If blues was whisky, I would be drunk all the time - Pre War Blues thread

[Trousers and Pat]

a ha ha Trousers And Pat gave me "Big Bones Bradley"

[edison]

I am Boney Dog McGee, or, if I use both of the initials of my first name, Boney Washboard Dog McGee.

[coldforge]

'Steel-Eye Legs Davis'? That's terrible!

[jm]

Lotta members of the Davis family on this board

[Ignatius]

My full board name, Ignatius J. Ignatiusthwaite, translates to Happy Fingers Malone, which sounds more like an vaudeville-era pervert than a blues musician.

[fishjim]

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

Oh man, Rev Ed Clayborn! Chills me to the bone, every time.  

[fishjim]

the best possible blues name--Washboard Gumbo Malone.

Holy shit, that is fantastic.

Mine's another boney one, but I'm keeping it: Boney Eye Brown. It's cyclopean!

Of course, to make the calculator historically accurate, we'd need to eliminate step 1 and make everyone's first name "Blind".

[G.C.R]

I was resisting this silly meme, but...Ugly Harp Jefferson. Neat!

[narlus]

Seems like the place for this:

Blues name calculator

Boney Boy Bradley here.

I know two people called Sticky Fingers McGee.

Big Fingers McGee, checking in.

[reebty]

Big Dog McGee.

[Chet]

Happy Back Parker

[Nick Ink]

This thread has gone downhill.

[Babar]

Bubbly Pick Henderson

[YojimboMonkey]

Chicago blues isn't really the type of blues this thread is about, but it's got to be closer to the thread's spirit than the blues name derail. Here's a video I just found that was made as part of a (doomed) effort to save Chicago's historic Maxwell Street neighborhood, considered the birthplace of electric blues. I think I'd be more interested in a longer look rather than this since it's more of a propaganda piece to support the preservation effort but it's kind of cool anyway, and has some good music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q4XbmaGG2c

[dieblucasdie]

There's a Jamba Juice there now though mmmm delicious Jamba Juice

[YojimboMonkey]

Man I would murder a polish from Jim's Original right about now

[Adro]

I'm Fat Harp Davis.   
 I love this thread. I took Honey, Where You Been So Long and drained it  for infoa couple years back, i even paid for getting the password to the mixxes.  I havent checked it in so long, I'm waiting on a little computer in the mail and i can't wait to get back on there. 
i remember the stagger lee mix, haha.

[Antero]

Honey Where You Been So Long? has been defunct for a minute looks like.

[Nick Ink]

Shit, I didn't even notice that. That was an abrupt stop for such a lovingly built project. I hope nothing bad happened.