Blind Lemon Jefferson News

Make the juice run down my leg. Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Catfish Blues Another famous song with lots of versions From earlyblues.com "Catfish Blues" was another ex ample of animal-symbolism in blues which according to Paul Oliver extended along the lines of the 'black-snake' motif made famous in rec ordings by Victoria Spivey and Blind Lemon ...

Mark McDade and Jenna Hill will perform at the San Marcos Public Library's monthly concert on Tuesday, Nov.

On Live from the Shack at Vincent's, Worcester folk and blues musician Jon Short covers songs by early 20th-century-era musicians like Blind Lemon Jefferson and Willie Brown.

Art&Seek presents This Week in Texas Music History . Every week, wea ll spotlight a different moment and the musician who made it.

The blues can take many forms. It's latest form has taken shape nicely in Akin Babatunde's sweetly enthralling performance as the title character in "BlindA LemonA Blues," an inspired, highly original tribute to blues singer and guitarist "Blind" Lemon Jefferson.

Halfway between a revue and a full-fledged biography, "Blind Lemon Blues" satisfies musical cravings but leaves one hungry for narrative or at least a few more details.

The York Theatre Company's production of the Blind Lemon Jefferson musical Blind Lemon Blues begins performances Sept.

A t about the same that Mamie Smith was experiencing the stunning success she had with record sales of Crazy Blues , and Eck Robertson and Fiddlin' John Carson were being recognized for the first recordings of country music, Blind Lemon Jefferson was stirring up a blues storm down in Texas.

"St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy T here are so many firsts, so many "fathers" and so many "kings" of the blues, one wonders sometimes.

A t about the same that Mamie Smith was experiencing the stunning success she had with record sales of Crazy Blues , and Eck Robertson and Fiddlin' John Carson were being recognized for the first recordings of country music, Blind Lemon Jefferson was stirring up a blues storm down in Texas.

Geremia has built a reputation as a first rate bluesman, songwriter, a "scholar" of early jazz and blues , and one of the best country blues fingerpickers ever with his tools - six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica, piano and a husky soulful voice - and with an innate sense of the humour as well as the drama of the music, he keeps traditional ...

Tickets are now on sale for the York Theatre Company's upcoming production of Blind Lemon Blues, which features more than 60 Blind Lemon Jefferson songs.

Artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White, founders of the Open Music Archive , will present Ghost Trace Stellar at the Star and Shadow Cinema tonight in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

On this day in 1897...or maybe it was 1893, or even 1889...and it might have been September rather than July, or possibly December...Blind Lemon Jefferson was born in Couchman, Texas.

As a teenager, Michael Lee Ammons signed up for harmonica lessons because he wanted to learn to play a small instrument that traveled well during his frequent camping trips in the Wisconsin woods.

There's a lot to like about Stephen Hartke's music, but the first thing to say is that his pieces have the best titles in the business.

Even if he croaked his vocals and resorted to playing "Chopsticks" on the piano as his sole means of carrying a tune, Joe Willie Perkins would draw a fair share of morbidly curious gawkers and diehard -- but not as hard as Pinetop -- blues enthusiasts when he plays the Dakota Jazz Club next week.

The York Theater Company will kick off its 2009-10 season with "Blind Lemon Blues," a musical based on songs by Blind Lemon Jefferson, the Texas street musician turned star.

Two productions have been announced for the York Theatre Company's upcoming 2009-2010 season.