Public Domain 4U says:When you read the words "slave to the blues," it doesn't compare to how it sounds and feels when Ma Rainey sings this song. You can imagine her holding her heart in chains during this dreary memory. It's another way to say endless heart ache...
Sweet PetuniabyBessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) blues Bessie Jackson was a pseudonym for Lucille Bogan, a classic female blues artist from the '20s and '30s. This 1927 recording made her famous and...more »
Weeping WillowbyBlind Boy Filler blues, acoustic blues How does a man with no eye sight paint a picture so well? It's the music and the story telling, I'm sure. The feeling of...more »
Madison Street RagbyGus Cannon country/folk, blues Did you know that Gus Cannon taught himself to play using a banjo that he made from a frying pan and raccoon skin? At...more »
Lock Step BluesbyBlind Lemon Jefferson blues You can hear Blind Lemon Jefferson wailing from the jailhouse miles away. Now why would they lock up a blind man and keep him away...more »