It’s been pretty overcast and gray here in Greensboro the last couple of days - and this side by Ben Abney captures that rainy day blues sound so perfectly. Abney recorded and lived in Charlotte, NC a town more known for its country music recordings than the blues musicians that recorded there, but this track is a solid if not special piano number from Abney. He’s sort of a klutzy stride piano player - but it has its charm - but the atmospshere of the song is what really sells it.

Ben Abney -What Makes Your Heart So Hard (1936)

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