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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 14:04:51 GMT
@solobill Riding Shotgun by Gerry MacVoy is funny and informative, even if some of it seems a bit self promoting and possibly a bit mean spirited at times. The jean noel coghe book is quite good / rose tinted, but has some BAD gaffes, e.g. calling 'messing with the kid' 'messing with your kid' !! TT
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Post by bod on Jan 15, 2013 18:14:50 GMT
Charley Patton by John Fahey.
Pretty dry / pretty academic - and perhaps something of an "object of historical interest" in its own right these days - but fairly interesting too (in part, because of the light it sheds on some older 'folklorist' approaches to music... ).
(Aside, our local public library got this in for me on inter-library loan - from the record in the front it looks like it has been taken out just 5 times in 40-odd years - and never in the same part of the country twice! Have to trawl around some more see what else the libraries have to offer...)
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Post by AlanB on Jan 24, 2013 13:06:12 GMT
Charley Patton by John Fahey. Pretty dry / pretty academic - and perhaps something of an "object of historical interest" in its own right these days - but fairly interesting too (in part, because of the light it sheds on some older 'folklorist' approaches to music... ). (Aside, our local public library got this in for me on inter-library loan - from the record in the front it looks like it has been taken out just 5 times in 40-odd years - and never in the same part of the country twice! Have to trawl around some more see what else the libraries have to offer...) It's probably our of print now but King of the Delta Blues: Life and Music of Charlie Patton by Steve Calt & Gayle Wardlow (Rock Chapel Press, 1988, 340pps) is worth tracking down. The spelling of Charlie is theirs not mine.
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Post by blueshome on Jan 24, 2013 13:43:28 GMT
Alan, currently on Amazon at £80-£112 used or new! Glad I got my copy when it came out in 1988. There is a lot more on Patton by David Evans on www.paramountshome.org which seems to fill some of the gaps between Fahey and GDW (and that cynic S.Calt). Also, Gayle Dean Wardlow has some interviews up on YouTube about his experiences with the old blues guys when he was researching in the 60's.
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Post by AlanB on Jan 24, 2013 17:09:05 GMT
Alan, currently on Amazon at £80-£112 used or new! Y-I-K-E-S. To quote Blind Alfred Reed, How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
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Post by Keith Ambridge on Jan 24, 2013 17:31:04 GMT
I've just read "The Uke of Wallington" a fun easy read which is what I like! The Wilko bio is on my list for soon.
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Post by toremainn on Jan 24, 2013 19:02:10 GMT
Hi there, bought a few books on Amazon lately. The first one I'm reading is "The most southern place on earth" by James Cobb. It's about the Mississippi delta and the roots. Quite interesting... I don't know how many books about the blues roots I have read, never get tired of it
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Post by Stevie on Mar 15, 2013 23:35:45 GMT
Palm Trees, Senoritas and Rocket Ships.
Have you got yours yet!
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Post by oldmanblue on Mar 24, 2013 11:34:27 GMT
Just started my cross to bear,then strings attached ,its about John Williams the classical guitarist.
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Post by wezzywest on Mar 27, 2013 10:46:43 GMT
Just started `I Say for me a Parable`. This is the oral history of the great Mance Lipscomb, excellent book.
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Post by AlanB on Mar 28, 2013 14:05:51 GMT
Just started `I Say for me a Parable`. This is the oral history of the great Mance Lipscomb, excellent book. I agree. When it was first published in 1993 many reviewers held misgiving whether 500 pages of verbatim, vernacular English would be sustainable. I have to admit that initially I found it hard going but by about 50 pages into it perseverance paid off. Well worth the effort.
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Post by gaucho on Mar 28, 2013 23:26:39 GMT
I just got (today in fact) "Father of the Blues" The W.C. Handy Autobiography. Anyone read it? I'm also picking my way thru "Barrelhouse Words" by Calt. It's pretty cool if you've ever wondered what the heck some of the phrases in the old blues songs meant.
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Post by slide496 on Mar 29, 2013 13:02:11 GMT
Hi Gaucho - I haven't read much on the blues except online, but yours and other posts in this thread are getting me thinking about it
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Post by wezzywest on Apr 1, 2013 14:32:25 GMT
Just started `I Say for me a Parable`. This is the oral history of the great Mance Lipscomb, excellent book. I agree. When it was first published in 1993 many reviewers held misgiving whether 500 pages of verbatim, vernacular English would be sustainable. I have to admit that initially I found it hard going but by about 50 pages into it perseverance paid off. Well worth the effort. Same here, now i am into the book i can`t imagine reading it in ` normal `english text.
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Post by mikeshipman on Apr 17, 2013 5:59:08 GMT
Mississippi John Hurt - His life, his times, his blues. by Philip R Ratcliffe. Handy if you can develop the knack of skimming over the considerable detail of who married who, when, lived where , when etc details and concentrate on the "more interesting" bits, But hey, maybe Im just a lazy reader....I am enjoying it!
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