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...
Get It FixedbyKansas City Five blues, jazz Banjoist Elmer Snowden formed the Kansas City Five in the 1920s. Cornet player Bubber Milley, who helped launch Duke Ellington's career, was probably the...more »
Hookworm BluesbyBlind Blake blues, jazz They say Blind Blake is the " King of Ragtime Guitar "
I would have to agree. Metaphorically speaking, getting hooked like a worm is like...more »
Pass The JugbyFrank Melrose blues At age sixteen Frank Melrose left home and eventually settled in St. Louis and then Kansas City, where he got busy playing music. Melrose...more »
Lasses Of DonnybrookbyPackie Dolan country/folk, bluegrass Packie Dolan was almost forgotten. Luckily his 78 RPM recordings survived. An amazing Irish fiddler in New York during the lead-up to the great depression....more »