http://www.metafilter.com/tags/JohnnyTemple Posts tagged with 'JohnnyTemple' at MetaFilter. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:29:06 -0800 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:29:06 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73077/Johnny%2DTemple Those familiar with the plaintive falsetto of Delta blues great <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JB2POWSnStU">Skip James</a> will surely hear Skip's influence in the much lesser-known <a href="http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kifrxq95ldae">Johnny Temple</a>'s <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R_rVb6chK8o">Evil Devil Blues</a>, recorded in 1935, which features some delightfully unexpected melodic twists. And though <a href="http://weeniecampbell.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=42">Johnny</a> <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Temple">Temple</a> "never achieved stardom", he does have a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Temple_(musician)">Wikipedia page</a>.</a> The Johnny Temple YT clip is from <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/user/PreWarMusic">PreWarMusic</a>, who's posted several clips well worth your time and attention from early American music figures who aren't <i>exactly</i> household names. I really like this one, for example: <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dxPDVV_-DCA">Bed Spring Poker</a>. Skip James, of course, has been featured in a number of <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/search.mefi?site=mefi&q=skip+james">previous MeFi posts</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73077 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:29:06 -0800 blues delta deltablues James Johnny JohnnyTemple music musician Skip SkipJames Temple flapjax at midnite