The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24891   Message #1636050
Posted By: Chris in Wheaton
28-Dec-05 - 11:54 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Winding Boy? / Winin' Boy Blues
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Winin' Boy Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)
It would not seem difficult to get the Blues Project re-released, since most of the performers are still around. Other good ones to re-release would be the early Von Schmidt records. Those and the Von Ronk Folkways were - to me - the most interesting stuff in the early 60's. And then in college when I got to meet Mississippi John and learned to play (after a fashion) his tunes -- well, my favorite song to play right now is Do You Love John Hurt - using Von Ronk's 7th chords - so maybe I haven't gotten too far, but it sure is fun to play. Good article on Mississippi John in this month's Acoustic Guitar mag.
Great to see Spider John, Geoff, and the others still going.
Chris in Wheaton