Browsing articles by " Jason"
Sep
1

Jim Crow Etiquette

By Jason  //  Blues, Delta Blues, blues history  //  No Comments

Jim Crow Laws Were Wicked in Their Own Right.  The Jim Crow Etiquette Was Worse.

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Aug
23

Moonshine, Canned Heat, and a Cathead

By Jason  //  Blues, Delta Blues, Robert Johnson  //  4 Comments

Mississippi and Moonshine.  Canned Heat and Blues.  Cathead and Spirits.

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Aug
16

Gayle Dean Wardlow Research Interviews

By Jason  //  Blues, Delta Blues, Robert Johnson, blues history  //  1 Comment

Gayle Dean Wardlow Is Instrumental In Blues Research.  Here Are His Interview Tapes.

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Aug
10

The Last American Juke Joint

By Jason  //  Blues, Delta Blues, blues history  //  4 Comments

Juke Joints Still Exist.  Barely.  But Gip’s Place Has The Blues.

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Aug
3

H.C. Speir – The Legend

By Jason  //  Blues, Delta Blues, Robert Johnson, blues history  //  8 Comments

Someone Had to Find The Talent in 1920-30 Mississippi.  It Was This Guy.

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Jul
26

Russell City Shout Out

By Jason  //  Blues, blues history  //  No Comments

The Great Migration Not only Put African-Americans in Chicago.  Some Headed West.

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Jul
19

Henry Stuckey and the Military

By Jason  //  Delta Blues, blues history  //  3 Comments

Did Henry Stuckey Really Learn the Blues From Two French Soldiers?

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Jul
12

Tampa Blues History – The Artists

By Jason  //  Blues, blues history  //  4 Comments

Previously, we explored the History of Blues in Tampa.  Now take a look at the historic Artists of Tampa.

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Jul
6

TheDeltaBlues’s Infinite Playlist

By Jason  //  Blues  //  6 Comments

Here Are the Albums on Steady Rotation in the Office.

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Jun
28

Keb’ Mo’ and the Memphis Beat

By Jason  //  Blues  //  3 Comments

Can Memphis Beat Help Save The Blues?

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