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There is a great new blog from France called “Old Weird America” that uses The Anthology as a jumping off point for different variations on the songs presented there. About mid-way down the front page there is a fantastic post compiling 100!!! different versions of John Henry. Pretty essential stuff. We are planning on joining forces on a couple of songs, so keep your eyes peeled.
I got a couple of emails this month about the thirst for more Memphis Minnie tracks, as I think only one of the two times I’ve posted about her is still up. This first side, “You Ain’t Doing Nothing To Me,” is one of my favorites by her even though her guitar isn’t really the focus – instead we have Black Bob (Honey Session Player Hall of Famer) on piano backing Minnie who is giving one of her very best vocal performances. The last 15 or seconds of the side are some of my favorite of all time. The second track is Minnie solo doing “Ain’t No Use Trying To Tell On Me,” a song that sounds like it was ripped right out of Blind Willie McTell’s songbook (Southern Can) that I think is a great sound for her.
Memphis Minnie – You Ain’t Doing Nothing To Me (1935) *fixed*
Memphis Minnie – Ain’t No Use Trying To Tell On Me (1933) *fixed*
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I haven’t been able to listen to the past couple of tracks… nor download…
The page is dead when it loads.
try again, i removed the extra “/”
I appreciate the effort in fixing… still no luck… the page loads to the logo of HWYBSL, but no song. Maybe I’m doing something wrong. But even when I try to save the file to the desktop, nothing transmits through.
Sorry for troubling you.
The downloads work for me.
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