
Entwistle died in hotel room 658 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on 27 June 2002 one day before the scheduled first show of The Who's 2002 US tour. He had gone to bed that night with a stripper/groupie, Alycen Rowse, who woke at 10 am to find Entwistle cold and unresponsive. The Clark County medical examiner determined that death was due to a heart attack induced by cocaine. His funeral was held at Saint Edward's Church in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England, on 10 July 2002. He was cremated and his ashes were buried privately. A memorial service was held on 24 October 2002 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. Entwistle's enormous collection of guitars and basses was auctioned at Sotheby's in London by his son, Christopher Entwistle, to meet anticipated duties on his father's estate. Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook is among those who acquired some of Entwistle's basses at the auction.
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A Forgotten Lover - Virgil Griffin and Rythm Kings

Virgil Griffin & The Rhythm Kings released these two 45s on Reginald in the late 60s. Curiously, If You Can’t Go & I’m On My Way are the same recording with different titles, a great slice of funky soul. The other two songs are ballads, A Forgotten Lover is a cool spooky sounding track but Love Will Never Die is a bit more of pop sounding ballad. Hines takes sole credit for the songwriting on 1402 but Griffin gets shared credit on 1403. 1402 has the Muscadine St. address but 1403 has the Nelson St. address. The Rhythm Kings also backed up The Cherries on their Big Beat 45 & Ervin Little on Hines. Virgil Griffin has a later 45 on Shout and another much rarer one on GRM.I don't know a lot about Virgil...but I know what I like.
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Don't Owe You A Thang - Gary Clark Jr. - Tour Schedule

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16 Tons - Tommy Lee Cook & The Buckingham Blues Allstars

He's a down-home boy who goes head-to-head with the word nerds in New York City,
a mule-loving man who pens novels and songs, a soul food lover who negates
any ill effects of Farmers Market meals with his daily 90-minute workout.

If Tommy Lee Cook didn't exist, it'd be a lucky writer who dreamed up so complicated and engaging a character.

But exist he does, to the delight of music lovers and camaraderie seekers at Cook's Buckingham Blues Bar,
where he can be found when he's not competing in international crossword tournaments
or recording CDs (his latest, "Outside Looking In," debuted last week at No. 35 on the Roots-Blues Top 50 Chart).
Born in Danville, Va., he was adopted at 6 months from the Chatham, Va., orphanage and grew up in Dry Fork, Va.
— rural tobacco country surrounded by woods he loved to wander alone or on a pony with a stick, hatchet or gun in hand.

His family moved to Florida in 1967 and Cook spent the next six years in North Fort Myers before joining the Air Force,
then heading to the University of Florida in Gainesville. He taught English for a while,
then bought and re-did the Buckingham Bar in 2002.
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This Friday and Saturday a Chicago Blues celebration at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix with John Primer!

The Rhythm Room proudly presents John Primer with the Rhythm Room All-Stars (Bob Corritore, Chris James, Patrick Rynn, Brian Fahey) and special guest Barrelhouse Chuck on Friday and Saturday, February 10 and 11. Expect a very special two nights of pure Chicago Blues! Also of note is Saturday's pre-show featuring jazz guitar great Bobby Broom & The Deep Blue Organ Trio who will appear for a 6pm set before John Primer's 9pm show. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85014. Please also note that John Primer and Barrelhouse Chuck will also be guests on Bob Corritore's radio show on Sunday February 12. The radio show, Those Lowdown Blues, can be heard online at www.kjzz.org or in Phoenix at 91.5FM, 6pm to 11pm (Arizona time) each Sunday night.
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SoCal Rock 'N' Blues Queen Tricia Freeman Drops New Album, "Everyone Can See"

"Everyone Can See" reflects all the paths Tricia has explored..."Thought You Was The One" is a funky blues number in the vein of Little Feat and Bonnie Raitt..."Time To Call A Friend" showcases Freeman's vocal talents as well as her imaginative writing skills." BMANS BLUES REPORT

"I like Tricia's CD... solid songwriting and solid performances too. I'm thinking she puts on a quality show!" SUNRUNNER MAGAZINE

"A fantastic album!" ROCKWIRED RADIO

Rock 'N' Blues Queen Tricia Freeman Drops New CD "Everyone Can See" **(Performing Locally: Dickie O'Neal's - Saturday, February 18)**

(PALM SPRINGS, CA) - One of the hardest-working ladies in the Southern California live music scene is Tricia Freeman, who gigs on average of about five-six times a week with the talented Tricia Freeman Band. Come see the rock 'n' blues vocal queen as she performs at Dickie O'Neal's, 2155 North Canyon Palm Drive, Palm Springs, Saturday, February 18. 9 p.m. Free. Info: (760) 325-2600 or log onto www.dickieoneal.com.

