There is that irony that many Americans were introduced to the work of so many Black American blues and gospel artists through the 'British Invasion' of the 60's...
If you haven't done so already, check out the four "American Folk Blues Festival" DVDs. It fills in some info re: the "lines of transmission."
Oh, the potential for that church sign generator is endless. Must...resist...
I can't. How about "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition"? (The Southern Sons version of 22nd October 1942 with sound effects of fighter planes, machine guns and bombing).
I've been hounding the poor fellow for years about this and he must be utterly sick of my asking. Perhaps someone else would care to raise the subject with him.
He also does "Prodigal Son" on "Blues at Newport: 1964." Epic poetry with guitar accompaniment. IMHO it's a must have CD.
Most of the greats of the rediscovery period at the very moment of their introduction to the larger public. Electric, fantastic, transcendent! Must have indeed. The audience response to Skip James tells the story better than any words can.
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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977)
He also does "Prodigal Son" on "Blues at Newport: 1964." Epic poetry with guitar accompaniment. IMHO it's a must have CD.
Most of the greats of the rediscovery period at the very moment of their introduction to the larger public. Electric, fantastic, transcendent! Must have indeed. The audience response to Skip James tells the story better than any words can.
It's about 7 or 8 years since many of us were informed by Andy that he and his wife Larkin had acquired rights to reissue the Spottswood recordings, so I guess it's a case of "good things come to those who wait".
Making my most recent nuisance email to Andy on this subject I've just received the following:
Truly, it's all but done. The run is paid for. The pictures for the cover are selected, as is the track list. It is roughly 79 minutes long, and I will be submitting a track list shortly.
The last thing was an unpublished guitar instrumental that he did, a buck dance, according to Bill Ellis, that was never before included in any issue, anywhere. The rest is all religious, and more than doubles the size of the original. It will reprint Mark Humphries' essay, and I will write comprehensive notes, and an essay of my own. This has been something of a slog, as you might imagine, but it's over. There will be several dedications, one of them to Dick, and Pete Kuykendall, who recorded most of it, and to Richie Shulberg, who passed away a couple of weeks ago. Norman Dayron contributed a track, and several tracks came from a 1967 U. of Chicago concert.
We will set up a website, and as for trumpeting, yes, I shall trumpet, loudly and long, to the entire blues world, in every way that I can think of, and to the COGIC church, which has its world headquarters not three miles from us.
So I guess all we can now do is be patient and, in these tight times, start saving since such labours of love don't normally come cheap!