Regarding the 'Creole Beethoven'
Wardell Quezergue, composer, arranger, big band leader, master of Second Line funk, who brought us Earl King's
Trick Bag, the Dixie Cups'
Iko Iko and
Chapel of Love, King FLoyd's
Groove Me, Baby, Jean Knight's
Mr. Big Stuff to name but a few--not to mention
A Creole Mass--and who, later in life, survived
Katrina, to become, among other things of late, according to Home of the Groove's
Quezergue Onstage and Behind The Scenes, a street performer in the French Quarter. His is a name that ought not be forgotten.
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posted by y2karl
on Feb 23, 2008 -
5 comments
For murder ballads, here's your
Mississippi John Hurt's Louis Collins and your
Grayson & Whitter's Ommie Wise. Then, for some early white blues bottleneck guitar, here's your
Frank Hutchison's K. C. Blues. Not to mention
Charley Patton's Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues. All courtesy the Internet Archives
78 RPM tag. where there is way more--like Bix Beiderbecke's first record,
Davenport Blues, Louis Armstrong's
Ain't Misbehavin' and Geeshie Wiley's
Last Kind Words, among many others. Then, for more,
Nugrape Records has an
mp3 page. The standout there, at least for me, is Gus Cannon's
Poor Boy Long Ways From Home. As for their namesake, the Nugrape Twins, well, the Archive has the mp3 of
I've Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape. And don't let me omit mentioning
PublicDomain4U. They have
Mississippi John Hurt's Frankie, for one.
Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Links will lead you to more 78 RPM goodness. And don't forget the inestimable and erudite vacapinta first
directed us to
Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine.
posted by y2karl
on Aug 25, 2006 -
48 comments
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
And now my consolation
Is in the star dust of a song...
Lucy is holding a saxophone. It turns out, as she informs friend Ethel Mertz, she's an amateur musician. Who knew? Lucy then blows into the mouthpiece and produces a few dyspeptic squawks. "It kind of sounds like 'Star Dust,' " says Ethel, diplomatically. "Yeah," Lucy responds, "everything I play sounds like 'Star Dust.' "
The story of
'a song about a song about love' (elaborated within)
posted by y2karl
on Mar 3, 2006 -
44 comments
The Red Hot Jazz Archive -
Louis Armstrong,
Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon,
Ma Rainey,
Don Redman,
Trixie Smith and all the other household names are here. Essays, biographies, discographies, filmographies and
sounds--It's your one stop shopping source for the
Potato Head Blues in its entirety--truly one of the high points in Western Civilization--for example, among many, many other classics. I ran this sucker through here and Google and it doesn't show up--so pardon the double-post if it is so. I mean,
it ought to be. It's just one of my favorite sites. A little hard on the eyes but a delight just the same.
posted by y2karl
on Apr 7, 2002 -
9 comments
