Blind Blues
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Blind blues. Promotional materials from paramount records. He is known for numerous recordings he made for paramount records between 1926 and 1932. Bryan lee your braille blues daddy the blind giant of the blues a new orleans blues institution husband father and friend passed into legend on friday august 21 2020 at tidewell hospice house in sarasota fl.
Per month one time only. Support blindman s blues forum by making a donation. The first successful male country blues performer blind lemon jefferson was blind as were many other country bluesmen including blind willie mctell blind willie johnson sonny terry blind boy fuller blind blake and reverend gary davis.
Marten blind by the age of seven on congas vocals roger kole playing slide on a resonator guitar. Blind lemon jefferson for example became the blues darling of paramount records. Blind john davis gained a big european following after touring with big bill bronzy and sonny terry a blind blues cum country singer went on to star in steven spielberg s the color purple.
The texas blues is characterized by high clear singing accompanied by supple guitar lines that consist typically of single string picked arpeggios rather than strummed chords. Little is known of blake s life. Blind willie mctell and blind boy fuller were representative of this style.
Blind lemon blues pays homage to the influence of blind lemon jefferson who emerged in the 1920s as the biggest selling country blues singer in america set in new york city in 1948 blind lemon blues combines elements of traditional blues gospel rhythm and blues soul doo wop and rap to evoke the enduring legacy of blind lemon and his contemporaries blind willie johnson lillian glinn. Brian leroy kumbalek 77 a k a. 5 00 10 00 20 00 50 00.
Arthur blake 1896 december 1 1934 known as blind blake was an american blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. Forums topics posts last post. However blind black musicians are still most strongly associated with the country blues.
Blind boy blues is the culmination of the work of 2 musicians who between them have been preforming for over a century. Gary davis blind boy fuller sleepy john estes blind willie johnson blind blake blind willie mctell blind lemon jefferson and others it also. The photo around 1 30 is blind willie mctell not johnson.
