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Nick Ink
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« on: Jan 14, 2012, 04:44:25 AM »
Following on from the Skip James discussion in the np thread, I thought we could have a place to discuss blues, and especially pre-war blues in more detail.

Having said that, I myself don't really know much at all about the subject! With the help of a few blogs and websites, notably the imperious Honey, Where You Been So Long? (which, amongst its many triumphs, once posted a mix featuring about 30 different versions of "Stagger Lee"), I've just about managed to scratch the surface.

To get the ball rolling, here's one of several 45-minute mixes I've made, with a few of my favourite discoveries. It's all pretty random, and looking at it now it's also biased towards female performers. I really think some of the stuff people like Trixie Smith and Lucille Bogan were doing was amazingly subversive.

Anyway, here's the link, and here's the track listing.


Trixie Smith

01 - Ozella Jones - I Been A Bad Bad Girl (Prisoner Blues)
02 - Trixie Smith - You Gotta Beat me To Keep Me
03 - Bumble Bee Slim - If Blues Was Whisky
04 - Lucille Bogan - New Way Blues
05 - Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
06 - Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right
07 - Lucille Bogan - Coffee Grindin' Blues
08 - Merline Johnson - Dont You Make Me High
09 - Weaver and Beasley - Soft Steel Piston
10 - Georgia White - Was I Drunk
11 - Precious Bryant - You Don't Want Me No More
12 - Precious Bryant - Baby Please Come Home To Me
13 - Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)
14 - Tudie Wells - Uncle Sam Blues
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alex
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« Reply #1 on: Jan 14, 2012, 05:56:59 AM »
"If the River Was Whiskey" by Charlie Poole is currently my favourite song in the whole world. I guess that's country blues, or somethin'.

I remember those mixes of yours from a while back, Nick. They were ace.
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Nick Ink
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« Reply #2 on: Jan 14, 2012, 05:57:51 AM »
I did post them before then, huh? My memory is really terrible.
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alex
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« Reply #3 on: Jan 14, 2012, 06:01:06 AM »
Well, that's the most rational explanation I can come up with for their presence on my hard disk.

Oh wait, I can only find one - but it is the same one you posted again now. No harm in reposting, in any case!
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Antero
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« Reply #4 on: Jan 14, 2012, 07:21:26 AM »
I like this thread theme!  I will contribute substantively soon.
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jm
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« Reply #5 on: Jan 14, 2012, 09:02:00 PM »
Yeah, ace thread!
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Nick Ink
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« Reply #6 on: Jan 15, 2012, 04:04:02 AM »
I have a couple of other mixes, if anyone would like to hear them, but it's all freely and legally available at that pre-warblues.org site.

I'd be interested in what people think about some of those songs/lyrics up there too, especially 'You Gotta Beat Me To Keep Me' and, ahem, 'New Way Blues'.
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Antero
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« Reply #7 on: Jan 16, 2012, 08:36:05 PM »
Sam Collins - "My Road Is Rough And Rocky"
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reebty
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« Reply #8 on: Jan 23, 2012, 02:59:00 AM »
Skip James is fucking awesome. That is all.
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G.C.R
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« Reply #9 on: Jan 26, 2012, 06:11:51 AM »
I was just looking for the Reverend Ed Clayborn's This time another year you may be gone on youtube and the damn search rickrolled me
but I did find this, and its pretty lovely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocE_-lW5FR4
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Johnp
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« Reply #10 on: Jan 26, 2012, 07:12:34 AM »
Seems like the place for this:

Blues name calculator

Boney Boy Bradley here.

I know two people called Sticky Fingers McGee.
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #11 on: Jan 26, 2012, 07:44:44 AM »
Jailhouse Gumbo Parker
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think 'on the road.'
Javan
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« Reply #12 on: Jan 26, 2012, 07:51:38 AM »
boney killer mcgee
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jebreject
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« Reply #13 on: Jan 26, 2012, 08:21:10 AM »
Me and Boney Boy Bradley are going to have some words.

- Boney Baby Green
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Antero
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« Reply #14 on: Jan 26, 2012, 12:27:54 PM »
Fat Money Smith

coincidentally also my rap name
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alex
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« Reply #15 on: Jan 26, 2012, 12:33:47 PM »
I suddenly feel like my parents cheated me by not giving me a middle name.

- Fat Davis
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jebreject
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« Reply #16 on: Jan 26, 2012, 02:05:21 PM »
Fat Davis is pretty good though honestly
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monkeypants
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« Reply #17 on: Jan 26, 2012, 02:29:17 PM »
Boney Bad Boy Rivers.
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Ignatius
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« Reply #18 on: Jan 26, 2012, 02:31:39 PM »
Muddy Gumbo Lips McGee
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YojimboMonkey
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« Reply #19 on: Jan 26, 2012, 02:52:40 PM »
Boney Legs McGee. Which would have to be one of them ironic nicknames I guess
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Antero
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« Reply #20 on: Jan 26, 2012, 02:54:22 PM »
Too many "boney" epithets.
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jm
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« Reply #21 on: Jan 26, 2012, 02:54:40 PM »
I got Fat Baby Davis, which I'm extremely happy with.
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Ignatius
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« Reply #22 on: Jan 26, 2012, 02:59:07 PM »
That's very close to the current backup PF for the Orlando Magic, Glen "Big Baby" Davis.
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YojimboMonkey
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« Reply #23 on: Jan 26, 2012, 03:03:06 PM »
Quote from: Antero on Jan 26, 2012, 02:54:22 PM
Too many "boney" epithets.

I agree! So I decided to use Yojimbo Monkey Internet instead of my real name and got the best possible blues name--Washboard Gumbo Malone.
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« Reply #24 on: Jan 26, 2012, 03:06:01 PM »
Quote from: YojimboMonkey on Jan 26, 2012, 03:03:06 PM

the best possible blues name--Washboard Gumbo Malone.

Holy shit, that is fantastic.
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