reflections, ruminations, ramblings and rants on music, books, beer, politics, technology, media, family, etc, etc. from a retired old man, music collector, librarian, political observer, technology geek, veteran, history buff, beer enthusiast, sci-fi fan, obsessive mixtaper and former DJ. I've also gathered writings from the past several years posted in various social media platforms. This blog has become an editing tool for my writings and everything here is a work in progress.
Sunday, January 15, 2017
Vinyl Spins - The Blues
I hadn't played this record in a long time. Like many people I first started listening to the blues being played by a white guy. In this case a really white guy. I bought this album in 1969 along with some Canned Heat records. Now I'd already listened to a lot of British musicians who had been playing the music of Black American bluesmen but it would be a few more years before I really started exploring the music of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, B.B, King, Little Walter, etc, etc. which I picked up from some black shipmates. In the meantime Johnny Winter was giving me a dose of the blues.
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