Black History Month -- ***** League Profiles

RaZon · Feb 15, 2021

Just a few suggestions talking origins of them blues on record.

Craxy Blues....Mamie Smith
My Black Bottom....Ma Rainey
Spoonful.....Papa Charley Jackson
St.Louis Blues....Bessie Smith
The above mentioned Blind Lemon Jefferson
High Rattle Everywhere.....Charley Patton
Gut Bucket Blues.....Louis Armstrong
Dead Man Blues....Jellyroll Morton
Train That Carried My Girl Away......Frank Hutchison. First white bluesman, 1926.

catman · Feb 15, 2021

A few of these are in the Jazz Museum in Kansas City (which coincidentally shares a building with the NBL Museum).

RaZon · Feb 15, 2021

catman said:
A few of these are in the Jazz Museum in Kansas City (which coincidentally shares a building with the NBL Museum).

Fine line between jazz and blues, the first blues was actually a female blues singer backed by a jazz band.

By the way up above that is High Water not High Rattle......yep....?????

Janus · Feb 15, 2021

A lot of the blues was Delta driven and linked to oppressive lifestyles which bring me to Bukka White's PARCHMAN FARM.
Like I said on another thread, most blacks kid today don't really know their history and the significance of Parchman Farm.
The Convict leasing programs to circumvent slavery. Parchman farm is a significant embodiment of white supremacy and while in Black History month I thought it was appropriate to mention Parchman farm.

RaZon · Feb 15, 2021

Janus said:
A lot of the blues was Delta driven and linked to oppressive lifestyles which bring me to Bukka White's PARCHMAN FARM.
Like I said on another thread, most blacks kid today don't really know their history and the significance of Parchman Farm.
The Convict leasing programs to circumvent slavery. Parchman farm is a significant embodiment of white supremacy and while in Black History month I thought it was appropriate to mention Parchman farm.

Well hell. let's hear that classic.

Big Bill Broonzy and John Mayall do great covers of the classic.

Tons of blues singing about jail, prison, chain gang.