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links for 2010-02-01: Roger Eagle

Roger Eagle – Twisted Wheel Manchester – DJ, entrepreneur, club owner and important influence on the British music scene from the sixties to the nineties. Owned Eric’s club, Liverpool ran the Magic Village and Staxx Club, Manchester Roger Eagle interview … more…

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links for 2007-08-01: roots music, sourdough

The Roots Music Listening Room Lots of early C20th folk and roots music. Debatable whether or not the low bit rate rendering of what is already low-res recordings is as much of a problem as it would be for modern … more…

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Devil Got My Woman

Skip James at Newport, 1966. The guy in the right foreground (you’ll know him when you see him) is Howlin Wolf. Comments on YT are various in their interpretations Wolf’s demeanor: some describe it as awestruck, while at least one … more…

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Maybelle & Sara Carter – Cannonball Blues

This footage of Maybelle and Sara Carter playing Cannonball Blues al fresco is from a selection of tasty morsels posted by y2karl to Metafilter. There are many new treasures offered in the comments thread, too, including Skip James, Muddy Waters, … more…

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