Tricia has just released a brand-new independently-produced album, Everyone Can See. From the ballad-like "Blind Man Wandering" and Little Feat-esque rock 'n' funk feel of "Thought You Was the One" to the uptempo boogie-woogie urgency of "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" and the sexy jazz feel of the title track, the twelve-song record encompasses a myriad of sounds sure to satisfy. Listen closely and you'll hear strains of The Motel's Martha Davis in the lovely "Going Back" and Heart's Ann Wilson in the equally serene "Let It Go" - both not bad company to be in, to be sure!

Check out a great interview with Tricia in the latest issue of All Access Magazine here - http://allaccessmagazine.com/2012/01/26/tricia-freeman/

Tricia Freeman - Bio

Raised in Kansas and Texas, Tricia's earliest memories of music go back to her mother's love of jazz and blues, flooding the house with the likes of Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and her favorite, Dinah Washington. Her father loved it all, from the Latin American to classical.

As she started developing her own taste in music, she began to lean more to the local country/bluegrass sound mixed with a rockin' blues flavor that was prevalent in her college town of Lawrence, Kansas.

Tricia made the big move to California at the age of 19 and immediately bought a guitar and a "how to" chord book. The rest just came naturally, from singing those country / blues songs at the local saloons, to performing in the stage production of "Godspell", to performing at all sizes of venues, from local taverns to major festivals up & down the coast.

Freeman has toured Europe from Finland to Germany several times, with different line ups, performing songs from her own CD's and a blend of cover tunes that she makes completely her own with her bold original sound, that can only come from living the songs she sings.

Her studio work has brought her performance credits in 3 movies from Disney, Time Warner and Indigo Films. She also appeared on the television show, "Your Big Break", paying tribute to Janis Joplin.

Tricia traveled to Memphis several times to sing back up vocals on 2 CD's of Walter Trout, the amazing blues guitarist from "Canned Heat". While there, she had the honor of working with producer, Jim Gains, of Santana fame, as well as, many other bands.

Besides Walter Trout, Tricia has also shared the stage with the likes of Spencer Davis, The Little River Band, Olivia Newton John, Missing Persons, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Eddie Money and in 2007, she opened for Al Green & John Fogerty at the Doheny Blues Festival in Dana Point, California.

Ms. Freeman has a bold, humorous stage presence that will have you rolling with laughter between songs. This is why being compared to Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstad, and Melissa Etheridge, among others, has been "trumped" with other fan's and critic's opinions that she is much more like the multi-talented Bette Midler. Indeed, Ms. Freeman has that "Midler" appeal.

This singer/songwriter puts on a great show, no matter what size the venue or the audience. You will always get the "real thing" with Tricia Freeman.

Tricia Freeman CD Review BMANS BLUES REPORT

Tricia Freeman ROCKWIRED RADIO FEATURE

Tech Talk - Novax Guitars “Slimline Jazz”

The Novax “Slimline Jazz” model has an arched, X-braced spruce top, fully “floating” and acoustically voiced for a warm electric tone with minimal feedback, and “F” holes for a traditional look. The body is 16" across the lower bout, it has a “set” neck of vertical-grain mahogany with an ebony fretboard, and the appointments are available in ebony or rosewood. The full-contact bridge has a wedge-type height adjustment to maintain optimal sound transmission. This model can be made as a 6 or 7 string, with a specially voiced Bartolini “soapbar” pickup with passive volume and tone control.

Options include different top woods, appointment woods, pickguard, choices of binding color and material, and electronics.

