BLUESMEN WANTED

Subject: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: Shouter
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 01:55 AM

Hey all, if anyone knows of an authentic bluesman livin'/playin' in yer town; or if you're an authentic bluesman livin'/playin' in yer town, then let me know.

thanks

Subject: RE: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: texastoolman
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 09:23 AM

i'vbe been at it for close to 40 yrs but i'm white and i don't know if that counts in your book dave ray of koener ray and glover is in minneapolis,st.paul has a web-site the black ones doing this genre are few and far between since i live inthe dallas/ft worth metroplex i'm sure there are some what do you want to know?

Subject: RE: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 09:35 AM

sHOUTER, What do you mean by authentic? And why are you asking? Just curious. And glad to see more blues stuff here at Mudcat.

And welcome to the Mudcat, Shouter and texastoolman! Have you had a chance to take a look at this EXCELLENT MEMBERSHIP RESOURCE yet? I hope you will both be posting lots of blues material, lyrics, and so forth, and you'll find links there to how to format them, etc.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: Bert
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 12:48 PM

Talk to Max or Big RiB

Subject: RE: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 01:28 PM

Shouter,

I'm a graying fat white guy from Baltimore, Maryland who likes to sing the blues. I'm good enough that I sometimes I get paid for it. I even get tips from African-Americans (PC alert). I ain't authentic (whatever that is), but I love to sing and play the blues, mostly Delta and Piedmont styles (whatever they are).

Roger in Baltimore, AKA Big RiB

Subject: RE: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 01:34 PM

Shouter,

I should mention that John Jackson lives nearby in the Washington, D.C. area. Is he authentic? Gee, I don't know. Does it matter that he learned his licks off of records (he's old enough to remember records, even 78's)? He can play the blues. There is also a group that gets together each Saturday to sing and play the blues, mostly acoustic. They sing to honor Archie Edwards (I hope that's the right name), a local barber who was a likely to pick up his guitar as to pick up his scissors.

Baltimore has a "blues" Society. I am not real familiar with them, but I think they're focus is more electric blues. A local pub, The Cats Eye Pub, features blues, mostly electric. They frequently have jams on Sundays. There is a restaurant in the suburbs whose name escapes me that also features live blues performers.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: reggie miles
Date: 23 Mar 01 - 02:42 AM

I preform pseudo, blues like substances, wit me githard. Why, I jest got back frum de opened stage down da road a piece. Tough room, tougher crowd, what there was of'em. Wadaya lookin' for us fer? You got some kindafa real deal ona good uzed chicken plucker or sumthin?

Ah, pavurtee ain't it gran?

Subject: RE: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: Fortunato
Date: 23 Mar 01 - 09:05 AM

http://www.acousticblues.com/ is the online home of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation

You will find local, dedicated DC blues musicians there. One extremely fine blues woman: Eleanor Ellis is resident there. She is not to be missed.

Chance Shiver

Subject: RE: BLUESMEN WANTED
From: wes.w
Date: 23 Mar 01 - 10:01 AM

Like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green etc,etc I can claim to be an authentic Thames Delta Accoustic Blues man. Got my first geetar at the age of 12 and learned me the blues from other bluesmen round the river. But what use is that?