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Thread #163468 Message #3900874
Posted By: GUEST,Hootenanny
21-Jan-18 - 11:17 AM
Thread Name: hard time killing floor blues
Subject: RE: hard time killing floor blues
To all of the above can I just say that there is a difference in singing blues and being a blues singer. Similar to singing folk songs and being a folk singer
There was another Mike Cooper who played blues slide guitar at which he was very proficient, He was a photographer by profession but sadly died in his 30's.
Re John Baldry; I knew him in his folk club days up until his "Steampacket" days with Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll and worked with him for some years. He was a good singer and guitar player. Did rather well in the pop music field.
Gerry Lockran I also knew and used him at the club for which I handled bookings. Good singer and picker.
Alexis Korner I first heard in the late 50's and at various clubs in the 60's. Never was impressed.
Joe Cocker ? No. I took him to his audition at Decca when he was still a gas fitter. A success in the rock/pop world
Van Morrison??? Sorry nothing to say.
Jo Ann Kelly; Again a good singer and picker and her brother is no slouch on the guitar.
This is not a criticism. All of these people played and sang blues songs but that doesn't make them blues singers.
I also had the opportunity to work with and meet a number of people who were the real thing. You are comparing chalk with cheese.