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Umberto D.

October 25, 2016by Christopher Ryan Leave a comment

I said to Rizzoli, who incidentally is a leading Italian publisher as well as a producer:  “Allow yourself the luxury of Umberto D., just as you would publish a classical […]

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Keith Richards

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“For me, music is like the center of everything.  It’s something that binds people together through centuries, through millennium.  It’s undefinable.” “I grew up listening to American music even though […]

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Son House

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Son House had always been torn between God’s music and the devil’s, as blues was often called, even in the black community.  The saints and sinners that did battle in […]

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Grapes of Wrath

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THE MAN:  Fact of the matter, Muley, after what them dusters done to the land, the tenant system don’t work no more. It don’t even break even, much less show […]

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Jack White

October 18, 2016by Christopher Ryan Leave a comment

“There is something magical about those [early blues] records and much of it lies in the voices.  Partly because of the way they were recorded, there’s an eeriness and a […]

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Tutwiler Station

October 17, 2016by Christopher Ryan Leave a comment

1903. The place: Tutwiler, a tiny town in the Mississippi Delta, halfway between Greenwood and Clarksdale. It is dusk and the sky is rich in summer color. The slight breeze, […]

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Delta Blues

October 13, 2016by Christopher Ryan Leave a comment

“The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits.  Without the roots, you have no fruits, so it’s better keeping the roots alive because it means better […]

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Howlin’ Wolf

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“He was the big bad wolf…  Now the story is he got his name from a dead man who came out the cemetery and tuned his guitar. And he been […]

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Dockery Farms

October 11, 2016by Christopher Ryan Leave a comment

“If you had to pick one single spot as the birthplace of the blues, you might say it all started right here.  Son House played here, Willie Brown played here, […]

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Hank Williams

October 10, 2016by Christopher Ryan Leave a comment

Hank Williams’ songs were cries from the darkness; made to be heard while running through the lonely night, racing with the moon…  The lyrics dealt not with true love and […]

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