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Butler May: was he the real Father of the Blues?

Acknowledgements:I sincerely thank Kevin Nutt of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, and the Alabama Folklife Association for putting at my disposal the writings of Doug Seroff and Lynn Abbott, published in: “Tributaries, Journal of the Alabama Folklife Association”, 2002, Joey Brackner editor.It has to be mentioned, in addition, that the main sources exploited by Seroff and Abbott come from “The Indianapolis Freeman”, a weekly newspaper (1884-1927) which reported on the black…See More

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Blues and Black folk music shine on the American Titanic

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Blues and Black folk music shine on the American Titanic

Acknowledgments:I thank Robert Sacré and Alan Balfour for putting at my disposal earlier publications. Ray Templeton, Paul Petraitis and John Clarke kindly pointed me to interesting song recordings.—————————————————————-When I told my 12 year young daughter, Blijke, after having watched the Cameron block buster on the Titanic, that I intended to write an essay on the depiction of this disaster in the African-American folk and blues, she answered with a smile that I could only read as: “Dad, you…See More

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Toasting to the Blues and Rap

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Toasting to the Blues and Rap

I admit straight away that, while the blues touch my deepest emotions, rap music does not strike a chord in me. Having reached the age where retirement is no longer an abstract notion, I can hide behind the (cheap, and probably invalid) excuse of a generational argument to justify my lack of interest too in this primary ingredient of hip-hop culture. It offers some comfort to know that I am not alone in this differential liking and interest. A 2008 study exploiting data on the co-occurrence of…See More

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The preacher they called the “Blues King”

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The preacher they called the “Blues King”

The preacher they called the “Blues King”by: Erwin Bosman (www.myblues.eu) Acknowledgement:The bulk of the information comes from Dr. David Evans (°) who traced Ruben Lacy in 1966. I sincerely thank Dr. Evans for reading a draft of this essay and formulating very useful comments to…See More

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“Ragtime Texas”: a hobo songster goin’ up the country… A tribute to Henry Thomas

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“Ragtime Texas”: a hobo songster goin’ up the country… A tribute to Henry Thomas

In 1993, the Scottish pop band Deacon Blue issued their CD “Whatever You Say, Say Nothing” that contained as its sixth track : “Last night I dreamed of Henry Thomas”. None of us will probably ever have dreamed of Henry Thomas. How could we? We hardly have an idea how Henry Thomas looked like. All we have, is a very impressionistic “print” of which we are not even sure whether it is originally a photo. Mack McCormick, to whom we owe everything we know about Henry Thomas, speaks of him as a great…See More

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The Rabbit and the Wolf Blues: some notes on the echoes of the "ring shout"

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Butler May: was he the real Father of the Blues?

Butler May: was he the real Father of the Blues?

Butler May: was he the real Father of the Blues?

Butler May: was he the real Father of the Blues?

Blues and Black folk music shine on the American Titanic

Blues and Black folk music shine on the American Titanic

Toasting to the Blues and Rap

Toasting to the Blues and Rap

The preacher they called the “Blues King”

The preacher they called the “Blues King”

The preacher they called the “Blues King”

“Ragtime Texas”: a hobo songster goin’ up the country… A tribute to Henry Thomas

“Ragtime Texas”: a hobo songster goin’ up the country… A tribute to Henry Thomas

“Ragtime Texas”: a hobo songster goin’ up the country… A tribute to Henry Thomas

The Rabbit and the Wolf Blues: some notes on the echoes of the "ring shout"

The Rabbit and the Wolf Blues: some notes on the echoes of the "ring shout"

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