Posted on 02/22/2012 12:29:34 AM PST by dennisw
Saw them both in Philly long ago. Met Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker when they used to play local clubs, small venues. Oh, those were the days.
Obama’s racism rules his life.
He carries it with him in everything he does, and the Media gives him a pass on it.
Hey! It was well worth repeating...over and over and over again!
The thrill is gone.
“Crosscut Saw” by Albert King........
Do you think faggy lawyer managerial class lording over the producers Obama who never got his hands dirty knows what a crosscut saw is? The old blues guys chopped tobacco, worked cotton and other farm work then later migrated North where they worked in factories of Detroit and Chicago. Worked on “the killing floor” of slaughterhouses. Guys like Muddy Waters entertained these workers in various “lounges” (bar rooms) in Chicago
A million miles away from the lazy-ass liberal Democrat managerial class ruining America’s private productive sector today via the EPA, Department of Interior, OSHA, EEOC, Department of Education etc. All those agencies are heavily heavily affirmative action and 90% of those who work there are collecting fat Federale paychecks ($120,000+++) for doing absolutely nothing constructive they should be fired and put out on the streets looking for work with other Americans
Are the musical giants paid? How much?
Anyway, if you're interested, there is a great book on the subject by Alan Lomax called The Land where the Blues Began. Best book on the subject I've ever read. Lomax, son of the famous John Lomax, worked for the Library of Congress and recorded many of the great bluesmen of the day. According to the book, Lomax came very close to recording Robert Johnson, but fate intervened and Johnson had already died from poisoning.
It's a fascinating book if you haven't read it already.
Sorry for the late reply. Been sick.
I really envy you meeting Albert King. The only “famous” people I’ve met are people you wouldn’t necessarily bring up at a party.
There was a radio station in Philadelphia that had an immense library of concerts and interviews. They had a long interview with Eric Clapton talking about the time they brought Albert King over to limeyland to help them with Wheels of Fire. Wish I could get a copy of that.
“All those agencies are heavily heavily affirmative action and 90% of those who work there are collecting fat Federale paychecks ($120,000+++) for doing absolutely nothing constructive”
When I graduated from college in 1977, I had a bit of trouble landing a real job. On the advice of the bureaucrat at the unemployment office, I started calling around asking for interviews and asking why people didn’t interview me.
Finally, I was on the line with a fellow swab jockey at a government agency who told me, “If you ever claim I said this I’ll call you a liar, but by the time we get through hiring black women with Spanish surnames, we don’t even get around to any white women. You, dude, are *not* going to get a job working for the government.”
Saved me a lot of wasted time and effort.
That does, however, go a long way toward explaining why the melanin-enriched among us vote for demonrats in such huge numbers.
Albert King was a large influence on Eric Clapton as you know. All in all I like the way the British white boys modified the blues a bit. The real black American blues guys were amazed at how much money the blues could make when white guys (Americans and Brits) were playing it for white people. Back in the day the tune I liked the most was Cream doing “Crossroads” in the original speed demon (via cocaine?) version
And this is why the Federale Gov’t in DC is so FUBAR. You only get a job there if you are riding the affirmative action gravy train. Which today means gays and women then blacks and Hispanics etc ad nauseum. White guys need not apply unless you are a homo. Yes I will admit there are some agencies with white guys where competent technical work has to be done
Albert Collins, on the other hand, wasn't very tall, but boy was he stocky and strong. It wasn't uncommon to see him carry in his own gear to the gigs. That's just how those guys were, very down to earth.
When I was a younger man, about 25-30 years ago, I worked for a well known local band...sound, stage, lighting etc...and they did a gig for the drum technician to Aerosmith. He had just gotten married and we were the entertainment. Sure enough, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry showed up. Then again it really wasn't that unusual since Aerosmith had it's beginnings not too far from my hometown. I remember seeing them at a local carnival in the seventies before anybody knew who they were.
Here's a little something that people generally aren't aware of. Joe Frazier, the boxer, actually tried his hand at a singing career, and the band I used to work for, toured with him. That was before I knew them, though. I thought they were pulling my leg until they showed me pictures.
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