Wen he gets (up) in de mornin' he feels bad, and wen (he) goes to bed at night he feels wusser. He tinks dat his body is made ob ice cream, all 'cept his heart, and dat - dat's a piece ob lead in de middle. All sorts ob sights are hubbering around, and red monkeys is buzzing about his ears... (D)em's what I calls de bloos - Sam Jonsing, in an 1839 New Orleans newspaper
I echo all that has been said and would just like to add my thanks to all concerned for their excellent work on the Juke.
Agreed. Thanks Slack, Rivers, Richard, et. al.
I'd just like to add that hearing artists I'd never really connected with come up randomly on the Juke gradually brought me around to appreciating them - Leadbelly, Blind Lemon, The Mississippi Sheiks among others. And with appreciation came purchases, so the Juke was a sales tool, too. I realize it's sales of artists the "industry" doesn't care about, and on a level small enough that the industry doesn't care about that, either. But multiply me by the dozens of Juke listeners, and you've got... something the industry doesn't care about.
With the end of the Juke and the probable demise of Roots & Rhythm, I'm feeling a bit depressed right about now.
Slack, do you know the date and time we'll stop broadcasting? I'd like to raise a parting glass at the appropriate moment.
" oh bugger. The doobry's fallen off the juke player. Well that's done it. Bloody computers. Awful isn't it. Well bye anyway. As the actress said to the bishop".
So sorry that it has to be this way, but understandable. THANK YOU for all you've done to keep the Juke going -- and I'm going to hope that maybe it can come out of mothballs some day!
Very sad indeed - the Juke was a great resource for all blues fans. Having said that I do understand the reasons - many thanks for the chance to listen guys.
Here is hoping it can be resurrected at some point in the future !!
We'll go out with this fitting tribute - suggested by Uncle Bud.
I Will Do My Last Singing - Rev Gary Davis at Newport Farewell Daddy Blues - Ma Rainey Fare Thee Well - Joe Callicott Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson I Shall Not Be Moved - Charley Patton