Tag Archives: Vocalion Records

Rewriting The Record For The Electric Guitar

Posted on August 6, 2018 by

The book was called: Discography Of Western Swing And Hot String Bands, 1928-1942 by Cary Ginell and Kevin Coffey. It had been published in 2001. I found it one afternoon a few months ago in the Performing Arts Reading Room, … Continue reading →

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A Ballad Of The Blues & The Electric Guitar

Posted on March 31, 2018 by

Verse 1 I recently found a book at my local library: Talking Guitar: Conversations With Musicians Who Shaped Twentieth-Century American Music (2017) by Jas Obrecht. The first chapter in this extraordinary collection of interviews is titled: “Guitarchaeology: Setting The Stage.” In … Continue reading →

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This Historic Day In Music: The King Of The Delta Blues Singers

Posted on May 8, 2015 by

One of the first times I heard the words and music of Robert Johnson, I was listening to a Rolling Stones album. It was December 1969. I was listening to Let It Bleed, the new album by the Stones. The second … Continue reading →

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