Tag: music
member name: Nippy Katz (not his real name) Patriotic Troll of Gather Freedom
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October 27, 2009 02:44 PM EDT --
My friend Sarah A posted an article a couple of days called Living in the Woods . The blues is universal and, of course has a lot to say on this topic. In the 1920s Detroit piano player Charlie . . .
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December 07, 2009 04:16 PM EST --
Bob Hicks of Atlanta, GA recorded under the name Barbecue Bob in the late '20s and early '30s. He died of tuberculosis when he was about 30, cutting short a musical career that showed every sign . . .
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November 25, 2008 07:33 PM EST --
Casey Bill Weldon was an enigmatic figure (loved the chance to use that phrase) in pre-WWII blues. For one thing he played Hawaiian guitar. He played the blues on the guitar Hawaiian style . . .
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August 12, 2009 03:47 PM EDT --
Another Old Song for a New Depression. Josh White was one of the first professional folk singers. He settled in New York in the 1930s and by the '40s he was an established night club performer . . .
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October 28, 2009 11:58 AM EDT --
In an article I posted yesterday I made the mistake of saying that Kokomo Arnold sang "please send me some sissy man" in the song Back to the Woods . Gather member Aniko actually listened to the . . .
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November 22, 2006 04:58 PM EST --
This is more of a news item than an article. Robert Lockwood, Jr. one of the great blues guitarists ever and one of the last living links to Robert Johnson died early this morning.
He played . . .
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April 27, 2007 01:37 PM EDT --
There are three great themes in classic country music and four categories. The themes are "Men are no good," "Women are no good," and "Alcohol." They're the . . .
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October 17, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
As some of you probably know, Jackie L refused my offer of a place on my No Obligation Future Spouse Waiting list. I don't know why she'd refuse an opportunity like this. . . .
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May 03, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
The two big names in blues born this week are:
Little Walter--Marion Walter Jacobs--the inventor of modern blues harmonica. Played with Muddy Waters before going out on his own. His instrumental, . . .
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May 11, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
Ok, it's a joke a friend emailed me. I freely admit it. I've pasted it right in here. It's not original content.
Letter from a professional guitar player to the "Dear . . .
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April 26, 2007 02:23 PM EDT --
Here's an example. I have to post it in a comment.
Let's see what you can come up with.
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May 04, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
Peter Clayton was unusual in the pre-war blues world. He was purely a singer. In the 1940s he was a star in Chicago on the same level as Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, and Memphis Minnie. . . .
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May 23, 2007 03:16 PM EDT --
Everyone who has a cat knows the feline secret shame--shedding. They love to sit on black garments and race for the laundry basket when clothes come out of the dryer. Large tufts of fur appear . . .
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November 05, 2007 04:40 PM EST --
The San Francisco Symphony is not the only orchestra in the Bay Area with an international reputation. Philharmonia Baroque is a top notch Baroque and early music ensemble that has toured the US . . .
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September 06, 2006 05:11 PM EDT --
When I was in high school I was a folk music snob. I abandoned the rock and roll that I'd loved for the previous four years and went for a more "adult" image. I listened to . . .
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October 06, 2006 02:24 PM EDT --
This is a Barrelhouse Solly, yetanother avatar of the schizoid personality sometimes known as Nippy Katz, original. (c) 2006
A bald headed man make a young girl drop out of school. (2)
Make her . . .
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April 04, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
Peetie Wheatstraw was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1930s. He accompanied himself on piano and sometimes guitar. He made over eighty records. He influenced Robert Johnson, . . .
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April 10, 2007 08:23 PM EDT --
Friday night my friend Allen was playing at a local bar. I went to see him because I always get a kick out of what he does and he lets me sit in. He was a pro musician in his twenties and he's an expert . . .
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June 29, 2007 03:15 PM EDT --
Louis Armstrong claimed to have been born on July 4, 1900. He wasn't. It made a good story though.
In this game you should supply a celebrity's name and a biography-friendly . . .
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November 24, 2008 01:40 PM EST --
I was listening to some old timey music that featured the harmonica yesterday and thought that this one was appropriate to the present time. It's about people who moved out of the hills to take . . .
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