Contemporary version of Death Letter
Jack White can also do little wrong in my eyes
Robert Johnson song written in 1936. Rock and Roll?
I prefer EJ’s vocals but Green’s guitar playing was outstanding.
By far the best that England had to offer in the sixties
The pioneer.
The master
For emotive blues & spirituals I’ve always found the Alan Lomax’s field recordings quite spellbinding - It’s hard to imagine blues more blue than ‘Murderers home’ (Chain gang prison songs) - Taking a tape recorder and capturing songs before they became extinct was his business. If you like being transported by music the context and place these songs were captured is a potent piece of pie.
All of the above are superb, but today is Elvis day
Currently having a bit of a Chester binge
Had to finish on this
The interaction with the audience in this is marvelous
He reckoned that concert was his best ever performance
Btw, if anyone is interested in Howlin’ Wolf’s life story, this is one of the best biographies I have read
If you think you’ve had it rough, read this. His early years were just about as hard as it gets.
A bit of (early) Janis now
The voice you could listen to if he was singing the telephone directory
40 years
Seems like 20
Contrived, I know, but…