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I think I saw some old man and he was real good on the guitar, on the chords, and he didn't sing that good, just play something like that, and I copied some of that and put the words to it. And Blind Blake used to have something kinda in that style. He would play in that style and I thought he was a real good guitar player. Nice chords. Played finger style. - Jesse Babyface Thomas explains how he wrote Blue Goose Blues, interview in Shreveport, La., ca. 1989
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0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. I'm glad Arlo's event (and Charlie and Joe) is getting some media attention. But it's a shame they have to sell the McCoys as "some of the earliest figures of rock and roll music". I understand what leads to that ("how can we make this relevant to today's reader?" or "how can I trick my editor into running this?"), but surely it's time the world got over this "all roads lead to Rock and Roll" mentality.
I guess we should be used to this by now, but if it draws attention to something that otherwise would be neglected, then so be it--and perhaps so much the better. I remember that right after The Anthology of American Folk Music was released on CD by Smithsonian Folkways I saw it in the local Tower Records with an orange and black sticker on it that read, "THE SECRET HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL." I suppose for the purists among us that would be enough to gag a maggot, but on the other hand, there's always room for a few more converts in the flock.
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