Out of my roughly 400 “blind blues” songs, this is the only one by a blind woman; from the amazing and oft referenced Goodbye, Babylon box set.
Honey in the Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
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Monthly Archive: February 2007
Blind Mamie Forehand, Honey in the Rock
2007 February 28 – 8:54 am
Guitar Wolf, Summertime Blues
2007 February 24 – 12:23 pm
I saw/first heard Guitar Wolf more than ten years ago in Dallas, they opened for the Demolition Doll Rods who were opening for The Cramps; by the time the Guitar Wolf set ended no one in the place was even able to move much less hear the rest of the show. In the middle of […]
The Skillet Lickers, John Henry
2007 February 22 – 1:28 pm
The Skillet Lickers were one of the most fantastic and talented hillbilly string bands of the 20s; playing with a much more civilized style than say Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers. Originally formed to back up some kind of comedian (or some such) they quickly outgrew all that noise and began cutting their own sides […]
Home, Concepcion
2007 February 12 – 2:41 pm
I’m not totally positive but I think these guys might have been relatively popular on college radio back in the 90s; at least that’s when I heard about them and I doubt I was the only college kid in the 90s listening to college radio. I’m pretty sure too that they never really had any […]
Lefty Frizzell, I Want to be with You Always
2007 February 10 – 1:21 pm
A sweet old country song cause I was in a sweet old country song mood. Probably most famous for writing the Hank Williams hit “If you got the money honey, I’ve got the time” he also got a little street cred when John Prine covered this song here.
I Want to be with you always - […]