Playing The Blues

["Keith Dunn" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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In a message dated May 19, 2004 11:55 pm, Subject: The Jelly Roll Kings=20
HASHBB@xxxxxxx  writes:

Keith,
Look in your old LPs, I remember giving you a Charly reissue of the =
Frank=20
Frost "Hey Boss Man"- Frank Frost with the Nighthawks LP which was =
originally=20
issued on Phillips International.

Thanks for the info about the Jelly Roll Kings, Hash Brown. As you =
mention it, I remember, now, getting the record from you. I still listen =
to =93Hash Brown=92s Texas Blues Revue=94 CD almost everyday BTW.

Here is something that we all know, but I will say it anyway.

The possibility of enjoying a lifetime in the blues world and relocating =
from town to town, country-to-country, making blues music with your =
heroes and occasionally perhaps, playing one note that inspires others, =
is an exciting privilege.=20

However, that privilege can come with more than ones share of =
sacrifices. Don=92t get me wrong, I am not crying, because =91Crying =
won=92t help you=92 and because I have absolutely no reason to; Jimmy =
Johnson has a reason to, Otis Rush does, Big Walter did, Eddie Taylor =
did, Big Jack Johnson could but he doesn=92t=85The sacrifices are a, =
sometimes overlooked, fact of making blues music.=20

My record collection has been one of those sacrifices. It seems rather =
small in the face of the above.=20

When we go out on stage to perform, if we keep the musical ideals of the =
old masters in our hearts, we will honor the music regardless of whether =
we play so-called =91old=92 or =91new=92 school music.=20

If you do not know about the early recordings of the Jelly Roll Kings, =
check out Hash Brown=92s thread on the subject.

Keith Dunn=20