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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2021 11:57:34 GMT
The Great British Woodstock - The Incredible Story of The Weeley Festival 1971 by Ray Clark, and interesting account of a bloody big festival organised by a few locals to raise money for the local Round Table rather than their usual Donkey Derby, still cant see how they managed to pull it off, and Jimmy Page - The Anthology, an interesting collection of photos and recollections, this one is more of a coffee table book.
Both of interest to me for sure
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Aug 23, 2021 12:50:28 GMT
Aha - Weeley Festival - was there in 1971 whilst living in Bucks never thinking that I would end up, 50 years later, living 5 miles from the site in 2021. ...and they still owe me as a dep bass player 40 quid, too!
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Post by jca on Aug 29, 2021 20:00:05 GMT
Suprised no-one seems to have mentioned it (unless I missed it), but I recently read Brother Robert by Annye C. Anderson - Robert Johnson's stepsister. She vividly describes growing up in Memphis, the streets and houses where the family lived, and 'Brother Robert's playing. Considering his history is so shrouded in rumour and myth I found this fascinating, especially with the photos of the wider family and even a postcard sent by RJ. The cover is a previously unknown picture of the man, making that 3 now...A lot of the content is more about the family and the environment they grew up in that a whole lot about RJ himself, but it gives a fascinating insight into the world he inhabited.
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Post by davey on Aug 29, 2021 21:19:38 GMT
Yes, I finally got a copy & enjoyed it very much. It's great to see the smiley picture too.
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Post by ken1953clark on Sept 28, 2021 10:19:32 GMT
“In Tune, Charley Patton, Jimmie Rodgers and the Roots of American Music” by Ben Wynn
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Post by Stevie on Dec 20, 2021 18:50:07 GMT
"Now is the Hour" By our very own RH-J. (Volume 3, I have been unsuccessful in tracking down the first two.) It was delivered this morning. I've started with Charlie C's "Smile". This book is simply delightful.
I've put the author on my SongKick list ...
でつ e&oe ...
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Dec 21, 2021 12:20:40 GMT
Just finished reading 'Blues All Day Long: The Jimmy Rogers Story'.
Interesting reading about the early days of electric blues with Muddy Waters and Little Walter.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2022 10:45:17 GMT
Great sites for reading out of print books archive.org/www.gutenberg.org/www.forgottenbooks.com/enI'm reading 3 books at the moment - Fletcherism, What it is, or how I became Young at Sixty - Horace Fletcher from 1913 Fasting Can Save Your Life - Herbert Shelton from 1964 Fasting For The Cure of Disease - Linda Hazzard from 1908 I've seen some great videos of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee on Archive.org and there must be plenty of books about blues, guitars and music.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 22, 2022 14:01:32 GMT
Great sites for reading out of print books archive.org/www.gutenberg.org/www.forgottenbooks.com/enI'm reading 3 books at the moment - Fletcherism, What it is, or how I became Young at Sixty - Horace Fletcher from 1913 Fasting Can Save Your Life - Herbert Shelton from 1964 Fasting For The Cure of Disease - Linda Hazzard from 1908 I've seen some great videos of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee on Archive.org and there must be plenty of books about blues, guitars and music. Very good websites! Thanks for the links. While I completely agree with a lot of what Horace, Herbert and Linda have written about, it is really a strict rule that we only talk music and music related subjects on this forum. I am strict about it because if we’re not careful it would become like a social media site, rather than what it is. Thanks 🙏🏻 Shine On Michael
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Feb 8, 2023 9:41:20 GMT
I'm about 3/4 of the way through 'Been Here and Gone: A Memoir of the Blues' by David Dalton. The blurb says: Born on the Delta plantations over 100 years ago, Coley Williams grows up with voodoo spirits singing all night long. He travels the railroads with his guitar on his back; here's when Robert Johnson's pact with the Devil catches up with him in a jar of whiskey poison. He sees Blind Lemon Jefferson playing his own peculiar game of blind man's buff in a Texas cathouse, he drinks with Howling Wolf and Muddy Waters in Chicago, and Elvis in Memphis. He even makes it to London, where he hangs out with "a couple of skinny litle English boys" called Mick and Keith. This novel is a heartfelt tribute to the people and places of the Blues.It's a fiction novel based on "facts as known in 1999". Entertaining light hearted read and obviously not one for the blues police but I'm enjoying it! Includes a lovely throwaway comment that bluesmens guitars have a ghost drum inside them.
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