Arched, solid spruce top, X-braced with “F” holes
Chambered mahogany back
Mahogany neck, ebony fretboard
Rosewood head veneer, rosewood bridge and rosewood tailpiece cover

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Sony Music in association with Capo Records and Legacy re-issue of Rory Gallagher's first Solo Recording - Review

Well, I've got them! The re issue recordings by Rory Gallagher and I'm going to review them like they're new as many readers weren't alive when these were cut and the music is as fresh today as it was when cut in 1971. After releasing two critically acclaimed albums with his first band, Taste, and playing the Isle of Wight in 1970, Rory left the band to pursue a solo career. The original release had 10 tracks. This one has 2 bonus tracks originally recorded during the original sessions and they are great additions. The recording opens with Laundromat Blues which came to be a trademark rocker for Gallagher. As I Fall Apart in retrospect appears to be the stimulus for a later song by American Band "the Outlaws" (Green Grass and High Times)... I can hear it anyway). Wave Myself Goodbye is a very cool straight forward delta style blues track. Hands Up gives you an idea where Thin Lizzy got their sound. Sinner Boy, one of the signature tracks on this recording has the blazing slide work that Gallagher is know for. For The Last Time is a laid back stylistic blues piece with the beginnings of Gallagher's musical experimentation. It's You shows how US country music had started to permeate the UK and Gallagher even emulated a steel guitar with slide on his Strat. On the final track of the original recording Can't Believe It's True shows Gallagher experimenting into the jazz fusion as did his contemporaries. Great guitarmanship. The two bonus recordings are dedicated to two of Rory's blues heroes. The first bonus track is Rory's version of the Muddy Waters classic Gypsy Woman. It's done in a stripped down Delta style and I really like it. The second bonus track, It Takes Time, is done as a shuffle and of course is a version of Chicago blues guitarist, Otis Rush.This is also a great addition.

It's great to see these recordings remastered and re - issued in their original packaging and also available on vinyl! I can't wait to listen to the next one!
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BLUES HARMONICA ICON JAMES COTTON TO JOIN ERIC CLAPTON, KEITH RICHARDS AND OTHERS IN A TRIBUTE TO HUBERT SUMLIN AT NEW YORK'S APOLLO THEATER

BLUES HARMONICA ICON JAMES COTTON TO JOIN ERIC CLAPTON, KEITH RICHARDS AND OTHERS IN A TRIBUTE TO HUBERT SUMLIN AT NEW YORK'S APOLLO THEATER

Blues harmonica master James Cotton will join Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland and many other musicians live at New York's famed Apollo Theater to pay tribute to the late guitarist Hubert Sumlin. The event will take place on Friday, February 24 and is a benefit for the Jazz Foundation Of America.

Other artists scheduled to appear are Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Clark, Jr., Billy Flynn, Barrelhouse Chuck Goering, David Johansen, Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Dr. John, Keb Mo, Todd Mohr, Ivan Neville, Robert Randolph, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Larry Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jimmie Vaughan, Jimmy Vivino, Willie Weeks, Jody Williams, Kim Wilson and special surprise guests.

Cotton's latest CD is the Grammy Award-nominated Giant.

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Flat Foot Sam meets Jim Dandy - TV Slim

Oscar "TV Slim" Wills (February 10, 1916, Houston, Texas - October 21, 1969, Kingman, Arizona) was an American singer, guitar and fiddle player, a producer and also a TV repairman.

Wills recorded a series of original blues, from the purest Texas country blues to furious, New Orleans, rock'n roll style. "Flatfoot Sam" was his only commercial success.
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Trembling Bed Springs Blues - Rich Trice

Richard Trice was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina on February 10, 1910. In his youth he heard the records of Blind Boy Fuller and walked six miles to Durham to meet Fuller. They struck up a friendship and Fuller later invited Richard and his brother Willie to go to New York City with him to a recording session in 1937. he befrended Blind Boy Fuller they developed a very active race until much after II the World war, recording for the Savoy seal, with the nickname of Little Boy Fuller. Richard moved to New Jersey in 1946 where he performed with a South Carolina guitarist named Lester Jackson. Richard recorded a few singles for Savoy in 1947. In the 1950's he found religion and left the blues behind. The producer and musicologist Peter already recovered it to Lowry in 1970 and recorded a magnificent album to him in the Piedmont Style (Blue and ragged), for the Trix Label.He passed away on April 6, 2000.
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