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Sonic Gems: John Fahey – The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
In 1965, American finger stylist guitar player John Fahey composed and released The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death. This was his fifth album and the first released by a company outside of his own. In the turbulent underpinnings of his … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: Snooks Eaglin – New Orleans Street Singer
Snooks Eaglin (real name Fird Eaglin, Jr.) was a New Orleans busker who was alternatively known as ‘ the Little Ray Charles’ and the ‘the Human Juke Box’. This guitarist singer had himself a brief run as a R&B barnstormer … Continue reading
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Sonic Gem: The 1950s – Ten For Ten
This decade’s music was dominated by rock-n-roll; doo-wop, pop, swing, rhythm and blues, blues, country and rockabilly. The playlist below offers the top ten songs in the United States for each year of this decade. Enjoy!!
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Tagged Blues, Country, Doo-Wop, Music, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rockabilly, Sonic Gem, Swing, Ten For Ten, The 1950s, Thought For the Day
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Instrumental Blues – Part I
Early on when I started discovering that I liked playing more than classical, I started developing an interest in the blues and then blues rock before even the jazz then progressive hard rock periods of my life. Now, I mainly … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Blues Rock, Memories, Music, Musical Education, Shared, Universal Language
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Rhupunt X 2
I attended a short form poetry workshop tonight and as usual burned off two poems. This time it was in a traditional Welsh form called the rhupunt. Obviously, not my best poems but these are them: Four Line Rhupunt x … Continue reading
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