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Son House was intense like none other
Stefan Grossman is currently the keeper of the torch of acoustic blues and he knew Son personally, recorded with him
Here is a video interview with Stefan speaking of Son; I’ve included pages of Stefan speaking of other blues legends that he knew, plus a great archive of informationhttps://www.guitarvideos.com/remembrances-of-blues-legends-and-guitars
https://www.guitarvideos.com/radio-broadcasts
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Great interview, thanks for posting that one. I first saw Stefan in Oxford U.K. (mid 60’s) on the same bill as Pentangle which of course included John Renbourne, Bert Jansch and Danny Thompson on double bass, it was a great night for acoustic guitar. Since then I’ve seen Stefan live many times over the years and also chatted to him on a few occasions.
I learned a lot from Stefan Grossman, mainly though his teachings via those Kicking Mule Studio days. His knowledge and personal experience is unsurpassed regarding the old blues players.Richard
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You’re doing great work, Tony! Thank you!
This isn’t a carefully selected and arranged playlist, but you can flip through and find names you don’t recognize for further listening. (I do favor Tommy Johnson over all the rest of the early country blues musicians. His songs and his style affect me; Tommy McLennan is another early blues player who gets right to me.)
Don D.
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I should have been more careful, and I should have known better than to mention a couple names, that’s never satisfying.
Tommy McClennan (with a C) is among my favorites. Here’s a nice selection of his tunes.
Meanwhile Sleepy John Estes was someone who was around for the 1960s blues revival, but he started recording in the early 30s, and he was a prolific songwriter (and consolidator of tunes by others in the public domain [not the description I was thinking of, but the right words slipped my mind as I was typing]).
Here’s a 25-minute live concert of Son House. We can also find a 28-minute video of live clips of him playing with Buddy Guy in 1965 on YouTube.
Don D.
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Great interview, thanks for posting that one. I first saw Stefan in Oxford U.K. (mid 60’s) on the same bill as Pentangle which of course included John Renbourne, Bert Jansch and Danny Thompson on double bass, it was a great night for acoustic guitar. Since then I’ve seen Stefan live many times over the years and also chatted to him on a few occasions.
I learned a lot from Stefan Grossman, mainly though his teachings via those Kicking Mule Studio days. His knowledge and personal experience is unsurpassed regarding the old blues players.Richard
100% agree Richard – Stefan is really amazing in both his playing and knowledge of the older blues. Watching any of his videos on YT or any of his instructional videos are all history lessons about the genre. To have studied directly with Rev Gary Davis and to have known many of the older players like Son House, Mississippi John Hurt and many others would have been an amazing experience
Interesting note about Stefan – when he was living in England in the late 60s and early 70s, he lived with Eric Clapton for part of that time. Everyone goes ga-ga over Clapton’s acoustic music – and its good music – but one can only imagine how much EC learned from Stefan during that time
Here’s a good interview/concert with Stefan where he gives more info on his background
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I got more coming up guys. Going to try to do one once a week. Maybe some you ain’t heard of if I can find footage. Glad you like em.
Sounds good Tony, always good to see more of the older blues guys
Have you looked at all that Don Deering has posted over the years? He’s gone deeper into it than any of us could have imagined
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