The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3839   Message #424532
Posted By: lamarca
23-Mar-01 - 06:04 PM
Thread Name: Who is Stephen Wade?
Subject: RE: BS: Stephen Wade
Fretless, it'll run about the middle of the show; here's a description of the story from their website: Friday, March 23 ATC

Talking Blues -- Talking Blues is a song form that can trace its' surface roots to a recording by the Greenville Trio in April of 1926. It's lineage goes much deeper - to spirituals - and an odd combination of the religious and the profane. The talking blues have served as a vehicle for social commentary for Woodie Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and hundreds of others. Musician and researcher Stephen Wade - creator of the stage show, "Banjo Dancing," and a contributor to numerous folklore journals - traces the history of the talking blues. (6:00)

If you miss hearing it, you might be able to get a RealAudio replay on this site tomorrow (but sometimes they can't post music strories because of copyright problems...)