Uncensored History of the Blues
Mike Rugel and the Delta Blues Museum take a raw look at the early history of blues music. Each show includes a series of pre-war blues tracks along with context and exposition. Visit www.deltabluesmuseum.org or Uncensored History of the Blues blog at www.purplebeech.com/blues.
Creator: MRugel
Site: www.deltabluesmuseum.org
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Illinois Central and the Cannonball
Songs about the Illinois Central Railroad and Cannonball train. (526 days ago)
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Songs about paying the furniture man. (610 days ago)
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Songs about dogs in conjunction with the Delta Blues Museum Delta Dogs exhibit. (652 days ago)
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Blues at the Fort Valley Folk Festival
Music recorded at the Fort Valley College Folk Festival between 1941 and 1943. (681 days ago)
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A tour of songs about Mississippi towns. (740 days ago)
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Songs about the prison experience. (777 days ago)
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Songs about experiences with the police, lawyers, judges, jails, and prison. (819 days ago)
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Blues songs with lyrics that seem weird to the modern listener. (855 days ago)
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Blues songs about playing policy, the popular lottery game. (899 days ago)
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Some great versions of songs about the legendary steel driving man. (926 days ago)
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Blues songs about skin tone and the stereotypes around high yellow, brown, or black. (987 days ago)
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Bluesmen from the Depression sing about Hard Times and struggling just to get by. (1028 days ago)
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A look at some blues songs featuring that black snake. (1092 days ago)
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An appreciation of bluesman Henry Townsend who died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at age 96. (1152 days ago)
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What the Chinaman Told the Jew
Blues songs with lyrics about ethnicity and nationality. (1173 days ago)
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Blues musicians create songs to acknowledge their recently passed friends and mentors. (1199 days ago)
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Blues songs about drinking and making bootleg whiskey. (1241 days ago)
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Songs about the champ. (1262 days ago)
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Blues songs about the migration from the rural South to the Northern cities. (1293 days ago)
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New songs finally reissued from Son House, Luke Jordan, and others. (1320 days ago)
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