The Beijing band has it's moments but not exactly my kinda blues...

"The Land Where the Blues Began" is all me... The guy with the red paterned shirt is a yound R.L. Burnside... But this is all about the area of Mississippi where I been to 3 times... I guess if you had to pick a town that was the epicenter of this style of music it's Como, Ms... Ya' hear Fred McDowell and Otha Turner...

BTW, the Lowebow that I play is just a third generation diddybow where you can ganhge the tunin' by moving a metal rod with a capo behind it up or down the neck... This instrument is mezmorizin' because it's pure beat... Mine has 4 strings... One big fat bass and three trebbly ones... They are split in terms of amplification... One pickup for the bass and two fir the trebbly ones... You tune it just about anyway you wnat to match what you are gonna sing and let it rip... I use a slide on mine but alternate with held down strings... I tell ya' what, when you get these things a'goin' they will sho nuff put an audience in a trance... I mean, folks ain't heard this and they is like deer in the headlights...

The "The Land Where the Blues Began" will prolly take the rest of the night to load and I'll give listen to it over the rest of the night but it very much reminds me of my pilgrimages to the "hill country" (ha) of north Mississippi... I'm surprised that soemone didn't mention what the "hill country" is... Ain't no hills there!!! Just as flat as the Delta... Just up about 10-15 feet that become the banks of the Mississippi River when it floods out bad... But real flat... Okay, gotta a few slight hills but we're talkin' slight...

B~