Thanks for uploading these, I was wondering why they missed them out on “Jailhouse blues”, especially Lonesome Road Blues and the Moanin’ Blues

Thanks so much!

You run a nice time travel service where you can’t get off the world or make it stop, but you can sure make it slow down. Thanks for the Arizona Dranes. She made mince meat of the distinction between sacred and secular. And thanks for the Sam Collins. I don’t know who picks the avatars of the blues, but he’s got to be one of them. Keep the splendors coming.

Thanks for all the great music. I didn’t realize anyone really loved these anymore.

jeez… i hope you get snowed in more often! these tracks are stellar… sittin on top of the world…thanks a ton for loading em all up.

Regarding Signifying Blues… What does “signifying” mean in the context of the blues? I know of the Signifyin’ Monkey and a couple of other usages of that word, but what does it mean?

Hi there, from across the ditch
Sam Collins was a contemporary of artists like the greatCharley Patton,Peg Leg Howell and Frank Stokes. Some of the most eerie slide guitar/vocals up there with Skip James. His spine-chilling ‘Slow,Mama,Slow’ ranks close to the emotion of Charley P.
Re ‘signifying’: to scandalise tne nmae of a neighbor/ex-lover, etc.
Look forward to any responses re the early blues.
Check out my book ‘Railroadin’ Some'(railroads in the early blues). Music Mentor Books, York, UK. Includes both Sam Collins & Charley Patton.

Yours for the Blues & Railroads
Max Haymes

Agree with that comment about Sam Collins. One of the GIANTS of the blues without a doubt! Thxs for these…two I had never heard before! Site is awesome. Thxs!

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