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hmcclintock: Mississippi John Hurt - You Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley
Gonzo bluesman Brownbird Rudy Relic has announced a residency at the Sidewalk NYC at 94 Avenue A in March. He’ll have a little help from his friends to celebrate his 10 year anniversary as Brownbird. Here’s the rundown:
8PM: Tito Deler (Harlem, USA)
9PM: Sweet Fern (Virginia)
10PM: Feral Foster (NYC)
11PM: Brownbird Rudy Relic (NYC)
8PM: Tito Deler (Harlem, USA)
9PM: Sammo (NYC)
10PM: Brownbird Rudy Relic (NYC)
11PM: Alex Battles & The Whisky Rebellion (Brooklyn)
8PM: Tito Deler (Harlem, USA)
9PM: Elliott Sussman (Pittsburgh)
10PM: Orb Mellon (Connecticut)
11PM: Brownbird Rudy Relic
My nephew- a little blues man. Looks like he’s about ready to sell his soul to the devil.
Shows this weekend
Friday Night
Grey Fox Festival kicks off on the Walsh Farm in Upstate New York!
Brooklyn’s Blue Vipers are at Pera Mediterranean
Ernie Vega and the Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues and the Little Brothers play at Brooklyn Rod & Gun Club
Cornell Brothers Washtub Band at Banjo Jim’s
Saturday
The Hot Sardines at Brooklyn’s Littlefield
The Del McCoury Band at City Winery
The Whistlin’ wolves at Banjo Jim’s
The Musical Saw festival at the Hellenic Arts Center in Astoria
Christine Santinelli at Hill Country
Blues Singer’s Woman Permitted To Tell Her Side
CLARKSDALE, MS–Ida Mae Dobbs, longtime woman of Willie “Skipbone” Jackson, called a press conference Tuesday to respond to charges levied against her by the legendary Delta blues singer.
“Despite what Mr. Jackson would have you believe, I am not an evil-hearted woman who will not let him be,” Dobbs told reporters. “I repeat: I am not an evil-hearted woman who will not let him be. To the contrary, my lovin’ is so sweet, it tastes just like the apple off the tree.”
Interview with Mamie Minch: Blues Guitarist and Technician at RetroFret in Brooklyn
Mamie Minch, a Brooklyn blues treasure, is profiled in Guitar World today:
But how did this art major from Delaware find her way down this delightful, if not dusty, path?
“As a teenager I started making my own consumer decisions as to what music to buy,” says Mamie. “I found myself attracted to Muddy Waters because that’s good. It’s good shit. And I even found a Muddy Waters song called ‘Mamie,’ and I thought, wow! I’ve never met anyone else named Mamie! That was my narcissistic door in, I guess. From there, I just got really into the acoustic blues stuff. My folks like blues music, too. And it kinda went from there. I kept meeting people who were into it! I played through college and then came here to New York to be a visual artist, but I found that I could make more money playing guitar.”
NPR has a piece marking the 100th anniversary of Robert Johnson’s birthday:
Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robert Johnson. Although he recorded just 29 songs, the bluesman had a huge influence on guitarists such as Eric Clapton and Keith Richards. Johnson is one of the most studied of all country blues musicians, and he’s been the subject of many books, films and essays. But the mythology surrounding his life just won’t go away.
11 Plays
Texas Monthly, NPR, The Wall Street Journal and London’sTelegraph rarely agree on much. But each has recommended John Szwed’s new biography, Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded The World. Lomax, the intrepid collector of folk music, was called a ‘missionary’ by Bob Dylan for his work, and among many other accomplishments launched the careers of giants like Muddy Waters, Leadbelly, and Woody Guthrie.
On Sunday, March 6th, 2011 Professor Szwed departed the hallowed halls of Columbia University, where he is a member of the Department of Music, to visit Brooklyn’s Columbia Street. There, at New York’s greatest old-time folk music venue, Jalopy Theatre, he read from his biography and answered questions about this important figure in the history of the world’s music.
This is the first of four segments from his talk.
