Re: Playing The Blues

[eben ross <ebenross@xxxxxxxxx>]

nice change of subject for me    blues     how cool to hear you on the web Keith  it is 
glorifying to hear our kin on harp-l laud your work     jump'n from town to town (ahead of the no-nice man or) just to till more fertil blues market  is sometimes the best choice-
record collections are hard to keep-up    I'm glad the legit download outfits are out there
the bass player in our band (barryneilband ) used apple music store& got me seven year itch  for "damn your eyes" etta james.   On this site folks write about equiptment and i'M truly am impressed.    my faveroite topic's are people and their sounds    also the places they play       I wrote earlier without responce   about "Muddy Sings Big Bill" and the amasing harp play'n by the James Cotton  That is some great play'n.  
                              Ben       
 
Keith Dunn <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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In a message dated May 19, 2004 11:55 pm, Subject: The Jelly Roll Kings 

HASHBB@xxxxxxx  writes:

 

Keith,

Look in your old LPs, I remember giving you a Charly reissue of the Frank 

Frost "Hey Boss Man"- Frank Frost with the Nighthawks LP which was originally 

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 ?Hash Brown?s Texas Blues Revue? 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. 

 

However, that privilege can come with more than ones share of sacrifices. Don?t get me wrong, I am not crying, because ?Crying won?t help you? 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?t?The sacrifices are a, sometimes overlooked, fact of making blues music. 

 

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

 

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 ?old? or ?new? school music. 

 

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

 

Keith Dunn 


		
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