Browsing: Blind Lemon Jefferson

“This is the first song by Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins that I heard in 1958, and It changed everything about music for me.” Peter Rowan’s new album, ‘Calling You From My Mountain,’ is out June 24 via Rebel Records!

It took the unmatched talent of a young country blues man to change all that. Thanks to Blind Lemon Jefferson, for the first time ever a singer-songwriter could be famous…

Texas blues sprung up out of the land. From oil fields. Lumber yards. Levee Camps. But there’s really only one man who deserves credit for bringin’ this certain style out of the Lone Star state and out to the rest of the world. Blind Lemon Jefferson.

This week features the birth of one of the greatest blueswomen in history, a blind legend, and one of the biggest landmark Chicago Blues albums of all time, among others. Check it out on This Week in Blues Past

Read about the particularly FIERCE creature that Blind Lemon Jefferson sang about!

Find out the deathly significance of “Crepe”, as used by Blind Lemon Jefferson and the Memphis Jug Band. This ain’t your mama’s thin pancakes…

In this week’s edition, find out where the famous blues term “Chitlin” (as in “Chitlin’ Circuit” and the famous southern food) came from!

A bar where whiskey is served straight from the barrel is called a barrelhouse. Add a piano and you’ve got yourself a party.

Holy cow, Hugh Laurie (Dr. House) is one hardcore blues fan with amazingly insightful things to say about the blues and his many, often very early blues favorites.