|
|
 Up |
|
|
  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author: Patrick HertelPatrick Hertel
Date: May 2, 2008 17:22
"Now, during our catastrophically idiotic war in Vietnam, the music kept
getting better and better. We lost that war, by the way. Order couldn't be
restored in Indochina until the people kicked us out.
That war only made billionaires out of millionaires. Today's war is making
trillionaires out of billionaires. Now I call that progess.
And how come the people in countries we invade can't fight like ladies and
gentlemen, in uniform and with tanks and helicopter gunships?
Back to the music. It makes practically everybody fonder of life than he or
she would be without it. Even military bands, although I am a pacifist,
always cheer me up. And I really like Strauss and Mozart and all that, but
the priceless gift that African Americans gave the whole world when they were
still...
|
| Show full article (1.37Kb) |
|
1 Comment |
|
|
Author: c.n.c.n.
Date: May 2, 2008 13:10
In case you're wondering what it has to do with the Blues, right after Mr
Woodard was released earlier this week after spending 27 years in prison, I
received an email from Michelle Moore, president of the Innocence Project of
Texas, this is part of what it said: "And...this guy's DNA tests were paid
for by the DNA Blues Ball. How cool is that!!!"
Here is the official word from one of the producers of the 60 Minutes story
on the efforts , and results, of the Innocence Project of Texas.
Subj: "Exonerated" Sunday on 60 Minutes
Hi everyone,
I am extremely proud to let you all know that this Sunday, May 4th, 60
Minutes will broadcast "Exonerated" on CBS and on the Internet at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml
As you may know, Dallas County leads the nation in the number of DNA
exonerations. And last Tuesday, following the culmination of nearly a year
of reporting for this story, the 17th man, James Woodard, was released from
prison after serving more than 27 years in prison. He is the longest serving
person in US history to be released with the help of DNA.
|
| Show full article (2.23Kb) |
|
no comments
|
|
|
Author: KMSUBLUESKMSUBLUES
Date: May 2, 2008 11:45
KMSU/KMSK WEEKLY BLUES PLAYLISTS
KMSU 89.7FM (Mankato, Minnesota, USA)
KMSK 91.3 FM (Austin, Minnesota, USA)
"The Maverick Radio Network"
WEB BROADCAST: http://www.KMSU.org
Living Blues playlist report filed monthly
MARK HALVERSON
Blues Host & Producer
133 Lincoln Street
Mankato, MN USA 56001
E-MAIL: KMSUblues@ aol.com
FAX: (507) 345-6407
(send inquiries & promotional materials to these addresses, otherwise they
probably will not reach me)
BLUES BEFORE MONDAY: 7:00-10:00 p.m. Sunday with Mark and Gary, the "White
Bread Blues Boys."Â April 27, 2008. Did a new show with a handful of birthday
tributes and previewed a couple new releases.
     ARTIST / SONG TITLE / LABEL (A) = album titleÂ
 HOUR 1
1. Albert King/Born Under A Bad Sign/Stax-Atlantic
(A) Watermelon Slim & the Workers/The Wheel Man/NorthernBlues
2. Watermelon...
|
| Show full article (7.69Kb) |
|
no comments
|
|
|
Author: Walter PotterWalter Potter
Date: May 2, 2008 11:24
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "E. Willett" msn.com>> I'm in a bit of a quandary over this issue. I like a lot of the newer, younger
> guys, but I think there's a line where the music isn't Blues any more. Does the
> artist saying it's Blues make it so?
When we formed the Apalachee Blues Society I put a blurb in the bylaws that said something like "for the purposes of the society, blues is defined as music that the artist call blues and the audience accepts as blues." That leaves things pretty wide open in that "What artist?" and "Which audience?" become questions at times. But that was rare. What I was trying to do was head off nasty, society-rending arguments over just what is blues. It meant that at times I had to smile and nod in an official stance when I didn't personally think the music was actually blues. But I think the definition worked the vast majority of the time. We did some good.
We put it all out there for people to hear, but I made my own personal judgments about what I liked. There's a certain "band" that uses bagpipes in what it claims to be blues that comes to mind. "Sucks" is what came to my mind. Actually "sucks" is what came to almost everyone's mind because they cleared the room! But I did get to hear a lot of great music during my time with the society.
--
Walter
Blues-L web site: http://www.netspace.org/~blues-l/
Archives & web interface: http://lists.netspace.org/archives/blues-l.html
NetSpace LISTSERV(R) software donated by L-Soft, Inc. http://www.lsoft.com
To unsubscribe from BLUES-L, send an email with the message UNSUBSCRIBE BLUES-L to: listserv@ lists.netspace.org
|
| |
|
3 Comments |
|
|
|
|
|
Author: St JohnSt John
Date: May 2, 2008 10:58
'Texites" ????
hmmmm....I think the word is "Tex-oids"
....or maybe that was the name of a almost famous band in Austin....?.....remember them?...around the time the T-birds formed and SRV was with the Cobras....
Blame all that on Blind Lemon, T-Bone, Lightnin', Hop Wilson, Albert
Collins, Gatemouth, Stevie, Paul Size , Derek O'Brien, Denny, Lil Son
Jackson, Frankie Lee Sims, Anson, Mance, et al. Btw, we also have the
prettiest women. IN THE WORLD, thank ya very much.
chuck
> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:24:57 -0500
> From: mannish@ alltel.net
> Now that we got that purist thing out of the way...
>
> We need to weed out the 'Texites" who seem to think Texas has some kind of
> patent on blues, especially blues guitar. :-)
|
| Show full article (1.34Kb) |
|
no comments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
