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Offline harriet

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Photos of Old Bluesmen
« on: January 03, 2013, 06:39:22 PM »
Hello All,
Thought the forum might be interested in this small gallery I ran across  from 1968 posted by Phil Swango if you haven't seen it, there's a photo of Robert Wilkins playing lap slide, Furry Lewis and Joe Callicot in it : http://pswango.smugmug.com/Other/Memphis-Gallery-1968/805417_GNTHj7#!i=35850259&k=pjZv99h

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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2013, 06:41:46 PM »
Stunning shots I'd not seen before, thanks.

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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2013, 07:17:37 PM »
Boy, that's a cool photo of Joe Callicott. Thanks, Harriet.

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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2013, 08:11:55 PM »
Yes, thank you, Harriet.  These photographs are wonderful, the one of Rev. Wilkins, the ones of Joe, Joe's wife, Joe's wife with her cow, and their friend.  The price to purchase them is incredibly reasonable, too.
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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2013, 08:15:46 PM »
Missed opportunity there, if the photog had just managed to persuade Joe to pose with his guitar alongside his wife with her cow that would have been one for the ages.

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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2013, 01:13:53 AM »
Great pictures - and apart from the bluesmen and their families, there's a shot of a favourite photographer of mine, William Eggleston.
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Offline Bald Melon Jefferson

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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2013, 08:41:18 AM »
Eggleson was a real revelation to me when an art prof. brought in some large format originals of his in 1973. Wow.

(I've a friend from Memphis who is a long-time aquantance of Mr. Eggleson AND (getting back to the bluesmen),  as a teen also took guitar lessons from Furry Lewis.)
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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2013, 11:51:23 AM »
 Howdy and Happy New Year:

Speaking of old bluesman photos, I was on the Blues Images website just before Christmas and noticed that they had T-shirts and posters featuring a photo of Memphis Minnie I had never seen before, quite young looking and playing an acoustic guitar. I bought one of each.

Does anyone know the origin of this photo.


http://bluesimages.com/html/product_html/order_minnie_poster_new.html

Alex

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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2013, 12:56:10 PM »
According to the photo credit in Paul and Beth Garon's Memphis Minnie bio, the image appeared in a 1939 Vocalion catalog, though the poster looks like the source of its image may have been from a separate advertising card.

Offline jpeters609

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Re: Photos of Old Bluesmen
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2013, 01:05:42 PM »
The Memphis Minnie photo in question was just recently discussed in the Blues Images Calendar thread:

http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=8780.30
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