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Comment on A Walk Up King Solomon Hill by Matt

Matt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:49:36 +0000

Thanks for sharing, King Solomon is amazing!

Comment on Big Road Blues Show 9/30/07: Atlanta Strut - Blind Willie McTell & The Atlanta Blues by chris young

chris young — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:37:44 +0000

All of the commercially released Blind Willie Mctell recordings on C.D.are 11/2 steps or 2 steps above recording pitch,possibly because Mctell used a low octave tuneing witch seems flat to 440 pitch used to by producers,but it is in fact wrong and roughly equilvelant to hearing 33rpm vinyal played at 45rpm.All of these recordings should at least include a disclaimer like pich or time condensed.No wonder Mctell said everytime he recorded it came to grief,Imangine his thoughts if he were here now.Also,there is no complete recordings avaible,including pending release of the Cohn/DeSylvia,which is slated to include the excellant documentary”Blind Willies Blues”by Atlantan native David Fulmer.

Comment on Big Road Blues Show 9/28/08: Maxwell Street Blues by valaida

valaida — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:52:13 +0000

very moving

Comment on Big Road Blues Show 3/29/09: The Year 1927 Pt. 1 by Big Road Blues Show 6/21/09: It's Tight Like That - The Year 1928 Pt. 1 | Big Road Blues

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:19:13 +0000

[...] first year we spotlighted was 1927 which was the beginning of a blues boom that would last until 1930; there were just 500 blues and [...]

Comment on The Blues Is Back: Ernest Lane by Letitia Sapp

Letitia Sapp — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:07:36 +0000

Please contact me I’m trying to contact Thomas ‘Nose’ Norwood drummer.

Comment on Big Road Blues Show 3/2/08: Lightnin’ Special - Lightnin’ Hopkins & His Buddies by Big Road Blues Show 6/14/09: All The Way From Texas - Down Home Texas Blues 1947-1953 | Big Road Blues

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:54:46 +0000

[...] spirit of Lightnin’ Hopkins looms over many of these recordings and we play tracks by some who were in Hopkins orbit. Thunder [...]

Comment on Texas Troublesome Blues: The Blues Of Texas Alexander Part 1 by Lynn Forrester

Lynn Forrester — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:45:10 +0000

Black Betty was not a strap he used. Black Betty was the name of the truck Bud Russell used to transport the men to the Walls Unit in Huntsville, TX. I know this because I am his great grand daughter.

Comment on Junior Parker: A Double Shot by Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:19:59 +0000

Is there anyway I can get an mp3 of Man or Mouse - we can’t download it from iTunes where we live.

Many Thanks

Comment on Big Road Blues Show 5/31/09: Son House - The Blues Ain’t No Monkey Junk by Marek Wojtowicz

Marek Wojtowicz — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:27:04 +0000

Great tradition of true blues.
Son House’s music is deep from his heart, that’s what I need.

Thanks

Comment on Big Road Blues Show 5/31/09: Son House - The Blues Ain’t No Monkey Junk by Chris Beall

Chris Beall — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:01:58 +0000

Son House’s music changed my life. Listening to his comeback album, I realized where the rock and roll I was listening to, and the jazz my father listened to, came from. Nothing I have every heard matches the emotional intensity and honesty of Son House.

Thanks for keeping his memory and music alive.