I had to sell my soul to the devil in order to learn to play like [Tommy Johnson]. Only the fellow who called himself the devil offered to teach me guitar in ten easy lessons, fifty dollars down and ten dollars per lesson. And he wasn't a man, exactly, but a transvestite who called himself "Peetie Wheatstraw's mother-in-law - Steve Calt, attributed to Shirley Griffith
Howdy folks! Haven't posted in a while so I guess it's about time for shameless self-promotion.... My buddy Devin (Nobocaster) of the Gallus Brothers passed through town recently and we got some time to pick together a bit. Great fun. The last tune we played together was "Prater's Blues" by Prater and Hayes. I've never actually heard the original, so I'm sure I sound absolutely nothing like Hayes, but maybe some o' y'all might dig this anyway. http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/1704115
« Last Edit: January 28, 2012, 11:19:10 AM by Mike Brosnan »
Thanks, folks! I think I've had more fun playing with Devin than anyone else I've played with. Of course... I don't really play with other people very often. Gotta work on that...
thanks for posting that mike. the only downside of praters blues for me was it didn't last long enough, absolutely great stuff. i found time to listen to your version of buddy bolden as well which i also really enjoyed.