got a few "singles" with the leftovers from my last run... I'm starting to warm more to the idea of just getting the single and b-side instead of a whole album sometimes.
Finally picked something up from the Music Maker drop at eMu. This guy was around a long time, playing with the earliest Blues pioneers, and his voice is weathered and strained. However, every note he plays and sings exudes earnestness. I love this comment from his bio at the label:
He recalled to me a dance hall he played regularly in neighboring Mount Airy. The black and white people where segregated and he would go to one side of the hall and play mountain music for the whites and then go to the other side and play blues for the blacks. Preston was unique in this ability to perform both styles of music.
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If your ass is not shaking then you are dead inside.
One of my favorite finds last year.
Craig
got a few "singles" with the leftovers from my last run... I'm starting to warm more to the idea of just getting the single and b-side instead of a whole album sometimes.
Craig
Special for Craig:
Craig
Oh the strange singing groups of our youths...
Craig
edit: wow, this one is really, really good (as if you couldn't tell from the cover); highly recommend this one.
Whoa. Intense.
Craig
Don't try to resist.
Really loving comparing his version of The Night Has A Thousand Eyes with the take he did in Coltrane's quartet on Coltrane's Sound.
Lost this in The Great Crash of '07, happily bought it again last night.
A little of Minimalism's Stephen King.
Craig
Finally picked something up from the Music Maker drop at eMu. This guy was around a long time, playing with the earliest Blues pioneers, and his voice is weathered and strained. However, every note he plays and sings exudes earnestness. I love this comment from his bio at the label:
Made a little trip to the local brick and mortar today. Mmmm...new cds....
Craig
Thanks to hoosfoos for spiking this album on the Best of 2009 as it was something that would have escaped me. Beautiful.
So very good, perfect for Sunday morning.