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  1. Wheatstraw says "we used to have luck in the Valley", he is probably employing the slang of prostitutes who "break luck" by turning a trick. 4:48 PM Dec 15th from web
  2. "The guitar players today can't touch these guys before World War II that fingerpicked." - Gayle Dean Wardlow 11:00 PM Dec 8th from web
  3. It's not crazy talk saying Garfield Akers is the best singer, there's something very right about his way. 7:29 PM Dec 1st from web
  4. Big Road Blues is the finest vintage Blues radio/blog around, visit the site @ sundayblues.org 10:48 PM Nov 16th from web
  5. My guitar's name is Phyllis. 4:03 PM Nov 8th from web
  6. "'Cause when it comes to ridin' what you know, baby I've done forgotten" - Lonnie Johnson, "Best Jockey In Town" 2:54 AM Nov 4th from web
  7. proto #blues : Black and white musicians shared the same repertoire and thought of themselves as “songsters” rather than “blues musicians.” 2:00 AM Nov 1st from web
  8. Dick Waterman photographed #blues legends, his photo of Joseph Spence is pure art. Go see a shot of John Fahey & Son House. dickwaterman.com 8:59 PM Oct 28th from web
  9. @thedeltablues Hollers & sorrow songs are as much American as they are W. African/Euro i.e., lyrics longing homeland, pentatonic/melisma 1:16 AM Oct 25th from web in reply to thedeltablues
  10. 2 of the 3 Willie Brown 78's are still missing. If you find one it's worth at least $25,000. 12:44 PM Oct 23rd from web
  11. Papa Charlie Jackson might be the first succesful blues artist, straight out of the minstrelsy school. Coffee Pot Blues is his jam. 8:02 AM Oct 21st from web
  12. I got mean things all on my mind! 2:53 AM Oct 17th from web
  13. @nikki_au Ani DiFranco (pronounced "AHH-nee") 9:07 PM Oct 15th from web in reply to nikki_au
  14. @nikki_au site re-design will not feature the weeping child 6:09 PM Oct 14th from web in reply to nikki_au
  15. African-American, traditional and Minstrel melodies: http://bit.ly/3bnu9Y 6:54 PM Oct 7th from web
  16. Uptown Peetie Wheatstraw setback country-blues, but he's a logical bridge between 19th century #blues & subsequent survival. Oh well, well. 7:33 AM Oct 4th from web
  17. @Blues4Ever Sam Chatmon is my Hank Williams of the #blues 5:38 AM Sep 29th from web in reply to TheBluesReport
  18. @thedeltablues We know it's recorded in the 20's, but how much later than minstrelsy and hokum happened do you think we came to pre-blues? 4:28 AM Sep 28th from web in reply to thedeltablues
  19. Country-blues is American music, the spirit of which is found in Sylvester Weaver's "Guitar Rag" http://bit.ly/12qlYQ 12:45 PM Sep 25th from web
  20. "You must be pretty stupid. Took you a long time to get here."-Skip James (when rediscovered by John Fahey, Bill Barth and Henry Vestine) 8:23 PM Sep 11th from web