It was too good to pass up!
Last week, I stumbled across Henry Thomas's "Bulldoze Blues" as I was researching the itinerant blues musicians who had made their way into recording studios in the 20's and 30's--and when I heard the melody line that Thomas played on the quills, I immediately recognized Canned Heat's "Going Up Country", one of my favorites from the movie Woodstock!
Maybe we're showing our age (Michael is 61, I'll be 65 later this month), but Michael and I made a quick decision at that point: This week Spinning Tales is going to Rock the Blues! (You might say we'll be caught between a hard rock and a blues place???)
So, for two hours, wrapping around a couple of interesting tales, we'll be doing just that, pairing up some of the original recordings of the blues from Robert Johnson, Henry Thomas, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie McTell and others with covers and adaptations from some of our favorite Rockers; the Cream, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Eric Burdon and the Animals--maybe even the Beatles--and more!
It should be a rocking time. Join Us!
This Week's Stories
At about 4:30pm we join Kendy again, following along with her travels in East Africa from Cairo, following the Rift Valley, to South Africa.
At 5:30 we hear the next in the series of Native American stories as told by Nancy Andry.
