Early Blues

grindy · 10-18-2015, 03:52 PM

Let's talk about early blues.
I really love the raw pre-WWII stuff, with these musicians whose lives are often shrouded in mystery, with only a handful of recordings left for us to appreciate.

Of course Robert Johnson is the most famous of them, his guitar playing being years ahead of his time.

And then there's Tommy Johnson (no relation

with his awesome singing.

The wonderful Skip James. We're lucky enough to have quite a lot of recordings by him done later in his life with superior sound quality, but this is one of the old ones.

I'll be posting more stuff later on. Hope some other members enjoy this music.

10-18-2015, 03:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Early Blues Let's talk about early blues. I really love the raw pre-WWII stuff, with these musicians whose lives are often shrouded in mystery, with only a handful of recordings left for us to appreciate. Of course Robert Johnson is the most famous of them, his guitar playing being years ahead of his time. And then there's Tommy Johnson (no relation with his awesome singing. The wonderful Skip James. We're lucky enough to have quite a lot of recordings by him done later in his life with superior sound quality, but this is one of the old ones. I'll be posting more stuff later on. Hope some other members enjoy this music. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*