One of the best of all time. RIP.
Nice that he had a comeback in recent years and did some truly remarkable work to put a cap on an already stellar career...
Today's update features Big Joe Williams and his Washboard Blues Singers performing "Baby Please Don't Go," the first recording of this blues standard.
I like the first (Al Kooper) BST album quite a lot. I also like the self-titled second album (the one where Clayton Thomas took over as lead vocalist). In many ways, the second album is more jazz influenced than the first. You just have to listen to the WHOLE album, and not just the three or four singles that got played to death on oldies radio.
Today's update features pianist Jesse James, a figure about whom nothing is known, performing "Southern Casey Jones." This is the first track on the "Anthology" to feature the piano as a solo instrument.
Today's update features J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers performing "John Henry Was A Little Boy," featuring the vocals and banjo of Wade Mainer, the only "Anthology" artist still living.
Today's update features the Blue Sky Boys, aka Earl and Bill Bolick, performing "Down on the Banks of the Ohio," a chilling performance if there ever was one.
Today's update features radio entertainer Bradley Kincaid performing "Dog and Gun (An Old English Ballad)," the only ballad chosen by Smith to depict a strong female character...
Volume Four begins today! This update features the return of the Memphis Jug Band performing "Memphis Shakedown," a mix of the hillbilly breakdown and the African American shake