[Harp-L] Re: Rice Miller's age (Tom Ball)

"David Godman" <daveyg@xxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:49:36 +1300

Hello, MERRY CHRISTMAS To Every One.

Well well , lots of confussion around Sonny Boy aka Rice Miller ,Willie Rice Miller , we have a Aleck Miiller , crickey the list goes on , he certainly gave us all a Fox chase didn`t he hahahahaha, in my book Sonny Boy Willamson The Best of The Blues , His Greatest Hits, published as a Collectors Edition by Creative Concepts, Ojai,California 1976 
Stated that ( Willie Rice Miller ) was born in Glendora Mississippi on April the 7th 1894.
He died May the 24th 1965 in Helena Arkansas.
Who do we beleive ?????. 

Davey G  New Zealand .

Hello, MERRY CHRISTMAS To Every One.
Paul Butterfield ............

On The subject of Paul Butterfield, allot of oppinions I have read about Paul in here .
My first hearing of Paul Butterfield Blues Band was in 1979 I was just learning harp then.
I was hooked right from the start on his amazeing Phraiseing and Tone.
The way he fused Jazz into Blues was Genius, and the players along with him were equally so. I collected as many albums I could get hold of back then what a feast of choice Blues to my ears that was for me :-) .
My very favourite song is Driftin and Driftin Live ,the one track off the Antholodgy CD Lost Eleckra recordings. I first heard that exact same track off the live vynl album that really blew me away man :-). 
There had been other recordings of Driftin but this one is the best I think personally.
One of his last Albums "Put It In Your Ear "was a really cool change and the Jazz  influence was definately there, that album in its self was a New Move forward. 
Paul uses an electric Arp on one track , how Inovative was that , Very cool I reckon.
Paul Butterfield and Charlie Musselwhite , and Sonny Terry are my favourite old school harp players, they all have stamped their styles on us as blues harp players, they got the MOJO .

Davey G New Zealand.
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