Public Domain 4U says:Charlie Patton's remarkable bottleneck slide technique has been imitated by generations of guitar slingers, but no one has duplicated his unique lyrical style. Here is his classic performance of this turn of the century ragtime gem.
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 »
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