Fat Possum's Blues Treasure Trove
October 3, 2017 10:20 PM Subscribe
A collection of rediscovered blues musicians. Some are still well known, some hadn't recorded in decades, but now they're available again.
Nice. Thanks for the heads-up.
Seems odd, though, to see John Fahey described as a "folklorist".
Books
Discography (WP)
Listening
Seems odd, though, to see John Fahey described as a "folklorist".
Books
- How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life (fiction/memoire)
- Vampire Vultures (fiction/memoire)
Discography (WP)
Listening
- Requiem for Missippi John Hurt
- Candyman
- Poor Boys A Long Way From Home
- Red Pony
- Sligo River Blues
- When the Springtime Comes Again
- Sunflower River Blues
- Desperate Man Blues
- On the Sunny Side of the Ocean
- A Raga Called Pat, pt 1
- Gamelan Collage
> Seems odd, though, to see John Fahey described as a "folklorist".
It's not inappropriate for that phase of Fahey's career, because he was effectively working as a musicologist at the time, tracking down old bluesmen shortly after completing a MFA in folklore and before his own recordings were popular enough to let him be a full-time professional musician.
posted by ardgedee at 10:16 AM on October 4, 2017
It's not inappropriate for that phase of Fahey's career, because he was effectively working as a musicologist at the time, tracking down old bluesmen shortly after completing a MFA in folklore and before his own recordings were popular enough to let him be a full-time professional musician.
posted by ardgedee at 10:16 AM on October 4, 2017
I am absolutely amazed at the Honeyboy Edwards' guitar work. That is truly an original style. Thanks for posting and making my afternoon.
posted by Benway at 11:16 AM on October 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Benway at 11:16 AM on October 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Oh man, I need these. Bukka White is my all-time favourite blues guitarist, and it's hard to go wrong with Furry Lewis. I feel like every modern blues fan is going to be familiar w/ Burnside's work since he achieved crossover success in the late '90s (his grandson Cedric is pretty good, too.. I saw him perform last summer) and Skip James might be the most essential artist of the whole genre. This is super exciting.
posted by Fish Sauce at 11:49 AM on October 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Fish Sauce at 11:49 AM on October 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Thanks for the great post. Old time blues - the real deal - is just perfect for this week.
Well, every week really.
posted by madamjujujive at 2:12 PM on October 4, 2017
Well, every week really.
posted by madamjujujive at 2:12 PM on October 4, 2017
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as a naive lifelong Californian I assumed something named Garden & Gun must have been founded decades ago, but no its first issue was 10 years ago.
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