http://prewarblues.org These files are only up for a limited time only. Please do not link to these files for any reason. The site will be updated every day of the working week. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:19:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This track from Jesse Thomas is a little bit outside of the range of years normally covered hear, but its so fantastic I couldn't keep it to myself. Thomas was a session player (most famously with Bessie Tucker) and played mostly around Texas during the pre-war years. This track is ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/04/gonna-write-you-a-letter/ I don't really make apologies for posting mostly piano based music, but the sheer number of emails asking more guitar based blues tracks this week has given me pause. Ed Andrew recorded a couple of sides in the early 20s for Okeh - the first of which is usually referred to ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/04/time-aint-gonna-make-me-stay/ I hadn't heard of Mosaic Select until the other I heard a story on Fresh Air about a new Boogie-Woogie Box set released released by them. Mosaic appears to be somewhat like an American grown Bear Family records specializing in box sets of jazz artists - especially of well known ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/04/break-from-james/ This was a busy week, lots of new songs - some really great verisons - I'm hoping to start actually posting the songs in another week, pending on if I can twist Ms. Honey into making some a funeral march of bees. Also for all the wordpress users out there ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/04/old-joes-bar-room/ These are the tracks that have come in since the last list was posted, I've made a few corrections to the first list as well. I still need help tracking dates, especially on the primary list - any help would be wonderful. I haven't decided if I'm going to separate ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/04/list-almost-final/ Okay here is the list as of 3/29. the years are marked where noted - i need help with dates (It's hard on some discs to determine when the actual recording took place, those i've marked with the release date of the disc and a ?) and of course more ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/04/prelim-list/ A few years ago we did a weeks worth of Stagolee tracks to much success, this year I hope to collect a number of versions of St. James Infirmary Blues as well as Dying Crapshooter Blues. I'm working on compiling a list of what i have (around 70-80 tracks so ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/03/in-my-ten-dollar-stetson-hat/ Truth be told I'm currently obsessed with Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak and the Ohio Player's Fire - but I'll refrain from posting selections from those albums today. There's been a couple of requests for the Lonnie Johnson songs I've mentioned recently - so here is a trio of sides from easily ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/03/theres-one-thing-that-worries-both-night-and-day/ I don't really know anything about today's singer - Genevieve Davis - outside of this track she recorded with Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight is flat out fantastic. The song is a familiar theme of northern disillusionment that followed both great migrations northward best represented in the blues world in Lonnie ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/03/new-york-is-a-pretty-city/ My recent request for help with my spam problem was a success, so I'm asking for some more tech help - Is anyone using WP- Mint - Popular Posts? I would like to track my downloads per file, something dreamhost doesn't offer, and all the Mint plugins for download track ... http://prewarblues.org/2008/02/shipwrecked/