The video below, courtesy of blues label Fat Possum Records is of the fourth (and last) Memphis Country Blues Festival. Taking place from June 6 through 8, 1969 in what was then known as the Overton Park Shell, the film…
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“Stuck Inside A Mobile” . . : The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival
Tagged with: John Fahey, Johnny Winter, Memphis Country Blues Festival, Rufus Thomas
Posted in Blues, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Blues, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Like geese farts on a muggy day”: Leo Kottke’s “6- and 12-String Guitar”
Sometime in the early seventies I began reading in Guitar Player magazine about a group of acoustic guitarists. Their music drew upon the traditions of folk, ragtime and blues but often would also incorporate other elements such as Indian raga.…
Tagged with: Acoustic Guitars, Figerstyle Guitar, Fingerpicking, Folk Music, John Fahey, Leo Kotte
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
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