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samedi 4 avril 2026
HARMONICA SLIM (Travis Blaylock)
samedi 28 mars 2026
TEXAS BLUES/ Volume 13
TEXAS BLUES/ Volume 13
Et voici le 13ème volume de notre série consacrée aux blues du Texas.
Louis"Blues Boy" Jones est né à Galveston (TX) le 28 avril 1931. Tout en exerçant plusieurs métiers comme infirmier (dans l'armée en Corée), marin pêcheur et ouvrier dans la construction navale, il a commencé à chanter du blues, jouant dans des clubs et enregistrant le petit succès Rock and roll bells en 1956. Cela lui a permis de faire partie de tournées de R&B, gravant une série de fort bons disques jusqu'en 1964. De retour à Galveston à la fin des années 60, Louis Jones a abandonné peu à peu la musique. Il est décédé le 27 juin 1984 à Galveston.
Let’s start with the best known from this selection, Long John Hunter (John Thurman Hunter), who, in the latter part of his career, enjoyed some success and recorded several excellent albums for Arhoolie and Black Magic. Born on July 13,
Gérard
HERZHAFT
mercredi 25 mars 2026
HOODOO MAN BLUES
HOODOO MAN BLUES
Nouvelle Video sur ma chaîne YouTube/ New video on my YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsT9XD5O5rw
J'ai entendu Hoodoo man blues par Lightnin' Slim sur un LP en 1965 et je l'ai quasiment toujours joué depuis. Nous l'avons enregistré avec David sur le premier opus de Herzhaft blues en 1991! Voici une nouvelle version 2026. Toutes les photos (moins une) sont © Gérard Herzhaft et prises durant mes séjours en Louisiane en 1982-83 et 1985 ou durant la tournée de Lightnin' Slim en Europe en 1973. I first heard “Hoodoo Man Blues” by Lightnin' Slim on an LP in 1965, and I've played it almost every day since. David and I recorded it for the first Herzhaft Blues album in 1991! Here's a new version from 2026. All photos (except one) are © Gérard Herzhaft and were taken during my stays in Louisiana in 1982–83 and 1985, or during Lightnin’ Slim’s European tour in 1973. Some of the music (bass & drums) are electronically generated.
For all Lightnin' Slim recordings between 1954-65 in chronological order; click below
THE COMPLETE LIGHTNIN' SLIM RECORDINGS (1954-65)
mardi 17 mars 2026
K.C. DOUGLAS/ Complete
K.C. DOUGLAS: COMPLETE RECORDINGS
K.C. Douglas (born in Sharon, Ms. on November 21, 1913) learned the blues through his association with the great Delta bluesman Tommy Johnson whose very style and repertoire he would always carry on. But unlike most Mississippian fellows who left for Saint Louis or Chicago, K.C. went for work to California, living in the Bay Area, one of the very few bluesmen to play the Delta style in this area during the 1940's. With the harmonica player Sidney Maiden, he waxed his own composition, Mercury boogie that won a little local success but was to become a smash hit years later for rock star Steve Miller and in 1992 a number 1 Country Hit for the driving version of this title by Alan Jackson. General Motors even used it as a commercial theme! Unfortunately, K.C. didn't benefit of that unexpected successes and had to work as a civil servant all his life while constantly playing his down home Mississippi blues wherever people wanted to hear it.
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| Photo Tom Mazzolini NOUVELLE VIDEO SUR MA CHAINE YOUTUBE LONG LONESOME SUNNYLAND TRAIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZNZQ3UEopc |
lundi 9 mars 2026
JOHNNY YOUNG/ Complete Recordings
Born 1st January 1918 in Vicksburg (Ms), Johnny Young has been one of the very few post-war blues mandolinist. He has developed on this instrument a peculiar style, more modern and quite close to what an electric guitar could play. A deep singer with a warm voice, he could also play a very solid and reliable rhythm guitar that made successful many sessions by him and his bluesmen friends.
lundi 2 mars 2026
EDDIE CLEARWATER/ Complete 1958-79
EDDY CLEARWATER/ Complete Recordings 1958-79
En 1959, Clearwater contacté par Eddie Blazonczyck (1941-2011: un immigré polonais qui deviendra un nom majeur de la musique américano-polonaise), devient le guitariste noir (une rareté à l'époque même à Chicago) du groupe (blanc) de Rock'n'roll que fonde Blazonczyck et trois amis sous le nom de Eddy Bell and The Hill Boppers qui deviendront très vite les Belairs (ou Bel-Airs). Clearwater enregistre substantiellement avec Eddy Bell, démontrant sa capacité à émuler les guitaristes de Rockabilly, ce qui lui vaut d'ailleurs toujours une certaine aura dans ces cercles.
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