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Harmonica Showcase: DeFord Bailey and D.H. "Bert" Bilbro 1927-31 (Matchbox). DeFord Bailey was a brilliant harmonica player - the first real star of the Grand Ole Opry, and one of the few African-Americans in that troupe. I love his stuff - "Pan American Blues" is one of the best "train tunes" ever, and "Evening Prayer Blues" is just other-worldly.

Bert Bilbro recorded exactly five tunes between 1928 and 1931, but he intrigues me for personal reasons. One of his tunes, "Chester Blues," was recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1931. Charlotte is the nearest big city to Chester, South Carolina, where my late mom was from, and where I spent a lot of time as a child. Not much is known about Bilbro, but I'm thinking he must be from The City on the Hill, Chester.

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Blues Singers and Trumpet Players (Joker) - A probably bootleg Italian LP. I'm enjoying the complete works (I think) of Texas blues singer Ben Norsingle from 1928, accompanied by New Orleans/Texas trumpeter Don Albert, along with piano, guitar, and a really good tuba player (Charlie Dixon).

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Philly Joe Jones; Blues For Dracula; Riverside (Japan)

Excellent!

Digging for my copy of the same to spin it!

Shouldn't be too hard, right? It's on the "J" floor of your LP warehouse!

:crazy:

:lol:

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Charles Earland - Living Black (Prestige). Live in 1970 - and Grover Washington Jr.'s recording debut, for what it's worth. His playing is pretty hot on this - he coulda been a contender.

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Philly Joe Jones; Blues For Dracula; Riverside (Japan)

Excellent!

Digging for my copy of the same to spin it!

Shouldn't be too hard, right? It's on the "J" floor of your LP warehouse!

:crazy:

Most of the vinyls that are lined on a wall of my 'music room' are not too hard to find. They are in alphabetical order.

The problem is locating the others that are stacked as best as humanly possible in no specific order :crazy:

The PJJ Dracula was in its proper section :)

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Richie Kamuca 'Richard Kamuca Quartet 1976' (Jazzz)

with Mundell Lowe, Monte Budwig and Nick 'Cirello' (as ortographed in the liner notes)

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Now spinning:

Richie Kamuca 'Richard Kamuca Quartet 1976' (Jazzz)

with Mundell Lowe, Monte Budwig and Nick 'Cirello' (as ortographed in the liner notes)

I love this one, one for my desert island.

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