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American music grew out of the strange marriage of African and Celtic folk traditions. The blues and mountain music merged to give birth to gospel, R&B, Jazz and Rock 'n Roll. Here we can drink from the source and share the pure roots of this great tradition.
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Jun 22, 2007
May 18, 2007
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samm bennett saysHowdy blueheron. Thanks for posting the YouTube clips here. Nice stuff! Perhaps you'd like to hear my idiosyncratic version of the old American traditional number, Oh Death. It's here.
Apr 28, 2007
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blueheron says: Boys I'm Going Home
Here's a link to my post of a song that Clifton, my son, recently wrote and performed:
http://mog.com/blueheron/blog_post/68467
Apr 20, 2007
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blueheron says: Ali Farka Touré
If you don't believe that the genius of American music came from Africa, listen to these words and music:
Apr 19, 2007
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blueheron says: Yoshida Brohters "KODO"
The influences of roots music are deep and widespread.
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blueheron says: Mance Lipscomb - Baby Please Don't Go
Mance is known for his brilliant finger picken guitar style.
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blueheron says: John Henry - Mississippi Fred McDowell
Mississippi Fred is my favorite slide guitar player.
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A music machinima of the first SecondLife Blues n'Roots festival [SL Blues n'Roots #1] featuring a lineup of four of the metaverse's top Blues n'Roots musicians. Created by one of the top machinima makers, Kronos Kirkorian. Includes a real time internet jam with Ricardo Sprocket on Piano in Arizona and Komuso Tokugawa on Slide/Harp in Tokyo. Also features the last of the Piedmont Bluesmen, 85-year old Charles Bristol, with his local North Carolina backing band. Canadian roots musician Nance Brody completes the line up with a powerful acoustic performance.
Mixed, Streamed, Filmed, and Performed live online in SecondLife in a custom designed venue during a 3 hour concert on 15th December 2006.
Length: 4'22"
Size: 15mb