Blind Blake's Southern Rag - Elijah Wald - Songobiography , Manufacturer He was one of the most accomplished guitarists of his genre with a surprisingly diverse range of material. 2008 +1-- The Paramount Years 1926-32. 7. He was one of the most accomplished guitarists of his genre, with a surprisingly diverse range of material. Arthur "Blind" Blake (c. 1893-c. 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. The duration of the song Southern Rag is 2:53 minutes. And peas and so forth grow, which was where I originally ended this post, but someone just asked me if I had tablature, and yeah, I have some I wrote out a dozen years ago, and I dont know how accurately it matches what I play in the video, but if you want it, here it is: Southern Rag (Blind Blake, more or less), Receive news of new song posts; no other emails (I promise), A Mans a Man (Bertolt Brecht/Dave Van Ronk), Aint She Sweet/ Five Foot Two (Guy Van Duser), Battle of Maxton Field (Malvina Reynolds), Best of All Possible Worlds (Kris Kristofferson), Big Rock Candy Mountain (Mac McClintock/ censorship), Blues In the Bottle (The Holy Modal Rounders), Bout a Spoonful (Davis/Lipscomb/Van Ronk), Brand New Tennessee Waltz (Jesse Winchester), Cannonball Blues (Woody, Carters, Leslie Riddle), Captain Dont Low that Here (Larry Johnson), Casey Jones (Furry Lewis/banjo to guitar), Chicken Is Nice (Dave Van Ronk/Howard Hayes), Comin In on a Wing and a Prayer (Joseph Spence), Contrabando y traicion (Los Tigres del Norte), Crow Jane (Carl Martin, country blues LPs), Danville Girl (Cisco Houston/hopping freights), Dont Think Twice, Its All Right (Dylan/Paul Clayton), Fishing (Blues) (Chris Smith/Sweetie May), Georgia Rag (with advice from Dave Van Ronk), Get Thee Behind Me, Satan (Almanac Singers), Gimme A Ride To Heaven, Boy (Terry Allen), Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (Samantha Bumgarner/proto-blues), Got the Blues, Cant Be Satisfied (John Hurt), Green Rocky Road (Len Chandler, Bob Kaufman, etc. Our terms of service forbid this. 4. 2 covers a busy seven-month period and features Blake in several different diverse but equally rewarding settings. Go directly to shout page. Listen to Southern Rag online. As a guitarist I was blown away at the skill that Blind Blake had, it's just too bad that the recordings weren't of much quality back then. You'll need to disable 'The Human Web' functionality entirely. That surprised me, because Lockwoods playing didnt sound at all like Blakes and although I was dubious of categories, Blakes light ragtime seemed like the antithesis of the Delta style. Very little is known about hi, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? You could have been blocked by mistake. Frankly, I like Blakes playing but my touch is nothing like his not to mention my speed, grace, and virtuosity. Total price: 14.40. Songobiography, day 275: A favorite guitar instrumental from Blind Blake with some quirky "Geechie" rhythmic sections. Even his name is not certain. His birthplace was listed as Jacksonville, Florida by Paramount Records, 2 Dry Bone Shuffle Rope Stretchig' Blues - Part 1 Panther Squall Blues (Blind Blake vocal and guitar, with some harmonica backup) Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (jazzy novelty song) You Gonna Quit Me Blues Sea Board Stomp Blind Blake - Southern Rag Album Reviews, Songs & More - AllMusic Southern Rag - Blind Blake | Shazam (Black Girl), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Lockwoods face broke into a broad smile, and he sounded genuinely eager as he asked, You can play Blind Blakes stuff? I said yes, a bit, and he told me to get my guitar. Arthur "Blind" Blake (c. 1893-c. 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. Born: 1896, Jacksonville, Florida. 3:01. For more on this, including a story ab. Why? --JazzAndBluesExperience SUBSCRIBE HERE : http://bit.ly/10VoH4l(Re)Discover the Jazz and Blues greatest hits ! Southern Rag. 2:45 PREVIEW Steel Mill Blues. and for the next five hours Paul refretted my guitar and Jack talked which is what Jack does, brilliantly, and is why they call him Ramblin Jack and then Paul handed me the newly fretted guitar and I played some ragtime licks, and Jack asked, Can you play Blind Blakes Southern Rag? So I started playing this, and damned if Jack didnt start doing Blakes spoken routine from the record, word for word: Now were goin on an old southern rag. Chords for King of Ragtime Guitar : Blind Blake (Southern Rag, 1927) 18 . Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Definitely not the kind of blues that grabs you by the nuts and swings you around (see Charley Patton, Bukka White and Tommy McClennan), and that wasn't my expectation, butwell, like I said, I dunno. There is only one photograph of h, There are at least two artists with the name Blind Blake 1. But a few that stand out include \"Early Morning Blues,\" \"Too Tight,\" \"Skeedle Loo Doo Blues,\" \"That Will Never Happen No More,\" \"Southern Rag,\" \"Diddie Wa Diddie,\" \"Police Dog Blues,\" \"Playing Policy Blues\" and \"Righteous Blues.\" Several of Blind Blake's original tunes are by now country-blues standards, and judging from the further developments in Atlanta-based Piedmont blues, Blake's influence there must've been formidable, even if it came only by way of recordings. Blind Blake Biography, Songs, & Albums | AllMusic The best tracks on this CD are simply amazing. As a relative newcomer to Country Blues, there are four things that I generally look out for. Very little is known about his life. During recordings he was asked about his real name and he answered that his name was Blind Arthur Blake which is also listed on some of the song credits, strengthening his case on his real name, although there is a suggestion that his real name was Arthur Phelps.Blake recorded about eighty sides for Paramount Records in the late 1920s and early 1930s. You (or someone with the same IP address as you) might be using a script or program to download pages from this site automatically.

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