Re: [Harp-L] Great Smithsonian Site/Roger Strange

[Michelle LeFree <mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Loomis wrote:
> A great Smithsonian old-timey blog on the origins and stories of old
> songs and lots o' history and vids has this version of Careless Love by
> Roger Strange on harmonica and Bob Love on acoustic guitar and vocal:*
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eulOdr0J-HY&feature=player_embedded#
> *The Blog is here:*
> * http://theanthologyofamericanfolkmusic.blogspot.com
> No doubt other great harp links to be found there.
>    

Thanks for the links, Bob! I especially relish the possibilities of 
mining that blog.

While on the subject of "Careless Love," I discovered a watershed of 
classic versions of this classic tune on the page when I watched the 
Roger Strange version. A who's who of venerable blues musicians are 
available on Youtube. One of the great things about Youtube is how you 
can discover so many terrific artist's works you may never have to 
opportunity otherwise enjoy. Talk about mother lodes to mine, here's a 
great Youtube example -- Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon with their 
version of "Careless Love."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D580rlbcapM&feature=related

What a treat! Hammie KILLS this tune. I just can't get enough acoustic 
blues duos, classic or modern, from Estes & Nixon To Bibb & Dermody -- 
they're all great.

Michelle

PS: Yes, that was a clever plug. Harp-L's own Grant Dermody appears on 
two terrific new CDs, one his own and the other by Eric Bibb, on which 
Grant appears on the majority of the tunes. I'll share the details in 
another post.