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Ted Tocks Covers
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Originally posted on July 7, 2021
On this day 45 years ago, #JohnBonham and the original incarnation of #LedZeppelin performed live for the final time.
“Devil he told me to roll
The devil he told me to roll-oll-oll, oh
How to roll the log tonight
Nobody's fault but mine”
#blindwilliejohnson #johnrenbourn #paulbutterfieldbluesband #ninasimone #blindboysofalabama #lucindawilliams #rycooder #jimmypage #robertplant
Today is a significant day in music history. I will get you there eventually, but the story begins all the way back in December of 1927. Read along, because this is an interesting journey. Like so …
Ted Tocks Covers
Samson and Delilah
Originally posted on May 22, 2022
Remembering the unique contribution of Reverend Gary Davis
“Delilah was a woman, she was fine and fair
She had good looks - God knows - and coal black hair
Delilah she gained old Samson's mind
When first he saw this woman, she looked so fine”
It was all about the drumming. My introduction to the Grateful Dead came from my friend Steve. On several occasions, we would unwind after a party and watch ‘The Grateful Dead Movie’. He also lent …
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Blind Willie Johnson:
🎵 Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
https://bluesandroots.bandcamp.com/track/dark-was-the-night-cold-was-the-ground
from the album The Slide Guitar - Bottles Knives & Steel Vol. 1
MIST0224/ATONALOSPREY-BLIND_WILLIE_JOHNSON
Mistigram: this #teletext portrait of #gospel #blues musician #BlindWillieJohnson was drawn by @atonalosprey and included in the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection released one year ago. February is #BlackHistoryMonth of course, and American popular music specifically would have stalled with John Philip Sousa without enormous contributions from Black Americans.
#AtonalOsprey #BlindWillieJohnson #glitch #MIST0224 #monochrome #teletext
Gov’t Mule – John The Revelator
https://www.metgitarenenzo.nl/2024/11/govt-mule-john-the-revelator/
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #Early
Blind Willie Johnson:
🎵 John the Revelator
https://bobtopia.bandcamp.com/track/blind-willie-johnson-john-the-revelator
from the album Touched By The Hand Of Bob
1/ Buddy Holly - I'm Changing All Those Changes (1958) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN2WrxZdul0
2/ Billie Holiday - You've changed (sur l'album Lady in Satin, 1958) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EAB5RIGq7Q
"your 💋 are now so blasé"
avec sa voix déjà brisée...
3/ Jackie Wilson - You brought a change in me (1968) : https://youtu.be/YHokO1AUgSk?feature=shared
on est à une stratosphère de "Lonely Teardrops", dix ans auparavant mais c'est toujours carré
4/ Lonnie Allen - You'll Never Change Me : https://youtu.be/_-XaFUzr5NQ?feature=shared
#Rockabilly #TheCramps l'ont évidemment repris
5/ Reverend Pearly Brown - God Don't Never Change (une très belle version de 2002) : https://youtu.be/au2WXzpe_TI?feature=shared