tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post3332344134457616218..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: Any Woman’s Blues #10 - Elvie ThomasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-68849750319647937762011-05-25T23:03:26.956-07:002011-05-25T23:03:26.956-07:00Hi HKatz: You are so welcome. I'm really happ...Hi HKatz: You are so welcome. I'm really happy that this & other series here are bringing musicians like Elvie Thomas to people's attention!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-77170112542089534952011-05-25T21:48:37.978-07:002011-05-25T21:48:37.978-07:00Thanks for introducing her to me. I get exposed t...Thanks for introducing her to me. I get exposed to such great music through your blog.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-38434643250272489552011-05-23T06:23:17.019-07:002011-05-23T06:23:17.019-07:00Hi Alan & Roy
Alan: So glad you enjoyed this!...Hi Alan & Roy<br /><br />Alan: So glad you enjoyed this!<br /><br />Roy: Those folks traveled to Grafton, where Paramount had a studio. Probably the best known instances of this are the sessions Charlie Patton did in 1929, & the sessions Patton, Willie Brown, Son House & Louise Johnson did in 1930--so some of the most famous Delta recordings were made in Grafton--Patton's "Bird Nest Bound" & "Moon Going Down," Brown's "M&O Blues" & "Future Blues," House's "Dry Spell Blues," Preachin' the Blues," & "My Black Mama" (which later became "Death Letter Blues")Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-70378430688697871752011-05-23T06:00:22.957-07:002011-05-23T06:00:22.957-07:00Huh! Delta Blues coming from the North Country in ...Huh! Delta Blues coming from the North Country in the '30s. I guess this would be more documentary evidence of the great northern migration during the Depression from the farms of the south to the factories of the north, especially the automotive industry gearing up around the Great Lakes region at the time. Good work, John!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-27111800412156746232011-05-23T04:21:56.487-07:002011-05-23T04:21:56.487-07:00Another fine post and another fine introduction to...Another fine post and another fine introduction to a musician who I had never come across before.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.com