Links
- The Long Story
- American History
- The great 1927 flood, and what happened in Greenville, Miss. is an astonishing story we should all know. Especially now.
- Cost of War
- What it says
- People
- A site about people in the Civil Rights movement. A great place to browse and learn. And while you're at it, check out the home site.
- Voices of Civil Rights
- An AARP sponsored site, of all things, but it looks interesting.
- Guitar Stuff
- An intro to blues guitar.
- from Clapton, of all people
- Zen Guitar
- a non-western approach to guitar.
- Jug Band Stuff
- The Memphis Jug Band
- "Stealin' Stealin'", "On the Road Again", "KC Moan", and so many important musicians
- The Jim Kweskin Jug Band w/ Geoff Muldaur
- This is the jug band that played to 200,000+ people in Central Park, NY in 1965. Of Geoff Muldaur, Richard Thompson said, "There are three great white blues singers in the world, and Geoff Muldaur is two of them."
- The Mississippi Sheiks
- Sittin' on top of the world.
- Mark Spoelstra
- Pacifist, 12 string player. He was the first guy I heard play the France Blues (Mobile Line)
- The Blair St. Mugwumps
- A local Eugene band I'm just getting to know. Check 'em out!
- The Conjugal Visitors
- Runaway freight train string band. Great mix of songs.
- Hillstomp
- Fred McDowell would be proud.
- The Even Dozen Jug Band
- City, '60s jug band with Dave Grisman, Maria Muldaur, and John Sebastian, amoung others.
- The Holy Modal Rounders
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- Chasin' Gus' Ghost
- A new movie about Jug Bands by Todd Kwait. Thanks to Stanislove for sending it along.
- Influences,heroes...
- Fred McDowell
- A kind man. An awesome, hypnotic performer.
- Guy Carawan
- A good introduction to Guy and Candie's work, to the Georgia Sea Islands, and to the people and artists of Moving Star Hall.
- Howlin' Wolf
- I saw him a few times. Unlike Muddy, Wolf was always there to give you his best show.
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Stole my first blues lick from him
- Moving Star Hall (Audio Site)
- The first recording on here, "Lay Down Body", is the sound I heard sitting in the back right side of Moving Star Hall on John's Island, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1963. This is on a great site, by the way.
- Pete Seeger
- When asked about Pete, Dave VanRonk replied, "What can I say about the guy who invented my job!"
- Son House
- Ground zero
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- There was Woody, and then there was Ramblin Jack, and then there was Dylan.
- The Carter Family
- The Carter Family singing Wildwood Flower. Mother Maybelle sings lead. June Carter nee Cash is on autoharp.
also see: http://www.southernmusic.net/carterfamily.htm
- Friends And Such
- Figoli Design
- Graphic design for a graphic world. Tony designed this site, he's also a hell of a drummer.
- Anne Weiss
- Good person, good friend, awesome musician/performer/songwriter/singer
- TR Kelley
- The Mama of Mojo
- Ken Babbs
- What does a prankster's site look like?
- Music Stuff
- All About Jazz Timeline
- I just found this. It is solid. Blues stuff too.
- Linin' Out and Call and Response
- Press, Media, Etc
- Blues Matters #32 (June/July)
- content page
- Organizations
- Sisters of the Road Cafe
- "Sisters Of The Road Cafe exists to build authentic relationships and alleviate the hunger of isolation in an atmosphere of non-violence and gentle personalism that nurtures the whole individual toward changes that will reach the root of his or her homelessness and poverty and end it forever."
