These days, Blind Boy Fuller, The Chatmons, Bo. Oh and Papa Charley Jackson. And Magic Sam the last couple of days. P.S. Tonight I am listening to Mr. Johnson, whose 100th birthday it would be.
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In terms of uniqueness and originality, I think Robert Pete Williams is way out there on the edge, both musically and lyrically. Note this variation on the yo-yo theme:
When your sow pig, please save me a spotted boar When your sow pig, baby, please save me a spotted boar Lord, I done lose my nature, Lord, and I can't yo-yo no more
Hi all, A bunch of my favorites, like Sleepy John Estes, Lemon and Robert Pete Williams have already been named. I would include the following among my favorites, as well: * Herman E. Johnson * Willie "61" Blackwell * Robert Wilkins * The Cedar Creek Sheik * Clifford Gibson * David McCarn * Peg Leg Howell * Booker White All best, Johnm
Leroy Carr. He could write blues and pop songs. He could be funny or melancholy. And he liked to play with lyric formats and formulas and keep things varied.
Also Texas Alexander, for the way he could take a bunch of floating verses and make them sound like they were written to go with each other in that particular order in that particular song.
And Whistlin' Alex Moore, for flashes of startling originality. "She pulled the string off of her blue bloomers and said "You ain't goin' nowhere". With an invitation like that, I wouldn't have left, either!