http://sundayblues.org ...vintage blues radio & writing Wed, 14 May 2008 00:09:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I received the following note from Rev. Gary Lucas: "I wish to inform you that one of the great Georgia Blues artists John Lee Ziegler recently passed (May 2008) in Kathleen, Georgia after declining health issues. I performed his Eulogy among family and friends. Truly he was unique with his ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/159 [TABLE=48] Show Notes: It ain't but the one thing I done wrong I stayed in Mississippi just a day too long (Mississippi Prison Song) Todays show deals with blues songs about prison, both commercial recordings and field recordings by actual prisoners. In the segregation era down south it wasn't hard for African-Americans to find themselves ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/156 Front cover of Father of the Folk Blues Photographer: Dick Waterman When I was a teenager discovering the blues one of the first albums that really captivated me was Son House's Death Letter -I still have it - (the UK equivalent of Father of the Folk Blues), his stunning return to ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/158 [TABLE=46] In the past few weeks I've been listening quite a bit to the field recordings by George Michell that Fat Possum has been reissuing and it prompted me to investigate some of the other field recordings in my collection. Today's program spotlights several amazing prison songs recorded by the tireless ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/154 In the 1920's and 1930's all the major labels were deeply invested in the blues, sending mobile recording units all over the south in search of talent. In the late 1950's and early 1960's the major labels were no longer recording blues, although that would change as the blues revival ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/141 [TABLE=45] Show Notes: Today's show spotlights Pete Welding's Testament label. Welding had a fascinating career; not only was he a writer of note, he was an A&R man for Epic, Playboy, and for many years at Capitol's special products division. In 1994, the Hightone label bought the Testament label and reissued all ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/152 [TABLE=43] Show Notes: As usual a wide variety of blues on tap today spanning from 1929 to the early 1980's. The mix shows reflect things I've been listening to lately from my own collection as well as new things that I've picked up (just about every week!). Today's show features three tracks ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/149 Mississippi John Hurt's "Avalon" Blues" provided a road map some thirty plus years later to the singer just as Bukka White's "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues" led to the rediscovery of White (John Fahey and Ed Denson addressed a letter to "Bukka White (Old Blues Singer), c/o General Delivery, Aberdeen, Mississippi"). Similar, ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/130 [TABLE=44] Show Notes: Lonnie Johnson's talents have been justly praised, he's by no means obscure, yet he seems to be overlooked by blues fans and collectors. When the early collectors were investigating the old blues singers they seemed to have singled out Mississippi, the Delta in particular, as the incubator for the ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/151 Robert Nighthawk, Houston Stackhouse, Peck Curtis, Powell, MS, April, 1967 At the tail end of August 1967 George Mitchell recorded an impromptu combo who called themselves the Blues Rhythm Boys in Dundee, MS, a small town on route 61 roughly halfway between Tunica and Friars Point and just across the ... http://sundayblues.org/archives/153