http://prewarblues.org/2008/01/doom-and-gloom/ The Best In Pre-War Blues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:17:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://prewarblues.org/2008/01/doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-188432 Daniel Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:58:17 +0000 http://prewarblues.org/2008/01/doom-and-gloom/#comment-188432 Richard "Rabbit" Brown's "James Alley Blues" and "I'm Not Jealous" are two of the greatest records of the 1920s. Seriously. If you want me to send you the mp3s, I'd be more than glad. Richard “Rabbit” Brown’s “James Alley Blues” and “I’m Not Jealous” are two of the greatest records of the 1920s. Seriously. If you want me to send you the mp3s, I’d be more than glad.

]]> http://prewarblues.org/2008/01/doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-188283 patrick Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:31:29 +0000 http://prewarblues.org/2008/01/doom-and-gloom/#comment-188283 u might know this but there's 6 songs on a myspace page set up for richard rabbitt brown. here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=101995820 u might know this but there’s 6 songs on a myspace page set up for richard rabbitt brown. here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=101995820

]]> http://prewarblues.org/2008/01/doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-187987 Chris Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:47:07 +0000 http://prewarblues.org/2008/01/doom-and-gloom/#comment-187987 This is a coincidence... I dropped by to search your archives for Richard Rabbit Brown, and here he is on the front page. I've been playing Brown's "James Alley Blues" non-stop for days, after an article about him was posted on Metafilter. His voice reminds me strongly of late-period Dylan, and his guitar is thrilling — melodic, powerful, rocking... and the lyrics of "James Alley Blues" are the epitome, for me, of chilling, haunting prewar blues: last verse runs, "Some times seems like you're too sweet to die, Other times seems like you ought to be buried alive". This is a coincidence… I dropped by to search your archives for Richard Rabbit Brown, and here he is on the front page. I’ve been playing Brown’s “James Alley Blues” non-stop for days, after an article about him was posted on Metafilter. His voice reminds me strongly of late-period Dylan, and his guitar is thrilling — melodic, powerful, rocking… and the lyrics of “James Alley Blues” are the epitome, for me, of chilling, haunting prewar blues: last verse runs, “Some times seems like you’re too sweet to die, Other times seems like you ought to be buried alive”.

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